The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 103

York didn't reply.

Madeline held her phone and walked over to the window.

Her hospital room overlooked the park next door.

There were people strolling by the lake, coming and going, mostly in pairs.

It seemed like being alone in a place like a hospital made it entirely too easy to overthink.

Madeline suddenly felt lost.

Her phone buzzed repeatedly. Madeline opened it to find her work group chat already exploding with gossip.

[Holy shit!!! Did you guys see the news? Prosecutor Yates went absolutely nuclear for his girl. I heard the higher-ups are furious.]

[What happened?]

[Wasn't Mr. Yates handling the Zimmerman case? Word is that Tyler messed with the wrong woman—apparently, he's the one who injured the prosecutor's wife, so Yates broke his legs. And that Rolls-Royce involved...]

[The best part is Prosecutor Yates claiming he was just taking out the trash for the public.]

[Even though the optics are bad, he has the moral high ground. The D.A.'s office will probably be all bark and no bite. Honestly, absolute power is the ultimate green flag in a man!]

[Wait, since when does Prosecutor Yates have a wife? Is it that Ms. Xavier?]

[No idea, but there's a video.]

Someone quickly dropped a thirty-second clip into the chat. Madeline hesitated for a moment before tapping play.

In the video, York was wearing his usual tailored dress pants and shirt, walking out of the D.A.'s office while paparazzi swarmed him, demanding answers about Tyler Zimmerman.

York stared lazily at the cameras, radiating pure, untamed arrogance.

"He touched someone he shouldn't have."

"If I can't even protect my own wife, there's no point in wearing this badge."

After dropping those words, he walked away with a cold expression.

Madeline gripped her phone. Her chest tightened, and a suffocating ache made her eyes burn.

They had a secret marriage. Even when they had been deeply in love, York had never flaunted their relationship to the public.

He had certainly never stood up for her so brazenly, knowing full well the damage it would do to his career.

So...

Could she still trust him?