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 moment, the group had gathered at Johnathan’s to discuss

looked utterly exhausted after several days

now, pressure’s coming from all sides. They want us to release White. We’re

already sent people to negotiate, but Johnathan’s side hadn’t backed

file of evidence released

was the only reason they’d managed to

case, not something one nation can

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the truth was there would be plenty of room for manipulation Once White was handed over, there’d be no telling if the person tried and executed was

busy fielding inquiries from

gone public. Now everyone wanted answers–whether the

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

by now, but not Stone,

He family had a spotless legacy. So

a quick update, then

to hold the line, I can’t

“The Treno family’s completely entangled in

why Maddox

all costs. But the Treno family had clearly forgotten that

family was mentioned, Mateo’s eyes darkened, but

the moment Maddox had made his

Draven stayed for a bit

well.

Sierra turned to Johnathan.

family’s not going