He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 560

Veronica pulled out her phone and dialed Yardley's number directly.

It connected quickly, his deep voice filtering through the speaker. "Hello, Veronica."

"Yardley, Scarlett and Julian are meeting with my father right now. They're trying to steal our deal."

His voice on the other end was hollow, laced with a heavy exhaustion. "Oh. I figured as much."

Her pitch rose immediately. "You figured? And you aren't doing anything about it? Are you just going to let her walk all over you and—"

She caught herself before the profanity slipped out, forcing her tone into something softer and more comforting. "Yardley, you can't keep going on like this. You need to pull yourself together. I understand how miserable you must feel. Any man would be devastated by something like this. But right now, you can't afford to give up. You need to figure out how to crush her arrogance."

Normally, Yardley felt nothing for Veronica—in fact, he found her quite annoying. But after the relentless barrage of setbacks he'd faced recently, the approval and support he received had dwindled to almost nothing, replaced by a chorus of criticism and doubt.

In a moment like this, hearing the words 'I understand you' felt incredibly rare. It struck a vulnerable chord deep within him.

He didn't let the emotion bleed into his voice, keeping his tone flat. "Do you have a better idea? Or rather... can you actually stop your father from signing with her?"

"I can!" she declared proudly. "And I'm more than willing to do you another favor. I can pull the strings to get Melanie and Sylvia released from custody! But, Yardley... if I'm going to do all this for you, I need a concrete promise. I know you're still legally married, but once the divorce is final, will you consider me?"

Sensing his hesitation through the silence, Veronica let out a harsh scoff. "Yardley, I know you're conflicted because you're technically still a married man."

"You have so much integrity and a sense of responsibility toward your marriage, but what about her? I wish I had recorded the way she and Julian were feeding each other at the dinner table just now. She's flaunting it in front of everyone, yet here you are, walking on eggshells and clinging to your morals."

"Now I know exactly why you keep losing to her! If you want to be a coward, then let her keep walking all over you! I'm not some desperate woman begging for attention. I'm giving you a chance. If you don't want it, then I'll just—"

Before Veronica could finish her threat, a crisp, sharp female voice suddenly cut through from Yardley's end of the line—