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?

did things go

him to lie about such a minor issue since it

was confident that this step was completed smoothly. After all, anyone sensible would know better than to cross the

the only explanation must be

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

convinced. Yes,

never been in a relationship or experienced a breakup himself, he had watched countless soap operas with his

and he left as promised, but she showed no signs of

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was typical for a young

looked puzzled. Was it really like that? Yet,

he had figured it all out, Anthony took a deep breath and solemnly placed a hand on Milly’s shoulder to declare earnestly.

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 it’s fate,

grew more confused by the minute. “Who said

up since it was more like you were

the details aren’t important. What matters is you’ve severed ties with

did not know what

moment ago, she had been uncertain, but now Milly was completely convinced that Anthony

odd atmosphere when she walked in, why they were concerned about her well–being,

from, she did not have the

complexion was not as pale as before, though he still needed more time to recover fully and be discharged.

he heard about her upcoming discharge, he maintained his usual stoic expression, seemingly indifferent. His apathy only fueled Milly’s determination to win him

to get his

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

would add that number back, even