The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 140

"Or are you actually naive enough to believe that just because he won't give you the time of day now, he suddenly will the moment I leave?"

Madeline scoffed, a humorless sound.

"Just how completely insecure do you have to be to keep coming after me like this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her assistant's car pulled up. Without a backward glance, she slipped into the backseat and the car drove off.

Felicity stood by the gate, her fists trembling at her sides.

What she hated most in the entire world was that infuriatingly calm, untouchable composure Madeline always wore.

She loved York just as fiercely, yet Madeline never had to fight, never had to scheme, and York's eyes were still hopelessly glued to her.

...

"Mother, I've said it before. I will handle my own issues with Madeline."

"With the way you acted today, do you think she'll ever want to set foot in the manor again?"

"No matter how deeply dissatisfied you are with her, she is the woman I'm going to spend the rest of my life with."

York laid it all out with brutal honesty.

"If you want to ensure your own son never comes back here either, by all means, keep treating her that way."

With his suit jacket draped over his arm, he turned and marched toward the exit.

Seraphina was entirely stunned.

Since York had returned, this was the absolute first time he had stated, unequivocally, that he intended to spend the rest of his life with Madeline.

She stood there in a daze.

Maybe she had overstepped, but as a mother, how could she not worry about her own son?

Arthur observed her rapidly shifting expression.

"Seraphina, you let your anxiety get the better of your judgment. Madeline is not an irrational woman."

"Can't you see it? York is the one chasing after her. Be careful, or you're going to drive both your son and your daughter-in-law away for good."

The elder's sharp words completely silenced her.

When York stepped out of the manor, Madeline was nowhere to be seen.

He let out a self-deprecating laugh.