The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 179

After Hunter left, York stared at Madeline in stony silence.

Madeline ignored him and said flatly, "I need to stay here with Sloane and Evie. You should leave."

"Madeline, you despise me that much? You agreed to go to that event with Hunter just to piss me off?"

An uncomfortable tightness settled heavy in York's chest.

"Dr. Julia Jansen will be here later. She's taking charge of Evie's post-operative care, since she's highly experienced in that field."

Madeline didn't reject the offer.

Evie's post-op recovery was incredibly critical.

Whatever issues she and York had between them was one thing, but Evie's health was entirely another.

"Regardless, thank you."

York leaned against the wall, craving a cigarette. But remembering he was in a hospital, he forced the urge down.

"The little girl is adorable. I just couldn't bear to see her suffer."

Madeline looked at him in silence, a sudden, suffocating knot forming in her chest.

Right now, her daughter had just been wheeled out of the ICU and was lying in critical care, yet her husband was entirely oblivious to the truth.

Deep down, she knew it was her own choice to hide it from him.

York had no idea who Evie really was.

And yet, she couldn't stop herself from harboring resentful anger toward him anyway.

Madeline lowered her head and whispered,

"Go home. I can watch over her myself. Sloane will be here soon anyway."

"Does being around me make you that uncomfortable?"

York stared down at the top of her head. He felt like he had just bitten into a rotten cherry—a sharp, bitter sourness burned down his throat and settled heavily into his heart.

"Think whatever you want."

Madeline simply closed her eyes, leaning against the wall, completely refusing to engage with him.

Looking at him made it impossible for her not to think about Evie.

She was fragile too; she wasn't invincible.