Semua Bab Remarried After I Secretly Divorced the CEO: Bab 471 - Bab 480

"Use your head for once," Anne snapped, her voice low and sharp. "You got outshined by Selena again today. Do you have any idea how embarrassing that is for me?"They’d come here hoping to humiliate Selena, but somehow, after all their scheming, the joke was on them. And Anne couldn’t stomach it.Why? Why did everything always fall in Selena’s favor? Just because she’d been born lucky? She wasn’t anything special, yet she had the nerve to look down on her own aunt? The audacity!The more Anne thought about it, the angrier she became. She wanted nothing more than to storm across the room and tear that smug girl apart. It was infuriating.…Selena wasn’t fond of events like this. After making a polite round with her parents, she slipped away to the dessert table.She glanced at her phone.There was still no reply from Zack. It had been hours. Apparently, he had no intention of responding.And she didn’t buy the excuse of being “too busy.” No one was that busy. Unless he’d seen the mes

Bowen had tried to talk sense into her back then. "Selena, Derek isn’t the man you think he is. He’s not the one for you. The sooner you end it, the better."Every time his company hits a crisis, you’re the one bailing him out. You’ve only been feeding his greed, and someone like that will never be worth your effort."I’m saying this for your own good, so please, listen to me for once. Get out while you still can."But at the time, her world revolved entirely around Derek. None of her brother’s words reached her.She could still remember exactly what she’d said."Oh, come on, Bowen. Stop worrying about me. He really loves me, and he’s only building his company bigger to give me a better life."You should worry about yourself instead. If you don’t find a girlfriend soon, Mom and Dad are going to start nagging you again."She’d been so blindly in love that she hadn’t seen what kind of man Derek really was. Looking back now, every bit of effort she’d given him felt like a slap to her own

The bartender hesitated, worried she might actually be drunk.If something happened, he’d have to answer to the boss.But Selena’s glassy eyes lit up. She waved a hand airily. “Go ahead, make me one. If it’s good, I’ll take a few bottles home for my best friend to try.”Good things were meant to be shared. She’d always done that—anything new or interesting, Autumn was the first to know. So, when she heard about a new drink, her instinct was to share it.The bartender chuckled and went to work. A few minutes later, he slid the finished cocktail in front of her. “Miss Long, give it a try. I’m counting on your feedback.”No one’s opinion mattered more than hers. Every time she’d made a suggestion in the past, he’d learned something. After she stopped coming, his craft had felt off somehow, though no one else noticed. But he did.Selena took a sip and offered a few pointers. His eyes lit up with realization, admiration written all over his face.“Miss Long, you’ve still got it! I knew

“Don’t think that acting this way will make me bow down to you. A lapdog should know its place. If you don’t behave, you deserve to be taught a lesson.”Hearing that, Selena suddenly laughed, tears streaming down her face. “Everything you have came from me. Now that I don’t want to give anymore, you think you can just take it?”She’d seen shameless people before, but never anyone this vile.Derek sneered. “You gave it willingly. No one begged you. Since you already gave, what’s wrong with giving a little more?“Besides, to your family, that money’s nothing but pocket change. What right do you have to just take it back?”If his company weren’t on the verge of bankruptcy, he wouldn’t have bothered with Selena at all. He already had Sophie.Sophie was obedient and charming. The night she returned home, they slept together. She was adventurous—he was completely hooked.She was so much better than Selena, who was stiff and awkward, acting shy even when he held her hand.After three years to

Selena opened her mouth to say something, but her stomach lurched violently. Before she could stop herself, she threw up all over Zack.After everything that had happened, she was completely drained. Once the nausea passed, her vision went dark, and she fainted.…When Selena woke again, it was already noon the next day. The persistent ringing of her phone finally dragged her out of sleep.She rubbed her aching temples, grabbed the phone, and saw the caller ID.It was Anne.Most likely another setup call for a blind date.Honestly, her parents weren’t even in a rush, yet her aunt acted like getting her married off was a national emergency.She was acting more anxious than a mother of the bride at a wedding.Not wanting to answer, she tossed the phone aside and lay back down, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, her thoughts still muddled.Last night, she’d gone drinking at the bar after hearing that Zack was going on a blind date. In a fit of frustration, she called her brother to pick h