The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 20

  • Chapter 10

  • Lysander stepped onto the balcony and dialed Navier’s number, intending to convince her to play along with his divorce scheme.

  • But after countless attempts, all he got was the same robotic voice message:

  • “Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is power off…”

  • A flicker of unease settled in his chest.

  • Brow furrowed, Lysander pulled up WhatsApp to message her instead.

  • But a glaring red exclamation mark popped up.

  • “Goddammit, Navier! What the hell are you playing at?!” he muttered, furiously typing. “It’s the middle of the night–is this really the time for one of your little tantrums?”

  • Fighting back his growing agitation and panic, he called his secretary.

  • “Nick, contact Navier immediately. Tell her I need to see her ASAP.”

  • Following the directive, Nick mobilized multiple people to call and message Navier, but no one got through.

  • “Sir,” he reported back nervously, “Mrs. Vanderbilt–she’s completely unreachable. Should we launch a more thorough investigation?”

  • “NO! Let her sulk all she wants!” Lysander snapped before ending the call.

  • If she didn’t want to face him now, then maybe she should never show her face again!

  • the living room, intending to clean up the broken

  • coffee table caught

  • “Divorce papers…”

  • breath coming in

  • The Pinned Pri

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  • hell? When did Navier and I

  • up the paper with trembling hands, flipping it open to see his own photograph

  • official court seal.

  • had wanted a divorce, yes. Yet somehow, the reality of it left

  • much… how could she divorce me

  • be some kind of

  • entertain the possibility

  • that he didn’t even hear Celeste

  • and dialed his secretary Nick again.

  • if these divorce papers are legitimate.”

  • –

  • what?” Nick stammered in disbelief. “Sir,

  • look into it

  • up, the next fifteen minutes felt like an eternity to Lysander.

  • screenshot from the court records

  • the paperwork a month

  • bore into Lysander’s eyes, yet he couldn’t

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