Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 265

Mila felt like her world was crashing down.

She understood every single word Miranda had said, but put together, the meaning just didn't compute. What did she mean, she'd accidentally slept with Roland?

In the little garden, even the breeze seemed to hold its breath.

After a long moment, Mila finally managed to sputter, "How did you even dare?"

Who was Roland, anyway?

He was the kind of man who carried a gun everywhere-dangerous, ruthless, the last person anyone in their right mind would willingly get involved with. If it weren't for some very unusual circumstances, Mila would've kept her distance entirely.

And now, her best friend had slept with him?

She always knew Miranda loved a thrill—taking up shooting lessons, trying out every extreme sport she could find-but she'd never shown the slightest interest in any man before. Wasn't she the one always swearing off marriage?

tight circle, took a steadying breath,

blurted out, "Well... you know how I've been working with Roland lately, because of all that Lockwood family mess? It's put both of us in some tricky situations, and there were things I needed him to handle. So, he posed

I lost control, okay?"

sharply and fell silent, at a complete

"But whatever, right? We're adults. So we slept together-big deal! I'm young, he's young, we're both attractive, nobody got hurt. I even wired him three thousand pounds the next day. That should've been the end of it, right? But now he's telling

Three thousand pounds? Responsibility?

stunned, then cut in, exasperated, "Wait, hold up-you paid him? Are you treating him like

Group, and that's his going rate for a

together, just as Miranda fell silent on the other end. After a brief pause, Miranda admitted, sounding uncertain, "I mean, I was the one who made the first move, and I don't want

kind of logic is

dig for details. Instead, she cut to the chase: "So what do you

do

why's he making such a big deal out of it? He's been calling me nonstop, and I'm too scared to pick up. By the way, when are you finally getting your passport sorted? At this point, I just want to hop a plane and

all the Lockwood Group drama,

a new reason: escaping a