Chapter 428

Robert’s hands curled into tight fists, his towering form rigid as a statue. His gaze locked on the stack of documents Samuel had handed him, an ominous weight pressing against his chest. Hesitation rippled through him, but his trembling hand eventually reached for the papers. Without a glance at the cover, he flipped them open. The inked characters on the first page hit him like a thunderclap. His breath caught, and his fingers tightened around the parchment, the tremor in his hand growing uncontrollably. His pale, strikingly handsome face turned ghostly as if drained of all vitality. His usually composed demeanor shattered, and an unfamiliar glint of vulnerability surfaced in his piercing eyes. What Samuel had given him was no ordinary document. It was a divorce agreement. Eleanor’s signature stared back at him, black ink stark against the white paper. Samuel’s smug voice broke the silence, laced with malice. "She’s already signed it. All that’s left is your signature. Don’t waste th