Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 283

Chapter 275

The man's burning kiss landed on her pale wrist.

Mila's hand jerked in shock-anger flaring so hot it reddened the corners of her cat-like eyes. She stomped hard on his foot, and while the pain distracted him, she wrenched herself free and stumbled two paces away, putting a good six feet between them.

"Come any closer and I'll scream for security!" Her voice was sharp and trembling.

Lysander winced, but a twisted smile still played on his lips. "Relax, darling. All I'm saying is—if you just do as you're told and come back to be Mrs. Montgomery, I can give you anything you want."

The implication in his tone was unmistakable.

Mila understood all too well-and it was so absurd she almost laughed. The heat

in her chest drained, replaced by a heavy, exhausted numbness.

What am I even doing? she wondered.

Trying to reason with Lysander was pointless. He never listened. He never intended to sign the papers.

Drawing a slow breath, Mila took a step back. She slipped the jade bracelet from her wrist, turning it in her palm for a moment, then asked quietly, "Lysander, when Hugo Sutherland and Charlotte came out of nowhere demanding a million-dollar dowry from me... That was your idea, wasn't it?”

Lysander's expression flickered-cold and hard. "I warned you about this."

it really

but the confirmation still left her speechless. She stared at him,

That day,

met her gaze, his face unreadable. "No, you wouldn't have. I made sure they paid for

that was

hold it back. The brittle sound

went cold. Without another word, she raised the bracelet and hurled it to the

priceless jade shattered with a deafening

across the marble

voice eerily calm as she

don't want a single thing

have to say it

expect nothing from you. Nothing at

negotiation broke down

exploded; down the hallway, both

were on the first floor. Amid the chaos, Mila managed to slip away her shawl lost, not bothering to retrieve it-ducking through a window and running for freedom under the guard of her

and into the car, but her body

me home," she whispered, voice

hers, and Mila looked

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