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 wrong?

There was no reason for him to lie about such a minor

money and agreed to break up 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 not be just walking away with

as planned, then the only explanation must

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

nodded to himself, convinced. Yes,

never been in a relationship or experienced a breakup himself, he had watched countless

man and he left as promised, but

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they were close, it was typical for a young woman to maintain her dignity in front of

Was it really like that? Yet, something

breath and

and the people are not yet prosperous, so how can we afford the luxury of love? See? Even the heavens are against you two being

by the minute. “Who said we’re

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 were

he added, “Forget it, the details aren’t important. What matters

not know what

been uncertain, but now Milly was completely convinced that Anthony had misinterpreted

they were concerned about her well–being, and

did not have

not as pale

maintained his usual stoic expression, seemingly indifferent. His apathy only fueled Milly’s

get his private phone number

number to send messages and even gave it to her, but she ignored them, even went as far

add that number back, even if it meant groveling