Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 227

Jocelyn sent her location along with a voice memo: "I'm at the restaurant you mentioned. How soon can you get here?"

Elara texted back: [I'm on my way. Be there in about five minutes.]

Elara had arranged to have lunch with her mother, followed by an afternoon of shopping together.

Over the past two years, her wardrobe had consisted almost entirely of whatever was comfortable and easy to order online. She had completely stopped caring about styling or fashion.

Now that she finally had some free time, Elara embarked on a spree of absolute retaliatory spending. She swept through the mall from one end to the other, scaling floor by floor. From designer clothes and luxury handbags to hats and fine jewelry—if something caught her eye, she had the staff bag it up, pay the bill, and casually sign up for VIP memberships along the way.

She wasn't just spoiling herself; she bought a mountain of things for Jocelyn and Melody as well.

She even picked out gifts for Julian, Maddox, and Meredith to keep up appearances.

And every single purchase was swiped on Julian's Supplementary Amex Card.

For the entire afternoon, Julian's phone did not stop buzzing with charge notifications.

At first, the amounts were relatively modest—peaking at maybe ten or twenty thousand dollars. Julian brushed it off, assuming Elara was just updating her wardrobe alongside her salon visit, and didn't pay it much mind.

But when he stepped out of a two-hour video conference and unlocked his phone, the sight of dozens of unread alerts nearly gave him a heart attack.

Clicking into the messages, he stared in horror at the relentless stream of charges—tens of thousands, over a hundred thousand, with the highest single swipe clearing twenty-something thousand dollars.

At a conservative estimate, while he had been stuck in a two-hour meeting, Elara had blown through over a hundred thousand dollars!

Julian completely lost his composure.

However, scanning the merchant names in the alerts, it became obvious she wasn't just splurging on herself. There was children's clothing, men's fashion, and even a few premium brands favored by the older crowd...

What on earth was Elara doing?!

Without wasting another brain cell trying to figure it out, he dialed her number directly.

By this time, Elara had finished her shopping spree and was walking out of the mall with Jocelyn. Since the mall's concierge service was delivering all their purchases straight to the house, the mother and daughter were strolling empty-handed, each sipping on a boba tea.

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