Mission: From Divorcee to Millionaire novel Chapter 436

Late at night, Everett wandered into the master bedroom, now eerily empty. It used to feel cozy, but with Selena gone for just a day, the room felt unsettlingly quiet. His dark eyes swept over the room, taking in the absence of her presence.

Many of her things were missing. That morning, she had left with three enormous suitcases, but it was all a ruse. The bodyguard had assured him she hadn’t taken a thing. The woman who adored money, who wouldn’t lift a finger without payment, had left everything behind for another man. When she loved him, she was fiercely devoted. But when her feelings shifted, she could just as easily throw herself into someone else's arms. She was maddeningly infuriating!

Overwhelmed with emotion, Everett felt like he was suffocating. He yanked off his tie and unbuttoned his shirt, hoping to ease the tightness in his chest. Then, he grabbed a manila envelope and pulled out a stack of prenatal check-up reports and a thick medical record.

This was the second task he had asked Alex to do; he needed to know what Selena had endured in the last months of her pregnancy. As he flipped through the reports, a deep red mist clouded his vision. Everything Callum had said was true. Those months had been filled with danger and pain for her...

He never denied his responsibility for what happened with Mateo. He had been negligent, made mistakes. He had pleaded with her to give him a chance to make things right, but what about her? Why hadn’t she confronted or questioned him, full of resentment and anger? Because she didn’t care anymore. She didn’t want to fix anything between them; she just wanted to escape, to be as far away from him as possible.

With this newfound clarity, it felt like his heart was being ripped apart, leaving him utterly miserable. He lay on the bed, facing the spot where Selena used to sleep, where her pillow still seemed to carry her sweet, lingering scent. Just last night, they had been wrapped up in each other on this very bed...