Unmasked My CEO Ex-Husband’s Regret novel Chapter 452

Elara deliberately ignored the blatant romantic undertone of his second message, simply firing back a generic "Happy Holidays."

Though she had only been back in the workforce for a short time, she was interacting with infinitely more people than during her years as a stay-at-home mother.

As soon as midnight hit, her phone had exploded into a frenzy of constant buzzing.

Old classmates, friends, colleagues, and clients all timed their mass-holiday greetings perfectly to the second.

After dealing with Sebastian, Elara switched over to her main inbox, methodically replying to every single well-wish.

A few close friends caught her reply and dragged her into brief, cheerful catch-up chats.

By the time she finally cleared her notifications, it was nearly twelve-thirty.

Elara scrolled through her WhatsApp and contacts one last time, hunting for anyone she might have missed, and fired off a few final messages.

At the very bottom of her contact list, only three names remained: Maddox Beckett, Julian Beckett, and Meredith Beckett.

Her finger hovered over the screen. After a tense, suffocating silence, she tapped Meredith's name and sent a stiff, obligatory holiday greeting.

Maddox didn't use WhatsApp, and he was undoubtedly asleep by now. Ringing him this late would be wildly inappropriate, so Elara decided to call the old man personally first thing in the morning.

Sebastian had clearly been handling his own mountain of social obligations. Just as she finished hers, a new message popped up from him: [Get some rest. Goodnight.]

Elara typed back a quick goodnight.

She thought about adding something else, but considering he had been running himself into the ground with work these past few days, she decided to spare him the extra screen time.

A new year had just begun; there would be plenty of time to talk later. Right now, the golden boy just needed to sleep.

Setting her phone on the nightstand, Elara dimmed the bedroom lights, slipped beneath the covers, and pulled Melody close before drifting off.

Elara's hometown was nestled in the mountains of a neighboring province. Since Jocelyn's divorce, they hadn't been back once.

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