The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 235

"Maddy, don't go..."

In the stark white of the ICU, York finally broke through the surface of his coma.

Hearing that the very first word out of his mouth was Madeline's name, Seraphina's face stiffened for a fraction of a second.

She quickly masked her displeasure.

"Are you feeling pain anywhere? I'll go get the doctor right now."

York's pale lips parted slightly. "Where is Maddy?"

Seraphina shot him a sharp glare.

"She's a grown woman who goes wherever she pleases. If she refuses to step foot in this hospital, what am I supposed to do? Drag her by the hair to your bedside?"

York remained silent.

Her own words fueled her anger. As she pressed the call button for the doctor, she launched into a bitter tirade.

"You wake up and immediately ask for her, yet when you were brought in, I had someone call her, and she couldn't care less! She was too busy out on a date with the CEO of Ascent Group to bother with you!"

York immediately sensed something was off.

He let out a weak, cynical chuckle, his instinct to protect Madeline flaring up instantly.

"Since when did you pick up a hobby as a gossip, Mom? She's your daughter-in-law, and you're dragging her name through the mud? Would you say these things about your precious foster daughter?"

"Hunter Holt is her business partner. It's completely normal for them to be in contact. I support her career, yet you, as her mother-in-law, are trying to tear her down?"

"That's because..." Seraphina started, then caught herself, swallowing the rest of her sentence.

"Forget it. There's no reasoning with you. Focus on recovering. Your father and I will handle everything else."

If she wasn't terrified of spiking his heart rate, she would have thrown that photo right in his face.