Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 294

Julian went quiet again.

Meredith said fiercely, "Just wait. I'll go talk to him right now and see if his lawyers can handle this."

"Thanks, Mom."

Ending the call, Julian switched to his messages and clicked on Elara's profile.

The screen displayed their last exchange.

It was the Friday afternoon he had asked for the divorce. Melody had used Elara's phone to send him a voice memo, asking when he'd be home.

He had replied with a voice memo of his own.

Julian tapped on Melody's message. Her sweet, childish voice, laced with a cautious hesitation, filled the air. "Daddy, are you off work? When are you coming home for dinner?"

During those few days, desperate to repair his relationship with Melody, he had left late and come home early, insisting on driving her to Shoreline Preschool himself.

Even though she was still mad and refused to give him back his "points"—let alone forgive him—she was no longer rejecting his company. She was even initiating contact.

When he dropped her off, she would happily wave goodbye before following her teachers inside.

Just like before he started seeing Vivian. Back when Melody was finally used to school and had stopped crying for home. He used to drop her off every day, and she would wave sweetly, then come sprinting out with a huge smile to greet them in the afternoon.

It had been two weeks. Nearly half a month without a text, without a word, without hearing his daughter's voice.

At first, after demanding the divorce and abruptly moving out, he was terrified of hurting Melody. Terrified of hearing the crushing disappointment in her voice. Terrified that Elara would ignore his calls, leave his texts on read, and forbid Melody from speaking to him.

But eventually, the silence became a habit.

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