All Chapters of You Had This Divorce Coming: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

Rayne and Wendy locked eyes. The instant their gazes met, something sparked between them, like a current snapping into place.Wendy's fury melted into a grin. "How did I not think of that? Yes. That's exactly where we hit them. Lucille dared use her schemes to burn down our villa. We'll use her own weapon against her...""Burn Midnight Splendor to the ground!" Rayne finished the thought in perfect sync, and they slapped their palms together with a sharp crack.Wendy felt as though she had discovered an entirely new continent. Her eyes shone with excitement. "I love it. This plan is completely viable. We just need the right cover, something they can never trace back to us."Rayne drew a cold finger across her throat. "Simple. We pay someone on the inside to do it. Money talks. When the police investigate, they'll find an employee dispute. I'll have someone look into it right now and find out if there's any internal conflict we can exploit."Wendy nodded firmly. She had been holding

Otto clapped Gideon on the shoulder. "The sleeping medication given to my son was ordered by Rayne. She instructed the caregiver to do it. Your cousin isn't the innocent, guileless person you think she is."He said nothing more. Turning away, he stepped into the elevator and let the doors slide shut.As the elevator descended, the full weight of it settled over him. A shadow had fallen across the friendship he had once cherished most, leaving behind a strange unease he could not put into words.Over the years, nothing had ever come between him and Gideon, least of all love or women. Their bond had always run deeper than that. It was a friendship rooted to the bone, built on unspoken trust and the instinctive understanding of two people who saw the world the same way.Now, all of it was gone. Everything felt unrecognizably different.If he hadn't once believed so completely in Gideon's character, if Gideon hadn't insisted again and again that Rayne was someone he had practically ra

Wendy rushed forward and pulled Rayne into her arms, talking her through it until she finally managed to catch her breath.Gideon stood frozen, his entire body rigid.His mother-in-law had just hit Rayne? She and Lucille had followed Rayne to the hospital, where her son had been admitted, and then hit her here?Were the two of them trying to burn the whole world down? What did they think they were doing? Were they actually trying to drive Rayne to her death?Fury swelled inside Gideon, filling his chest until it felt ready to burst.As his emotions spiraled, his body seemed to burn with them. Heat climbed through him, his head pounded, and his thoughts became a blur.He had been hoping Joanne would return from Asthrala sooner. He had convinced himself that once she was back in the country, she would talk some sense into Lucille, calm her down, and give everyone a chance to find some peace. Instead, Joanne had returned even more volatile than Lucille, more vicious, and even less r

"You're going to stand there and deflect responsibility? Our daughter's illness happened because of you. Who else could it have been?"Lucille wanted to say it calmly, but she found that every time she faced Gideon, calm was beyond her reach. Every emotion came out raw, frayed at the edges.After all, every time she thought about the daughter she had nearly died to bring into the world, and the way the man she had once loved and admired above everyone else had treated their daughter with such thoughtless carelessness repeatedly, her emotions unraveled.It was as though a giant palm had closed around her heart and refused to let go. The pain spread through her entire body.Not kissing a newborn on the face was one of the most basic rules. Even a healthy person could carry a virus without knowing it.Meanwhile, Gideon had come to see Lily while he was already sick. That meant he hadn't truly been thinking about her well-being. He wanted to play the role of a loving father without co

Rayne couldn't wait any longer. "Mom, what is he doing? He went to confront Lucille. Why has he been gone so long? Stay with Connor. I'm going to see what's going on."She told Wendy to stay with the baby, pushed the door open, and hurried out.She had barely taken a few steps when she saw it.Gideon was calm and careful, clearly not confronting anyone. He was slowly escorting Lucille back to her ward, holding her IV bag above her head with one hand while supporting her with the other. Every movement spoke of patience and quiet devotion.Rayne stopped as though she had run into a wall.Gideon had been furious. She had seen it with her own eyes. How had he changed so completely? In the time it had taken her to walk down the corridor, he had somehow become the picture of a devoted husband.As she watched them walking side by side, watched the care with which he held Lucille, something inside her snapped. She spun around, marched back to her own ward, and slammed the door behind her