Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 335

Fortunately, Maddox had mentally braced himself during their earlier verbal sparring.

When Sebastian's silence confirmed his worst fears, the shock was profound, but it didn't push him into a blind rage.

The two men stared at each other in total silence. After what felt like an eternity, Maddox was the first to break eye contact.

"How long has this been going on?" he asked quietly.

This time, Sebastian didn't stay silent or try to deflect. He answered honestly, "A very long time."

Maddox asked again, "Does it have to be her?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever tried moving on? Or finding someone else?"

"I tried. I couldn't let her go."

Having answered dutifully, Sebastian offered a bitter smile. "Please stop testing me."

"You know how I am. If there were any other path I could take, I wouldn't have let myself become this pathetic."

He purposely lowered his voice, lacing his words with an agonizing sense of helplessness.

It was a gesture of surrender to his elder, a plea for mercy.

It proved he was completely out of options.

If there had been even a sliver of an alternative, he wouldn't have endured years of silent torment, nor would he have resorted to using his own happiness as a weapon against the grandfather who loved him.

Did anyone really think he didn't know how much Maddox cared?

He knew it perfectly well. That was exactly why he was willing to break the old man's heart with such ruthless threats—all to shield a woman who might not even accept him in the end.

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