My Ex-Husband Begged Me to Take Him Back - Chapter 335

Chapter 335: The confrontation (Part €“ 2) Chapter 335: The confrontation (Part €“ 2) Elijah’s shoulders slumped, his head lowering under the weight of his guilt.

“I wronged you over the years.

I am sorry.” “Sorry?” Nicholas squinted at him.

“You think a simple sorry is enough to make up for years of neglect?

For leaving me to suffer?

For covering up Luke’s crimes?” His expression hardened.

“I know you too well, Elijah Baker.

You’re not sorry.

You don’t feel guilt-you feel fear.

Your apology is a pathetic attempt to make me forgive your criminal son.” “No,” Elijah shook his head desperately.

“I truly am sorry for what I did.

Yes, I am selfish.” He swallowed hard before pressing on, “Luke is impulsive.

He made foolish mistakes.

I punished him.” He paused, his eyes pleading.

“But can you forgive him?

I swear, he won’t bother you again.

Just€¦ don’t hurt him.

That’s all I ask.” ‘So this was it,’ Nicholas mused bitterly.

Now it made sense-why Elijah had insisted on meeting him, why he had put on this pathetic display of remorse.

“You wanted to see me so you could beg me to forgive the man who tried to kill me?

What do you take me for?

A fool?” He threw him a hurtful look.

This was certainly his biological father, but he was always biased, always taking Luke’s side.

“I admit Luke was wrong,” Elijah spoke again.

“And yes, he should be punished for his actions.

If I had known what he was planning, I would have stopped him.” He reached out and grasped his hands.

“I regret not checking on him sooner.

But€¦You survived.

And for that, I’m relieved.” His grip on his hand tightened as his gaze turned pleading.

“You are kind and sensible.

Can you let him go?

I’m begging you?

This is not enough.” “I’ll do anything you want,” Elijah declared.

“I’ll give you my shares.

This mansion, the property-name it, and it’s yours.

Just forgive Luke.

Don’t take legal action against him.” Nicholas snorted, looking away in disgust.

Elijah picked up a folder from the table and stretched it toward him.

“Take a look.

The mansion has already been transferred to your name.

I had my lawyer draft a new will.

I’ll give you my shares as well.

If you want, I’ll give half the Bakers’ properties.” Instead of taking the folder, Nicholas pushed it away.

The documents fell to the floor, papers scattering across the carpet.

“You think this will buy my forgiveness?” He scoffed.

“I don’t need your mansion.

I don’t need your shares.

And I certainly don’t need your bribes.

Luke will pay for what he did.” “Please, Nicholas,” Elijah dropped to his knees and grabbed his hand, “I’m begging you.” Nicholas instinctively stiffened, every muscle in his body tightening as he looked down at the man groveling before him.

His heart twisted painfully as he recalled a few disturbing scenes from the past.

His mother had also begged him just like this.

He could still see it, could still hear her pleas.

But Elijah had mercilessly kicked her away and left her as if she were nothing more than dirt beneath his feet.

Now, fate had turned the wheel and brought Elijah to his knees.

“My mother also begged you, remember?” Nicholas grumbled.

His fingers wrenched free from Elijah’s grip.

“When she was diagnosed with cancer, she begged you to keep me with you, to let me stay.

But what did you do?” Elijah’s face drained color when he recalled the past.

For the first time in years, the memories he had buried deep resurfaced with brutal clarity.

Nicholas’s mother had begged him.

But he had turned his back on her, on them, without a second thought.

Now, as he knelt on the hard floor, that same helplessness flickered in his eyes.

He finally understood what it felt like to be discarded.

He sank further into the floor, guilt, and regret mixing on his face.

“She didn’t want anything for herself,” Nicholas said, his tone turning colder.

“All she wanted was to secure her son’s future.

That’s all.

But you mercilessly threw her out.

You left her on the streets to fend for herself.” His insides burned with rage and agony as he recalled the pain his mother had gone through.

“You destroyed her,” Nicholas gritted out.

“You got her pregnant, used her, and then left her to marry into wealth.” Elijah remained still, head bowed.

He couldn’t meet Nicholas’s gaze.

“Things are complicated in the corporate world,” he murmured.

“Sometimes€¦ you have to make decisions not for yourself, but for the company.” He finally lifted his eyes, guilt and regret warring within them.

“It’s not that I didn’t love your mother,” he confessed, his voice barely above a whisper.

“I did.

I truly did.

But I couldn’t marry her.

My marriage with Luke’s mother was a business deal.

I had to make that decision for the future of the company.” Nicholas snorted derisively, feeling even more bitter in his heart.

“Back then, the company wasn’t stable,” Elijah continued.

“The Brooks attacked us, causing massive financial losses.

If I hadn’t married Luke’s mother, the company would have collapsed.

I didn’t have a choice.” “Really?” Nicholas curved his lips into an ugly sneer.

“You think I care who you married?

Do you think I want to hear your justifications?

I don’t care why you abandoned my mother.

I don’t care what reasons you had.” Elijah flinched at the raw anger in his tone, but Nicholas didn’t stop.

“My mother never tried to come back to you.

The moment you left her, she let you go.

She never asked for a place in your new life.

She never begged you to take responsibility for her.

The moment you left her, she let you go.

She didn’t even ask you for a single cent when she was dying.” His fists clenched.

“All she wanted was for you to acknowledge me.

That was her last wish.

But you couldn’t even give her that.” His voice cracked, laced with the agony of a child who had been discarded and forgotten.

“She died in pain.

Her last regret was that she couldn’t give me a better future.

And from that moment on, I vowed that I would give her justice, that I would make you pay for her suffering.” His eyes turned glassy with unshed tears.

And now, after all these years, you think I’ll just forgive you?”