Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 153

The night deepened around the hospital.

With the holiday break coming to an end in just a couple of days, Miranda had a stack of cases awaiting her attention and couldn't linger around indefinitely. She had already headed back to prepare for work.

Eugene had just stepped out after receiving a call from his mentor, leaving Mila alone in the room with the child.

She was playing a board game with Julian.

Having spent several days with the boy, Mila noticed something unsettling about him. He was too quiet, almost unnaturally so, and rarely smiled.

The only times she had seen any strong emotions from him were when he ran to her for help while being pursued by kidnappers, when he saw his uncle, and when his uncle tried to take him away from her. Otherwise, he was overly compliant, sticking close to her, doing whatever he was told-like a well-behaved puppet.

He seemed a bit withdrawn, the complete opposite of Adrian's vibrant and willful personality.

Despite his young age, Mila felt that Julian might really benefit from some professional psychological support, but that was a decision for the Pembroke Family to make, not her concern.

The two were in the middle of a game of Parcheesi, a set Miranda had bought.

was Julian's turn to roll the dice. He gently shook them in his small hands and tossed them onto the

A six.

her hands, "Wow, Julian, that's amazing—a six! You get to roll again. You're

glanced at Mila. Encouraged by her enthusiasm,

it was

over these spaces and

Mila's guidance, the door to the room opened suddenly, causing

Leonard walked in.

Mila instinctively frowned. What

stranger made Julian a bit nervous; his hand

to

even more, his earlier tension

finished the game. Julian reached the finish line first and won,

picked out two, and handed them to her. "For

the game, keeping just one candy, and giving the rest

happily accepted the

though he didn't smile, she