He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 78

"My conscience is perfectly clear! I maintained total boundaries from start to finish. I never harbored a single inappropriate thought, and I swear that on my life!"

"I can accept Scarlett misunderstanding me. But you? After all these years, you're going to let things get twisted and drag my character through the mud?"

Julian had heard enough. He stood up, his gaze locking onto Yardley with chilling finality.

"It seems that even now, you completely refuse to see what you did wrong."

"Forget it. There is no point trying to wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. We have nothing left to talk about."

Julian had lost all desire to argue. In his eyes, trying to reason with Yardley was entirely pointless.

He turned to walk out, but Yardley shouted bitterly at his back.

"What exactly is my problem, Julian? I watched over Sylvia through her entire pregnancy. I stayed with her day and night during her postpartum recovery."

"I haven't changed a single diaper for my own daughter. I've never fed her. I didn't even see her when she was born. But your son? I changed his first diaper. I fed him his first bottle. I was the first one to hold him outside the delivery room. I even threw a massive, lavish party for his one-month milestone."

"I treated your wife and child like royalty, and you're treating me like an enemy? When did you become as completely irrational as Scarlett?"

The alcohol was fueling his rage, and Yardley unleashed all the repressed frustration that had been festering inside him.

He felt horribly wronged. If he had actually done something inappropriate with Sylvia, he would accept the backlash. But he hadn't. He had never once crossed a physical line.

How had everything spiraled into this disaster?

The sensation of being entirely unable to clear his name was driving him insane.

Julian paused. He had intended to leave without another word, but the sheer absurdity of Yardley's defense grated against his ears.

Without turning around, his cold, uncompromising voice drifted over his shoulder.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify