Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 134

"I liked you from the first moment I saw you. You're so brave..."

Mila froze, a look of shock crossing her face.

The first moment?

That must have been seven years ago, on a stormy night, when she was pregnant and knelt at the Montgomery Manor, desperately knocking on the door with her head.

Back then, she had been cornered by the Sutherland family and Lysander, with no other option but to make such a reckless and desperate move. In her mother-in- law's eyes, was that really courage worth admiring?

Did she truly like her from the first glance?

But...

If she hadn't been pregnant back then, and if she wasn't the daughter-in-law of the Montgomery family, would her mother-in-law still have liked her?

She didn't voice that question in the end, but tears fell silently, staining the bedspread with dark spots.

So, it was like this.

She had always been content with

noticed her mother-in- law's brow furrowing deeply, her face marked by heavy

if only I were as brave as you, then

her breath quickening, and the hand Mila held began to tremble

into bed, wrapping her arms around her mother-in-law as if comforting a

be afraid, I'm here, I'm

small frame curled up in her embrace, her breathing steadied, and soon she was peacefully asleep. Mila

she dared not move,

to see Mila, her spirits lifting considerably, even

pleased as

when bedtime came,

was quite attached, bringing her pillow into Mila's room for the night,

unstable, Conrad had no choice but to

Montgomery men each found themselves in

leaving him perplexed about why he had even returned home

he just a

extreme emotional highs

into taking her medication, then simply kept her company, listening to whatever she wished to share and indulging her in whatever she wanted to do,

her mother-in-law had an episode, it was like dealing with a child at