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..."

Mila

while, the crowd

did Mila speak up. "Thanks for what you said earlier. But you

of networking or finding clients at this sort of event. Lillian's Studio was on hiatus anyway; all her energy was focused on preparing for the international fashion weeks in June and July. If she made it to that stage, she'd never have to worry about attracting high- quality

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

complicated. She was just about to reply when another voice

it's

the Pembroke family was

Mila and Forrest the moment they entered the ballroom. He'd

back in the day, there had been joint events where Nathaniel had met Forrest and even spoken to him a

clearly remembered him as

looked at Mila, his expression a touch

"You two...?"

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

at the Montgomerys', so Nathaniel had no idea. But Mila's recent absence hadn't gone unnoticed, and he'd had his own suspicions. Still, this wasn't the time or place

you for letting Julian

all," Forrest replied easily. "He's been a delight,