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

to get out-out of this suffocating house, out of this unbearable moment. She needed a place to breathe, somewhere small and safe where she could lock the world

to be alone for a while, to catch

the front door, barely registering the hurried footsteps pounding behind her. On the way, she shoved a clothing rack aside, sending a

out of the

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

...

it outside, the yard was

dark, rain lashing the ground, wind howling through the

Mila was gone.

the rain for a stunned moment, then quickly

here. Now. Surround

this way, he never should've

her away-locked her up if he had

Forever.

ordered him to take a group and search the perimeter, while he headed straight to the house across

Forrest's place.

kicked in the door and stormed

the house!"

Howard, frowning slightly. Lysander fixed him with an icy glare. "Where's

shook his

brought plenty of

was