Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 20

The tension in the room was palpable. Mila couldn't help but let out a derisive chuckle. "Do I really need to spell it out for you? And drop the 'sister' act—I have no such person in my family."

"Mila!" Lysander, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up, his voice firm. "Giselle is trying to have a civil conversation with you. Must you always be so prickly?"

Giselle? Oh, please.

"Lysander, it's alright," Giselle said softly, gently patting his hand that lay clenched on the table. Her voice was soothing and calm. "Mila must have misunderstood something. Let me talk to her."

Turning to Mila, Giselle added, "Let's not get worked up, Mila. We have a child here, remember."

Mila bit back her retort, the words dying on her lips.

Her gaze fell on Adrian, standing beside Giselle, his wide eyes filled with confusion as if he was seeing her for the first time. It dawned on her that in the past seven years, she had never let her anger show in front of him, never voiced her frustrations. It was no wonder he looked at her as if she were a stranger.

her marriage because, after all, the

she had painstakingly maintained was shattered today. Maybe it had

the turmoil swelling in her chest. Her fingers curled tightly into her palms, the pain grounding her. She spoke calmly, "Adrian, go play over

he obeyed, running to the other side of the room but still casting

heart heavy with ice-cold pain, Mila dropped her mask of forced smiles. Her voice was frigid as she said, "If you two want to continue this

about me becoming the CEO at Lysander's company. I know you worked hard

nodded. "Yes,

hesitated, about

of any emotion. "I need to talk to

wanted Giselle to

won't take long, just half