The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 499 That Was the Choice He Made

Chapter 499 That Was the Choice He Made

Mateo was speechless. Draven’s voice was low and hoarse.

“In that case, we won’t stay any longer. Take care of yourself.”

With that, Draven stood up. He had nothing left to say. He didn’t wait for Mateo and simply left.

A while after Draven walked off, Mateo finally opened his mouth.

“Out of all of us, the person I admired the most was you. You always handled everything so well. Even my grandfather used to say you were the real deal–young, capable, and steady. Not like me, always messing things up. Every time I screwed up, the first person I ran to was you, because I knew you’d clean it up.”

Maddox’s heart clenched. He couldn’t help but say, “I’m sorry.”

But he didn’t say, What happened between me and Johnathan is our business. It doesn’t affect our friendship. There was no point. After so many years, they all knew each other too well. Maddox knew Mateo had already made his decision.

And sure enough, Mateo said, “I owe you. I won’t forget that. I’ll pay it back when I get the chance.”

Before Maddox could say anything, Mateo got up and left.

He watched as both his close friends walked away. Maddox sat there for a long time. Despite the cold night and falling snow, he didn’t seem to feel a thing.

It was a long time before he finally got up and walked back toward the house.

This was the choice he had made.

Draven had expected Mateo to struggle with the fallout for a while, but to his surprise, after that night, Mateo quickly went back to how he was. The only difference was that he never spoke of Maddox again.

the group had gathered at Johnathan’s to discuss the aftermath of everything

exhausted after several days without

sides. They want us to release White. We’re in the middle of

made him a delicate situation. The embassy had already sent people to negotiate, but

gone viral after Johnathan ordered the entire file of evidence released online. Netizens from around the world were shocked and calling for

they’d managed to keep him detained for this

other side is arguing that this is an international case, not something one nation can handle

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White was

been busy fielding inquiries from multiple government

gone public. Now everyone wanted answers–whether

through all this, Stone had come to realize just how deeply White’s family had infiltrated the

caved by now, but not Stone,

a spotless legacy.

a quick update, then prepared

I can’t say how long we’ll last. Be ready for

then added, “The Treno

he didn’t understand why Maddox

avoided taking sides at all costs. But the Treno family had clearly forgotten that

mentioned, Mateo’s eyes darkened, but he said

moment Maddox had made his decision, he had already expected this

stayed for

well.

Sierra turned to Johnathan.

going to let this