The lost heiress never forgiven

Chapter 498 No Longer That Age of Reckless Loyalty

Chapter 498 No Longer That Age of Reckless Loyalty

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As they walked out of the Wynn family estate, Mateo finally spoke. “I’m going to the Treno residence. You coming?”

Draven glanced at him, letting out a soft sigh. “Going there won’t change anything.”

Worse, showing up now would just make things even more awkward.

“I’m going anyway.”

Mateo knew all the logic, but his heart wouldn’t let it go.

“I’ll go with you,” Draven said.

They were both quiet during the drive. After a long silence, Mateo finally asked, “Whose side are you on?”

Draven didn’t answer until they got out of the car. Only then did he say, “I stand with whoever’s right.”

And this time, it couldn’t be clearer.

Johnathan had nearly died. Maddox knew the real culprit was still out there and said nothing. That wasn’t how brothers were supposed to act.

“Draven, when Orien wasn’t around and I got my ass beat by my old man, Maddox was the one who bailed me out. Every time I screwed up, it was Maddox who cleaned up the mess.”

Mateo was mostly talking to himself.

Draven didn’t say a word. By then, they’d arrived at the Treno estate.

Maddox was already in the garden, waiting with tea. It was like he’d known they would come. He poured them each a cup and said, “Let’s skip the alcohol tonight.”

Neither of them touched their cups. They just sat in silence.

In the end, Maddox spoke first. He didn’t look at them. His eyes stayed fixed on the teapot in front of him.

“It’s been over twenty years now, hasn’t it? I still remember the first time we got into a fight.”

They’d all gone to the same school. Everyone knew each other’s backgrounds. As kids, they’d been full of pride, too arrogant to get along–until they all ended up on the same side in a brawl.

He couldn’t even remember what had started it. All he knew was that he, Mateo, Draven, and Stone had gotten into it with a group of middle schoolers from next door.

The kids at that school weren’t ordinary. No one was afraid of anyone. They were all golden boys, heirs to powerful families. Even when they were outnumbered by older kids, none of them backed down.

Of course, they got their asses handed to them.

Maddox had never been a great fighter. Draven and Mateo were even worse. Stone could hold his own, but one guy against seven or eight older kids wasn’t exactly fair odds.

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Chapter 498 No Longer That Age of Reckless Loyalty

Just when those punks were forcing them to beg for mercy, Johnathan had shown up.

Maddox still remembered the look in his eyes the first time he saw him.

They’d all been around ten or cleven, but Johnathan had walked in with this chilling aura, like he wanted. to burn the world down.

Without asking a single question, Johnathan jumped into the fight like he had nothing to lose. The beating he gave those middle schoolers was enough to make them run for their lives.

Back then, none of them knew who he was. They had no clue he was from the Wynn family. All they saw was someone who was ridiculously strong.

Later, they tried to thank him. Johnathan just glanced at them like he didn’t even recognize them. Turned out, he hadn’t jumped in to help. He just felt like fighting.

Even so, a bond had formed. They all started hanging out more.

Johnathan had ignored them at first, but eventually, whether out of boredom or something else, he started letting them stick around.

Later, they found out he was from the Wynn family.

Their friendship had started in childhood and lasted over two decades.

While Maddox lost himself in the memories, Mateo and Draven were quiet too, clearly remembering all of it.

Mateo’s eyes were red. “If you remember all that, then why the hell did you do this?”

He finally asked the question that had been burning in his gut.

Maddox finally looked up. He gave them a bitter smile. “You guys know how things are with my family. Sometimes…. I don’t get to choose. Mateo, I’m not just Maddox. I’m a Treno. And we’re not kids anymore. We don’t get to be reckless for loyalty’s sake.“,

That was it.

Mateo had come hoping there had been a mistake, that Maddox had been tricked or manipulated. But Maddox had just cut off that last thread of hope.

He turned away, unable to hide the pain in his eyes.

They weren’t boys anymore. Being a grown–up meant shouldering grown–up responsibilities. noveldrama

And Maddox had known from the moment he made his choice that he’d be giving up his brothers.