The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 180

"Let them report me. I've got nothing to hide. If I were that easy to destroy, I never would have been transferred back in the first place."

York replied with complete indifference.

"Alright. She's going to wake up soon, I need to get back."

"Wait, York. Do you really not suspect anything about that little girl's relationship with Sloane? I did some digging yesterday, and Sloane has actually left the country."

"I ask you, what kind of biological mother casually flies abroad in peace when her own daughter is about to undergo major surgery?"

Hearing this, York lifted his gaze lazily.

"If someone with your intellect can figure out the problem, do you really think I couldn't?"

Caleb was speechless.

Damn it!

Why did this guy always resort to personal attacks for absolutely no reason?

"So what's your play here?"

"What else is there to do? Madeline likes the child, so I help out."

"If there are things she doesn't want me to know, I just pretend I don't."

York's answer took Caleb entirely by surprise.

"Impressive. No wonder you've been so incredibly invested in a random little girl lately."

"You even went out of your way to send the medical files to Dr. Jansen. Here I thought you miraculously developed a soft spot for kids, but it turns out it was just a strategic tool to win your wife back!"

"Are you leaving or not? Speak another word of nonsense and you can kiss that investment goodbye."

Caleb immediately mimed zipping his lips. Before he could turn to leave, his eyes suddenly bulged wide open.

"Madeline, when did you wake up?"

Madeline's expression remained perfectly unreadable.

"Just now."

But only she knew the devastating earthquake tearing through her heart in that very moment.

She had naively believed that York genuinely cared for Evie, that he felt some inexplicable, blood-bound affection for her.

Only now did it hit her—he merely saw Evie as a pawn.

She couldn't accept it.

She absolutely refused to accept it.