He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 454

Taking a deep breath, Veronica tried to suppress her boiling fury, but her gaze turned venomous.

"Do you think I'm joking with you, Yardley?"

She sneered, her voice practically dripping with venom. "Let me tell you the truth! I went to Croft Design Studio recently and ran into her and Julian!"

"He was fiercely protective of her the entire time. And when I walked into their office, Julian was trying on an entire wardrobe that Scarlett had bought for him! Down to the underwear!"

"Just how intimate do a man and woman have to be to buy each other's underwear?! Do I really need to spell it out for you?"

She paused, taking a sick sense of satisfaction in watching Yardley's face completely darken.

"Keep blindly holding on to her, and the only person you're destroying is yourself!"

"Your mother and aunt are locked up right now. With Chief Stetson personally overseeing the case, your usual connections are useless. I am the only one who can help them!"

"But if you're going to treat me like this, I absolutely will not lift a finger! Think it over carefully!"

With that, Veronica spun around and stormed out in a huff.

Yardley stood frozen, his face a terrifying mask of thunder.

He hadn't absorbed a single word of her threats.

But that one specific detail made his ears ring and his brain short-circuit.

Scarlett was buying Julian's underwear?

What exactly was their relationship now?!

Was it genuine affection, or was it exactly what his father had suspected—Julian eyeing the powerful backing behind Scarlett?

"I've exhausted all my contacts these past few days, and it's completely useless! That Gunnar Stetson acts like Scarlett's mother brainwashed him—he refuses to back down and is determined to investigate to the bitter end!"

"I visited Mom today! She's lost so much weight in just a few days! If this drags on, I don't even know if she'll survive!"

"This is all happening because you married the wrong woman!"

"If you don't find a way to get Mom and Aunt Gwen out, I swear I will never forgive you!"

Yardley took a deep, exhausted breath. "I will make Scarlett drop the charges against Aunt Gwen. Just wait."

Melanie paused, then sneered. "That bitch? How exactly are you going to make her back down?"

He didn't answer. He simply turned and headed for the door. "I'm going to find Scarlett right now and talk to her myself."