Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 143

He was genuinely checking in on her.

Elara recognized the concern in his words and decided not to hold his bluntness against him. She stayed on the chat screen.

After a moment of hesitation, she realized she couldn't just ignore someone who was sincerely looking out for her. She typed back: [We're fine, thanks for checking in.]

Sebastian replied almost instantly: [Really?]

Elara: [Why would I lie to you about that?]

Sebastian scoffed silently. *You've lied to me plenty of times,* he thought. But he just stared at the screen, his thumbs hovering over the keyboard.

He didn't reply, but he didn't close the app either.

He just stared at Elara's latest message, as if he could somehow analyze her facial expressions and emotional state through those few short words across the network.

But he wasn't a mind reader, nor did he possess some supernatural ability to decipher Elara's thoughts through a screen.

Judging by her actions recently, the only thing he could confirm with absolute certainty was that Elara had no intention of divorcing Julian.

She still wanted to maintain the illusion of a happy home, pretending she didn't know anything while continuing to live her life with him.

Whether she was swallowing her pride for Melody's sake, or because she simply loved Julian too much to let him go—it didn't matter.

The bottom line was that she had chosen Julian and their family.

He stared blankly at the screen for a while, tapped the text box, typed a few words, and then aggressively deleted them all.

He was no longer that traumatized little boy who used to shadow Elara's every move.

During his years abroad, they hadn't exchanged a single word. Now that they were reunited, she was married into his family.

With the years of lost contact and their current social boundaries, even though they had each other's numbers, their conversations were strictly polite and formal.

"..."

Finnian picked up the envelope, opened it, and pulled out the paperwork inside.

He didn't even need to read the whole thing. The bold headers alone told him exactly what was going on.

Finnian blinked in stunned disbelief. "You want me to personally file a fraud report against a shell company run by Julian Beckett's mother?"

Sebastian gave a curt nod.

Finnian genuinely couldn't comprehend what his young boss was trying to achieve anymore.

When Sebastian had him gather evidence of Julian's infidelity and mail it to Elara, Finnian could sort of justify it. He figured Sebastian, given his own mother's history, harbored a deep-seated hatred for cheaters. So even if Julian was family, Sebastian would ruthlessly throw him under the bus in the name of justice.

But what on earth was this?