Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 439

"Besides, Melody's health is incredibly fragile, and her medical bills are steep. How can she afford to raise a child on a lawyer's meager salary? I genuinely wanted to help ease her burden, but she threw it back in my face."

Everyone knew Meredith wasn't exactly fond of Melody. It wasn't her place to chime in about the child, so she let Julian run with it while she monitored Maddox's reaction.

Sensing the atmospheric pressure plummeting around Maddox, indicating his blatant displeasure, Meredith abruptly cut her son off. "Let the Shoreline County Courthouse decide the Child Custody arrangements. Whatever the court rules, we'll follow. There's no use arguing about it now."

Julian stopped mid-sentence. Catching Meredith's subtle cue, he quickly pivoted. "Yes, that's what I was thinking too."

"As long as Elara agrees," he added quickly.

Meredith took the opportunity to ask about his legal team, successfully steering the conversation away from the topic that was angering Maddox.

Maddox remained dead silent, simply listening to the two of them chatter.

A half-hour later, the butler brought over Maddox's medication and a glass of warm water.

Maddox inspected the pills, swallowed them, and placed the glass back on the tray. Only after the butler left did he turn his attention back to the mother and son.

"From what I'm hearing, Julian, you want sole custody of Melody?"

Julian was stunned. He had only mentioned wanting to co-parent with Elara, not take sole custody, right?

Having just played the role of a devoted father yearning for his daughter, he couldn't exactly backtrack now. He vaguely replied, "If the court awards it to me."

Maddox leaned back in his chair. His cloudy but piercing eyes locked onto Julian without blinking. "And what do you think your chances are of winning that in court?"

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