The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 77

Nora paused for a second.

She shook her head. "I'm not mad."

Parker was reckless and completely lacked a filter, and his presence was definitely irritating. But Maloney had defended Cassidy, so Nora had no real reason to be angry.

"I never had feelings for Seraphina," Maloney stated suddenly, offering the explanation unprompted. "Honestly, you could say we barely even know each other."

It was the very first time Nora had ever heard Maloney bring up his relationship with Seraphina voluntarily.

She stared at him, caught off guard.

"You don't believe me?" he asked.

"No, it's not that..." Nora rested her hands lightly on his shoulders, tilting her head back to look at him. She chewed on her bottom lip, considering her words carefully. "But... everyone says you loved her."

"Who is 'everyone'?"

"Everyone we know says it."

"Name one person."

Put on the spot, Nora frowned, diving into her memories.

It felt like she had simply known this fact since she was a little girl.

To Nora, Maloney had always been the handsome, kind, and incredibly helpful older boy next door.

When she first started understanding what romance was, she believed Maloney was the best man in the world.

But Maloney and Seraphina were a package deal.

Who exactly had told her that?

*Everyone.*

Jasmine, Cassidy, and even Bella Monroe had all gossiped about Maloney and Seraphina's epic romance.

Nora was the youngest of the group.

But Bella was in the same grade as Seraphina, and Jasmine and Cassidy were only a year behind them. They had all gone to the same high school.

They talked about how Maloney drove Seraphina home after classes.

They talked about how Maloney attended parent-teacher conferences for her, acting as her guardian.

They talked about the time Seraphina got sick, and Maloney rushed her to the emergency room in the middle of the night, staying by her bedside until morning.

The stories were endless.

People even said they had met each other's families and were planning to get married and have kids the second they graduated.

Basically, growing up in The Gated Community, it was treated as absolute gospel that Maloney and Seraphina were soulmates.

How was Nora supposed to resist that?

She had always been in love with him.

And at the time, Nora was backed into a corner. Vivian and Bella were circling her like vultures, waiting to destroy her, and Arthur Dodge was fiercely determined to force her to marry Sebastian Sinclair.

Compared to those nightmares, marrying Maloney was undeniably the best option she had.

Caught up in the rush of emotions, she had said yes.

For two years of marriage, she had walked on eggshells, terrified of overstepping.

And honestly... it hadn't been terrible.

But the fact that Maloney loved Seraphina was an established truth in her mind.

Nora wasn't just pulling this out of thin air.

When she had brought up getting a divorce recently, she wasn't just throwing a tantrum.

She genuinely wanted to set them both free.

To set things right.

So no, Parker's comments hadn't made her mad.