The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 95

The words dropped like a live grenade, entirely blowing Sloane's mind.

"Holy shit!!!"

"Babe, please tell me you're joking."

"Evie woke up while I was out of the room. I have no idea how she spotted York."

"She followed him straight into Felicity's ward, and now my mother-in-law is in there too." Madeline's voice trembled with a heavy, inexpressible despair.

"I couldn't expose her identity, so I told them she was yours. Sloane, I'm so sorry, I..."

Hearing Madeline's frantic apologies, Sloane felt a sharp pang of sympathy.

"Maddy, don't panic. I'm on my way. And don't you dare feel guilty. I just became a painless mom out of nowhere—people would kill for this setup."

Madeline hung up the phone, forced her breathing steady, and walked back to the ward.

The moment she stepped up to the door, she heard Seraphina still lecturing York: "Don't give me that attitude and pretend you're not listening, do you hear me?"

"You need to sit down and have a real talk with Madeline. Since you refuse to get a divorce, your father and I won't interfere. But you better get a move on with having a kid."

"Even if we aren't rushing you, your grandfather certainly is."

York scoffed, a lazy smirk pulling at his lips.

"Mom, how old am I? You're already hounding me for a second kid. Even a workhorse isn't driven this hard."

Seraphina shot him an exasperated glare. "Are you hallucinating in broad daylight? You haven't even won your wife back, and you're already dreaming about a second baby. No wonder Madeline doesn't want to talk to you."

"Don't we have our son, Sunny?"

York shrugged lazily, pulling out a wet wipe to clean Evie's face after her snack. His dark eyes flickered with something entirely unreadable.

"Once I win her back, the kids will follow. And do me a favor—don't try to 'help' and end up being a stumbling block in my marriage again."

Seraphina was both offended and amused.

"York Yates, is that any way to speak to your mother? When have I ever been a stumbling block?"

"You were doing it just now downstairs. Maddy is independent; she has her own ambitions. Don't constantly nag her about having a baby. A career-driven woman hates hearing that more than anything."