Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 537

Chapter 537 When the Truth Breaks Through

Anyone who saw Troy right now would think he had a terminal illness.

When had the proud, cold, untouchable Troy ever shown pain like this? Right now, anyone could see it. Anyone could catch it.

Troy would rather suffer to death than show weakness. If the other person meant no harm, even if they only felt pity because of his pain, he could not accept that.

And yet, here he was. Completely exposed. This was Troy’s biggest taboo.

He had tried to suppress his emotions. But they were too strong. Too wild. Even when he fought to hide them, they spilled out anyway.

Overflowing.

Max looked at his buddy’s intense reaction and realized he could no longer joke about it. His face turned serious. “What’s wrong with you? Don’t do this. You’re scaring me.”

Troy slowly lifted his head. His eyes held pain and confusion. Even speaking seemed hard. “Do I… have heart disease?”

“What?” Max froze.

“Otherwise, why does it hurt this much?” Troy grabbed his shirt tighter.

Max had wanted to grab his hand but stopped mid–air.

The next second, tears slipped from the corner of Troy’s eyes. When Troy once thought he was seriously sick, he had stayed calm and emotionless. But now… he was crying?

Max stood there, stunned.

Was it really this painful?

Troy asked, “Why would I feel this?”

Max stayed silent for several seconds, then said in a low voice, “Troy, how long are you going to keep lying. to yourself?

“This isn’t heart disease. Do you understand?

“This is you liking someone.

“Or worse.

“You fell in love,”

Troy’s expression changed instantly. His eyes shook like a violent storm was raging inside them. He finally snapped and shouted, almost hoarse from the force of it. “Max, are you out of your mind? How dare you curse me? Me? In love with Ayla? Have you lost it?”

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His words were sharp. His gaze was ruthless.

But tears kept falling.

“Why don’t you ask yourself,” Max said, no longer trying to comfort him, “why do you think loving Ayla i some kind of curse? You need to face the reality, Troy. You really think you came out here in the middle the night just to get some sea air?”

Isabella’s heart pounded in fear. She wanted to stop Max from pushing Troy any further. If Troy faced th truth sooner, he could move on sooner. So she stayed silent.

“If Ayla wanted to remarry you, she would have come back when you tried to stop her. She wouldn’t have made you wait this long,” Max said, grabbing Troy’s collar hard. “Troy, you’re waiting for a phone call that will never come. You realized you had fallen for her far too late.”

Troy’s lips trembled, but he didn’t say a word.

Max loosened his grip. “Honestly, I’d rather you were still the same complete jerk you used to be. That would be better than this. When a jerk falls in love, he gets punished. You need to let this go.”

Troy stayed silent for several seconds. Then he suddenly shoved Max away. He stumbled backward sever: steps. His face looked terrible–cold and hard–like he was ready to cut Max out of his life forever.

Max used his final move. “Troy, why don’t you touch your face?”

Troy’s eyes widened.

“Do you even realize you’re crying?”

When something is impossible to accept, it takes time. From realizing it exists to fully accepting it, a process is needed.

If someone is good at lying to themselves, that process can last a very long time.

From the moment Troy first learned Ayla had gotten close to Draven, he thought she had just found someone powerful to rely on.

Later, when he heard Ayla claimed she was with Draven, he still refused to accept it. He stubbornly believed she was only trying to make him jealous.

As time passed, Ayla even came to the island to celebrate Draven’s birthday.

After that, Troy could no longer lie to himself.

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