The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 178

The things she used to obsess over and couldn't let go of—time was slowly healing them all.

"Madeline, if I had known you would end up returning to The Monroe Residence..."

Hunter looked at her serene profile, feeling that the Madeline before him was a distant stranger. Unable to suppress the surge of emotions in his chest, his words spilled out somewhat clumsily.

He rarely ever experienced regret.

The only time he truly felt remorse was when he found out what she had endured at The Monroe Residence.

All those years abroad, he constantly thought that if he had just paid a little more attention, if he hadn't completely buried himself in work during his company's transition, maybe a lot of what happened next could have been prevented.

Reconnecting with Madeline and seeing the state of her life now had left an agonizing knot in his chest for weeks.

"Hunter..."

Madeline looked at him, silently stopping him from continuing.

"Those things are truly in the past for me."

She was no longer terrified of the nightmares.

"You don't need to dwell on it either."

Even though she later met York, going through periods of heartbreak, happiness, and excruciating pain—

Having Evie smoothed over every single one of her old wounds.

"I'm full. I'd like to go see Evie now."

Madeline spoke with polite detachment, leaving Hunter in silence.

She left the ward and headed upstairs to the ICU. After taking a few steps out of the elevator, she froze in her tracks.

The man she hadn't seen for over a week was standing directly outside the ICU doors, staring at Evie through the glass partition.

Madeline's heart gave a sudden lurch.

Why was York here?

A growing sense of unease gnawed at her as she forced herself to maintain composure and walked over.

Hearing her approach, York snapped out of his daze.

He raised an eyebrow.

"We get into a fight, and you don't even tell me this little girl is having surgery? You really know how to hold a grudge."

Hearing his usual, arrogant tone, Madeline let out a quiet sigh of relief.

She replied faintly, just as she always did.