Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 260

The group exchanged pleasantries for a while before someone finally gave in to curiosity and asked about the striking woman at Forrest's side-the one whose beauty was simply impossible to ignore.

"And who might this be?"

"Hello. I'm Mila, a friend of Mr. Whitmore's."

Before Forrest could answer, Mila introduced herself with easy confidence.

Forrest glanced at her, his tone warm and gracious. “Ms. Sutherland and I studied the same field-she's my junior. She's exceptionally talented and played a significant role in the Atlas Language Model project."

A few people couldn't hide their surprise.

"So, Ms. Sutherland and Mr. Whitmore are professional collaborators?"

"Not exactly," Forrest replied, smiling. "Ms. Sutherland has changed careers. She's an art designer now. She just happened to have time today and decided to join us for some fun. If you run into her in the future, I hope you'll look after her."

"Of course, absolutely."

"No wonder she has such presence-an artist, that explains it..."

that Forrest wasn't keen on letting everyone bombard Mila with questions,

a while, the crowd

what you said earlier. But you really didn't have to do

anyway; all her energy was focused on preparing for the international fashion weeks in June and

"Think of it as a little head start on introductions. After all, it's your work that'll speak for you I'm certain of that. I just want

She was just about to reply when another voice suddenly

it's been

the Pembroke family was

Forrest the moment they entered the ballroom. He'd watched them from a distance for a while before finally walking

different universities, but back in the day, there had been joint events where Nathaniel had met Forrest and even

remembered

handshakes, Nathaniel looked at Mila, his expression

"You two...?"

crowd thinned out, Mila lowered her voice and explained. "Forrest is the friend I mentioned before you know, the one who helped when

the Montgomerys', so Nathaniel had no idea. But Mila's recent absence hadn't gone unnoticed, and he'd had

for letting Julian stay with you. I hope

Forrest replied easily. "He's been