Return, My Love: Wooing the Neglected Ex-Wife

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In that instant, Lucian came to the stark realization of her selfishness and the facade she had maintained.

He hadn’t planned any harm, but then the avalanche struck Raelyn directly.

As she confronted her impending doom, she desperately pleaded with Lucian for assistance.

Lucian remained motionless, not lifting a finger to end her suffering.

He simply failed to rescue her in time.

He was convinced that Raelyn had only herself to blame for venturing into such perilous territory.

Lucian harbored no remorse. Standing atop the snow-draped peak where Raelyn met her end, he shouted in fury, “It’s all her fault! That heartless wretch! She was unfit to be a mother! She brought it upon herself!”

Adrian, overhearing this, finally understood.

He never viewed Raelyn through the lens of motherhood.

Her demeanor was inherently self-centered, and Lucian never grasped that seeking maternal affection from her was futile.noveldrama

However, Adrian couldn’t label Raelyn as entirely self-serving, especially since she had entrusted her legacy to him.

He concluded that humans were intricate beings, and it was unjust to judge anyone solely by their actions at a moment in time.

“Finished with your questions?” Lucian’s tone grew cold, his patience thinning, unwilling to let Adrian believe he could manipulate him now that he knew the truth about Raelyn’s demise.

“Then sign this.” Lucian gestured with his trekking pole towards the pen resting on the table. “Just sign here, and you’ll have my gratitude. Don’t you have a family to return to? Surely, nothing matters more than making it back to them alive, does it?”

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For Adrian, his family was the one thing that mattered above all else. Without hesitation, he flipped open the document, took the pen, twisted off the cap, and signed with a decisive flourish.

The document was over thirty pages long, with three pages requiring signatures. Adrian was about to sign the last one when Lucian’s bodyguard burst in, exclaiming, “Mr. Dury, we’re surrounded!”

“What? But how?”

“It’s Joelle’s people!”

Lucian paused, and realization struck. He turned to Adrian and grabbed him by the collar. “How dare you pull this trick on me!”

Adrian met his livid gaze without flinching and, in one swift motion, slapped the folder across Lucian’s face. Lucian froze, and Adrian kicked him in the abdomen, sending him staggering backward.

“Mr. Dury!” one of the bodyguards shouted.

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