Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 440

Silas was quite tall, standing at 6'2". However, because of his usual rational and conservative style, he rarely wore formal suits.

He typically dressed like a professor—blue polo shirts or camel-colored jackets.

This was largely because there were too many young female students at the university. When Silas first started teaching, he dressed younger, favoring athletic wear or stylish shirts.

It resulted in a flood of confessions from female students.

To put an end to it, he had no choice but to hide his true aesthetic.

But his striking features were impossible to conceal, so over time, he cultivated an increasingly cold and unapproachable demeanor.

He became so aloof that any conversation outside of academics was met with one-word answers, making him incredibly difficult to approach.

It was only when he met Madeline years ago that his icy exterior began to thaw.

For years, he had kept his feelings suppressed.

But the moment Madeline divorced Lucius, he immediately confessed.

Her firm rejection, however, became an insurmountable hurdle in his heart.

He had assumed Madeline was simply traumatized from her past and needed time to heal. He thought that as long as he stayed by her side, she would eventually open her heart to a new relationship.

But Silas had been completely wrong.

Madeline wasn't like that at all.

When he attended the grand banquet at the garden villa, he stood in the crowd.

He watched with his own eyes as Madeline appeared, the master of the villa's arm wrapped intimately around her waist.

She was wearing a stunning red dress, looking more gorgeous than he had ever seen her. He had never witnessed her dressed so vibrantly. With a pigeon-blood ruby resting against her collarbone and lips as striking as the gem itself, Silas watched her from afar.

He took off his glasses and wiped them three times, his composure completely shattered.

She didn't need time to accept him; she had simply never looked at him that way.

Madeline observed Silas sitting across from her.