He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 491

The sudden intrusion completely shattered the lighthearted atmosphere that had just settled over the hospital room.

Seeing Yardley reach out to grab the child, Scarlett didn't hesitate. She stepped forward, shielding Dawn tightly in her arms.

Instinctively blocking Talia, she shot him an icy glare. "Why are you here again, Yardley?"

He choked on his words for a second, his tone defensive. "Why... why shouldn't I be?"

The fact that he had to learn about his own daughter's severe illness from his sister, Melanie, instead of the child's mother gnawed at him. His brows knitted together, his eyes filled with accusation.

"Do you even respect me as her father anymore, Scarlett? She... she got diagnosed, and you didn't even think to tell me?"

His voice trembled slightly on the last few words. Looking down at Dawn, who was staring up at the room with wide, innocent eyes from her mother's embrace, his heart bled.

She was so little. How could she have such a terrible disease?

Just thinking about the pain the little girl was going to endure twisted his insides into a tight, agonizing knot. He reached out again to hold her, but Scarlett was ready. She batted his hand away with brutal force.

"Don't touch her! You lost that right!"

"And what if I had told you?" she sneered, her voice dripping with bone-chilling disappointment. "What exactly could you have done?"

When she had been rushed to the ER with a high fever, the only person by her side when she woke up was Julian. That moment had crystallized everything for her—men like Yardley were completely useless when it actually mattered. Because, at the end of the day, she and her daughter would never be his top priority.

Infuriated by her coldness, Yardley pointed a sharp finger at Julian, his voice rising. "I'm her father! If I can't do anything for her, what makes you think he can?"

"Or is it just that my presence is ruining the mood for the two of you? Is that why you want me as far away as possible?"

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