Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 285

Thunder rumbled overhead, lightning splitting the sky.

Inside the dimly lit room, a heavy silence hung between two figures. On the floor between them, a toppled toy robot lay motionless, its little red hat askew.

Mila stood frozen, tears brimming in her eyes.

She couldn't put her feelings into words-she even wondered if she was hearing things. But she knew Lysander's voice too well, the way he sounded as a young

man.

There was no mistaking it.

Her mind whirled with confusion, unable to process what had just happened.

Seven years of marriage-absurd from the start, absurd through the years, and now, as if fate needed a punchline, utterly insane.

If his "I don't love you" for all those years had been a lie, what did any of it mean? What was real-what had ever been real?

Silent tears slipped down her cheeks as her heart quietly crumbled.

"Mila..."

Lysander's usually sharp gaze flickered with rare panic. He whispered her name, reaching for her, but Mila instinctively took a step back.

In that moment, a thousand thoughts raced through her head, and yet, somehow, none at all.

on instinct

knew was that she had to get out-out of this suffocating house, out of this unbearable moment.

for a while, to

she shoved a clothing rack aside,

out

a churning mass of storm clouds. Rain came down in sheets, but Mila didn't hesitate—she plunged into the downpour, letting

...

time Lysander made it

through the trees

Mila was gone.

the rain for a stunned moment, then quickly pulled out his

everyone over here. Now. Surround

known things would go this way, he never should've agreed

should've taken her away-locked her

Forever.

team. Lysander ordered him to take a group and search the perimeter, while he headed straight

Forrest's place.

door and

the house!" he

room was Howard, frowning slightly. Lysander fixed him with an

shook his

didn't care whether he answered or not. He'd brought plenty of

was swift