The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 174

"You're so young and gorgeous, do you really think you can't find someone who genuinely loves you? We don't need him!"

Madeline chuckled softly, turning to look at Sloane with eyes full of relief.

"Sloane, I'm genuinely not heartbroken."

"Thank you for coming all this way just to check on me, though."

"Well, that wasn't the only reason I came."

Sloane closed the hospital room door, her expression instantly turning serious.

Madeline raised an eyebrow.

"What is it? Are we plotting a heist or a murder?"

"In your dreams. I'm not sacrificing my youth for you," Sloane said.

"Guess who I saw on my way into the hospital?"

"An ex-boyfriend?"

Sloane gave her a deadpan look.

"Babe, be serious. My heart is fragile, I can't handle jokes like that."

"I just saw Felicity Xavier inside this very hospital."

"She looked perfectly healthy and glowing, completely unlike someone who was here to see a doctor."

It had been a while since Madeline last heard that name.

She instinctively frowned.

Despicable people remained despicable, no matter how much time passed.

"Why do I feel like she's coming after Evie? My god-daughter is about to have surgery, and if anyone dares to mess with that, I'll destroy them."

Sloane rolled up her sleeves as she spoke, ready for a fight.

Madeline didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Let's not jump to conclusions and alert her. It might really just be a coincidence."

"If it were anyone else, I'd believe it's a coincidence, but not that two-faced Felicity! Besides, you and York are fighting right now—isn't this the perfect time for her to swoop in? Instead of hovering around York, she's lurking around the hospital? It reeks of something shady!"

"You have a point."