Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 229

She hadn't expected a reply anyway. Hitting send, Elara tossed her phone onto the counter and started prepping dinner.

Since the screen was unlocked, Melody trotted over, expertly swiped into Julian's chat, and held down the microphone to send him a voice memo: [Mom bought us so many presents today!]

When the message came through, Julian was in the middle of texting Vivian.

They had arranged during lunch to have dinner together tonight.

Vivian was currently messaging him to finalize the restaurant reservation.

Between his video conferences and putting out corporate fires, Julian hadn't had a spare second to reply to her all afternoon. Now that it was finally nearing the end of the workday, he had the bandwidth to hash out the details with her.

Hearing from Melody after days of the cold shoulder was a massive, unexpected thrill. Julian instantly abandoned his chat with Vivian, switching over to reply to his daughter.

[What kind of presents did Mom get?]

He already knew exactly what she had bought thanks to the credit card alerts, but he played dumb just to keep the conversation going.

While waiting for Melody to reply, Julian did some quick mental math. Not since the early, cash-strapped days of his startup had he experienced this level of sheer financial sting.

Because Elara had been so frugal over the past few years, rarely ever touching his Supplementary Amex Card, he had completely forgotten to demand it back when he decided to file for divorce.

If he had remembered, she wouldn't have been able to casually blow nearly three hundred thousand dollars today!

But it was too late for regrets.

The money was gone, and he certainly couldn't order Elara to return everything.

Since Melody couldn't accurately describe the massive haul, she simply recorded a video and sent it over.

Julian tapped play, and his heart skipped a beat as a fresh wave of dread washed over him.

The living room was absolutely buried under a mountain of luxury shopping bags. Melody was standing dead center, spinning the camera in a slow circle, but there was too much loot to even fit in a single frame!

There were clothes, shoes, and jewelry. There was women's fashion, men's wear, and high-end brands catering to the older generation.

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