The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 209

"I don't need it."

Madeline wiped her mouth.

"In the future, you..."

York suddenly shot her a furious glare and clamped a hand over her mouth.

"To hell with the future. I'm never getting married again."

"Madeline, I agreed to sign the divorce papers, but I never agreed to stop chasing you."

In a flash, York seemed to revert back to the arrogant heir she had first met—domineering and absolute.

Madeline slapped his hand away.

"York, are you playing word games with me?"

"It's not a word game."

"Since neither of us can let go of the past, we'll end this and start over."

York stared at her, his eyes burning with relentless obsession.

"Madeline, I've never once considered finding a new wife."

This was the very first time since York returned that he had dropped his ambiguous, calculated phrasing.

No more vague answers. No more hot and cold.

To say Madeline hadn't harbored any hope deep down would be a lie.

Whether a relationship ended gracefully or went up in flames, everyone wanted absolute clarity. No one wanted to be left in the gray area.

She had spent months secretly wishing that York would stop hesitating, stop bouncing between her and Felicity.

Whether he loved her or not, she just wanted him to say it plainly.

But now that she no longer wanted to hear it, York was suddenly willing to speak.

They were constantly operating on completely different frequencies.

Back then, York's possessiveness had been overwhelming.

She had resisted it on the surface, but deep down, it made her feel incredibly cherished and fulfilled.

Because from the moment she returned to the Monroes, no one had ever cared about her the way York did.

Being constantly, obsessively needed felt infinitely better than being ignored or discarded.