The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 208

But when two people who truly loved each other finally separate, it still physically hurts.

She looked up at York.

Even after two and a half years apart, his face was still engraved in the deepest part of her soul.

Whether she wanted to admit it or not.

"Madeline, that night two months ago, I asked if you could give me a chance, and you didn't say no."

"Why the sudden change of heart?"

The sudden intimacy of him using her first name—a sound she hadn't heard in so long—made her heart tremble.

There was a universal trait among men who broke your heart.

Their sudden, unexpected moments of tenderness could effortlessly shatter all your defenses.

Just like York.

He could vanish completely without a single word. He could casually joke about their marriage in front of a crowd. Yet, the moment she finalized the divorce, it was as if he had been possessed by a different soul—gifting her jewelry and speaking to her with gentle sincerity.

Madeline let out a dry, bitter laugh.

"I didn't suddenly change my heart."

"I just hadn't finalized my decision back then."

"So, deep down, you never actually wanted to give me a chance?"

York had been dying to ask this question for half a month.

He had spent every day numbing himself with alcohol, refusing to be the first one to bow his head in front of her.

He felt pathetic. A grown man, agonizing over a woman like this—it was humiliating.

But if he could have just let it go, he would have signed the papers ages ago.

"I can't get past it."

"York, the things that happened these past two days caused me genuine, undeniable damage."

"My past with you has nothing to do with anyone else. We simply aren't compatible."

"If we were, you wouldn't have left for San Francisco for two years without saying a word."

Those two years had been agonizing and humiliating for Madeline.