The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 227

Seeing Madeline's reaction, Audrey's lips curled into a satisfied smirk.

"You look a little pale, Editor Monroe. Don't tell me you're scared?"

Madeline's fingernails dug fiercely into her palms as she offered a frigid smile.

"You seem to have a lot of free time on your hands, Director Ashford. How about I pitch a new project to the VP about clowns? You look like you'd be a perfect expert on the subject."

"You!"

Unable to out-talk Madeline, Audrey immediately weaponized her authority, dumping a mountain of extra tasks on her desk.

By the time Madeline finally finished her work, it was already 5:30 PM.

The sky outside had begun to take on a gloomy, bruised hue.

Madeline drove distractedly, her mind replaying the horrifying events that had taken place in the villa all those years ago.

Just thinking about it made her stomach churn.

Right then, her phone buzzed with a call from Sloane.

"Maddy, I basically forced myself on Lucas the other night."

Sloane sounded incredibly despondent.

"I mean, it's not like it was our first time sleeping together, but under the circumstances... Ugh, I don't want to use him. It's not fair to him."

But when it came to love, fairness was nothing more than an illusion.

Madeline pressed her lips together. "But what if he wants to be used?"

Sloane instantly fell silent.

She had never considered it from that angle before.

But Sloane quickly noticed something off about Madeline's tone.

It sounded heavy. Suffocating.

Sloane's heart leaped into her throat. "Maddy, what's wrong? Did York come bothering you again?"

"It's not him."