Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 330

No names were mentioned, but the implication was loud and clear.

"Are you on the phone with someone?"

Elara pretended not to notice, asking Melody with a casual curiosity, "Is it a teacher, or one of your friends?"

Melody instinctively tried to hide the device, wanting to keep her father's call a secret, but the guilt of deceiving her mother quickly won out. Her little face scrunched up in conflict for a moment before she honestly handed it over.

"It's Julian."

Melody leaned against Elara affectionately, trying to smooth things over. "He called a bunch of times. I thought it was an emergency, so I answered it for you."

"The screen didn't have his name on it, so I didn't know it was him. I promise I didn't answer it on purpose."

The call log was right there; she didn't need to explain herself so thoroughly. She just desperately wanted to avoid making her mother think she was secretly keeping in touch with the man who had hurt them.

"I know."

Elara took the phone, giving it a cursory glance before crouching down to meet Melody's gaze. "The log proves it. I trust you."

"Thanks, Mom."

Melody smiled, looking incredibly relieved. She threw her arms around Elara's neck, planted a loud kiss on her cheek, and said in a sweet, exaggerated voice, "I love you the most in the whole wide world!"

"Thank you. I love you the most, too."

Melody held on tighter, happily rubbing her cheek against Elara's.

"Mom."

As their little bonding moment wound down, Melody suddenly remembered something else. "I told him we abandoned him, too."

Elara was speechless.

She hadn't expected that.

When they first moved into the new place and Melody asked about it, Elara had used the gentlest words possible to explain the separation without hurting the child. She never imagined Melody would take that explanation and throw it right back in Julian's face.

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