readline: assert without the use of event listener

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/23472


Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gireesh Punathil <gpunathi@in.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Shelley Vohr <codebytere@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Trivikram Kamat <trivikr.dev@gmail.com>