Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 285

But allowing a divorce to slice his actual net worth in half—let alone walking away with absolutely nothing—was entirely out of the question.

"I'm sorry," Julian finally said.

He forcibly softened his tone, trying to defuse Elara's hostility. "The company's financial situation isn't optimistic right now. I physically cannot fulfill that old promise."

Before she could tear that excuse apart, he rushed on, "But I swear, I won't leave you stranded. I will compensate you to the absolute best of my current abilities."

Listening to him weave lie after pathetic lie, Elara genuinely laughed out loud. "Compensate me how?"

"Is your idea of 'compensation' tossing me a single property and a few million dollars?"

"Unless I'm mistaken, your company is prepping for an IPO. A soon-to-be publicly traded company, and that's all the liquid capital you can scrounge up? Who exactly do you think you're fooling?"

"That was just a preliminary draft," Julian scrambled to defend himself, refusing to admit his blatant attempt at financial abuse.

"That's exactly why I reached out. I need you to tell me what your actual expectations are. Once I know your bottom line, we can move forward..."

"I've already made my demands crystal clear," Elara interrupted, thoroughly sick of his repetitive gaslighting.

"For the absolute last time: you will catalog every single asset under your name, and we will split them fifty-fifty. If you still want my ten percent stake in Ark Solutions, you can buy me out at fair market value."

"Full custody of Melody goes to me. As for her child support, educational trust, and medical expenses, my attorney will send you the itemized list."

"Elara!" Julian barked.

Seeing that his manipulative soft-pedaling wasn't working, his temper flared again. He dropped the wounded husband act entirely. "Do not push me too far!"

"Not willing to cooperate?" Elara drawled lazily.

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