Chapter 171

Vivienne was no gullible woman. She wouldn't let Sebastian brush her off with his delay game. "I don't care how busy you are. The least you can do is give me a timeframe." He wouldn't even look in her way, instead simply uttering, "I don't know." Frustration washed over her. "You had time to rescue Melanie but not finalize the divorce with me?" At last, Sebastian turned around. He looked at her, high and mighty from above, his gaze piercing and bone-chilling. "Don't even mention yourself in the same sentence as Melanie." A sharp, stabbing pain bloomed through Vivienne's chest, as if hundreds of tiny needles were pricking her heart. Right—how could she have been so foolish to think she could ever compare to Melanie? She tilted her head up, meeting his gaze with a cold, striking smile. "If I'm worth so little to you, why not just divorce me? What—you enjoy the thrill of stealing what isn't yours?" A faint, unreadable curve tugged at Sebastian's lips, but there was no warmth in his