A Film Queen

Chapter 329 Jealous

When Milly returned to the ward, she instantly felt something was amiss.

The tension between Anthony and Jonathan was particularly palpable.

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As she entered, their gazes snapped to her, intense and seemingly jubilant, with a trace of excitemem that was hard to miss.

Milly furrowed her brow, confused. “What’s wrong? Something feels off.”

She had only been away briefly and had even come back early. Surely, nothing significant could have occurred in such a short span, right?

Jonathan approached, his eyes full of concern. “Milly, are you alright?”

Milly, puzzled, replied, “Huh? Yes, I’m fine.”

Jonathan appeared unconvinced and pressed, “Are you not upset? Don’t you feel like crying? If you need to, my shoulder is here for you.”

Milly shook her head, still baffled. “Not at all.”

Shouldn’t leaving the hospital be a reason for happiness? Why would she feel like crying?

After studying her eyes to ensure she was not hiding her true feelings, Jonathan turned to Anthony, visibly irritated. He was showing his teeth in a fierce glare and asking silently, Didn’t you say you handled it? Weren’t you supposed to make them break up? Does this look like they’ve broken up to you?

Anthony, equally bewildered, had not expected this outcome.

Shouldn’t typical breakups include crying, causing a scene, and threatening extreme measures? Aren’t they usually marked by tears and drinking to forget the pain?

things go

reason for him to lie about such a

with Milly. Anthony was confident that this step was completed smoothly. After all, anyone sensible would know better than to cross the Burnetts. Otherwise, it would

planned, then the

Anthony’s head. He leaned toward Jonathan and whispered, “Milly is just putting on a

Yes, that has to be

a breakup himself, he had watched countless soap operas

really cared for the man and he left as promised, but she showed no signs of

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they were close, it was typical for a young woman

really like

it all out, Anthony took a deep breath and solemnly placed a

prosperous, so how can we afford the luxury of love? See? Even the heavens are against you two being together. It’s fate! And since

confused by the minute. “Who said we’re not

mistake, and he said a bit awkwardly, “Well, it’s not exactly right to say you broke up since it was more like you were told it wasn’t going to work while you were still interested. But to say you

with a wave of his hand, he added, “Forget it, the details aren’t important. What matters is you’ve severed ties with that guy, and that’s

know what

completely convinced that Anthony had misinterpreted the situation and thought

walked in, why they were concerned about her well–being, and their strange

confidence came from, she did not have the heart

as pale as

he heard about her upcoming discharge, he maintained his usual stoic expression, seemingly indifferent. His apathy only

amnesia, Milly managed to get

and even gave it to her, but she ignored them, even went as far as to delete

that number back, even if it meant