Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 288

"Lysander, stop lying to yourself!”

"It's always been you-back then and now-you were the one who abandoned her first! Time and again, you threw her away, pushed her to the edge, until she finally broke!"

"You're nothing but a coward!"

"Face it: if you hadn't schemed every step of the way back then, Mimi and I would've been married long ago! You destroyed us!"

Lysander's eyes blazed red at the words.

His last thread of self-control snapped. Like a man possessed, he tackled Forrest to the floor, raining down blows, blood spattering across the hardwood.

The older generation of the Montgomerys had all served in the military, and Lysander had grown up training with the best of them. Once he lost control, he was a force of nature. Forrest, a scholar through and through, never stood a chance he was utterly overpowered.

Harper hovered anxiously nearby, terrified things would go too far, but too afraid to intervene.

Thankfully, Leonard came bursting in just in time. With the help of a few others, they managed to pull Lysander off Forrest and restrain him against the wall, keeping the two men apart.

Forrest, quick to recover, lashed out with a kick the instant he was freed.

at the blood on his

it's you and

that, Forrest stormed

with Lysander. She'd vanished without a trace, and Forrest had no time or patience to waste on empty

...

Mercedes rolled to

sat on the couch, sullen and brooding, while Harper tended to the cuts

then, Leonard stepped into the room, expression unreadable. "Ms. Harvey is

Giselle?

before he could respond,

room.

earth

eyes went straight to the blood on his face. Worry etched across her features, she hurried to his side, reaching for the

at his boss, but didn't

cool and distant.

Harper wouldn't give up the ointment, Giselle slowly withdrew her hand, heart pounding. She knew why Lysander had mobilized half the city last night, turning Kingsford upside

leaked those documents. That was why she'd shown up so early, trying to