The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 254

Aline sat on the couch, arms crossed tightly over her chest. Gone was the gentle, accommodating woman Sawyer once knew; now her eyes were cold, her words sharper than ever-so cutting they could draw blood.

Sawyer stared at his wife of over a decade, his face shadowed with disbelief. After a long, heavy pause, he finally nodded, defeated. "Alright."

After all these years together, Aline was asking for a divorce, and yet, besides a flicker of surprise, Sawyer felt nothing. No anger, no heartbreak-just resignation.

Aline hadn't expected him to yield so easily. She let out a quiet sigh of relief and pressed on. "Since you've agreed, you can keep one of the houses. The rest-the properties and the savings-they're all mine."

"That's fine." Sawyer barely hesitated. Then he turned his gaze to Jeanette. "Just one condition. Jeanette stays with me."

Jeanette was Sawyer's only daughter. There was no way he'd give her up.

had he spoken than both Aline and Jeanette spoke up, panic in

from mother

right now. You want our daughter to suffer alongside you? What kind of father are you? I'm her

Aline to Jeanette. His voice was almost pleading. "Jeanette, would you come with me?

he had left. She was the only family he had in the world. Ever since he'd lost his mother as a boy, and with his father always distant, Sawyer had rarely felt the warmth of family. Jeanette

utterly unashamed, shook her head. "I want to spend money however I want, every single day. I want the best clothes, the nicest house. I have big dreams, Dad, and

you really love me, just let me

her answer all at once, then looked away, refusing to

Jeanette, always giving her whatever she wanted. He never imagined that, in the end, she'd abandon