Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 294

Archie had bought it for her.

She glanced again at the route traced in red pen through the guidebook: from Kingsford to Solaris City, with two major legs and three stops along the way.

First, Kingsford to Magnolia Harbor; then from Magnolia Harbor, following Highway 317 all the way to their final destination, Solaris City.

Nearly three thousand miles in total.

She did a quick calculation-if they made good time, they could be there in seven days.

Mila put the guidebook down and turned to watch the spring landscape flashing past the window. Her heart felt suddenly hollow.

How long had it been since she'd last taken in the scenery outside, just for the simple pleasure of it? Just for a bit of peace, with nothing weighing on her mind?

She honestly couldn't remember.

Life had been so crowded with responsibilities and troubles lately, she'd barely had a chance to breathe.

Her eyelids grew heavy as these thoughts drifted through her mind. She'd only just recovered from a fever, and after lunch she'd taken her medication. The exhaustion—both physical and mental-pressed down on her, making it impossible to resist sleep.

eyes fluttered closed, and

He quietly changed the music to something mellow, then eased off

Half-awake, half-dreaming.

herself drifting back into old

first glimpsed Lysander from afar the first moment anyone

had taken her completely by

couldn't help herself-she kept thinking about him, searching for any scrap of information

hard to

because he came from a prominent family, but because he was a

him

really shocked her, though, was that someone so perfect-so out of reach- had never once been rumored to date

who liked him had given

reputation for turning down confessions with brutal honesty: sometimes

clear: None of you are good

so, his popularity only seemed to

looks to match. If he had a flaw, it was his sharp tongue; otherwise, he was practically

about him, the more discouraged

bad either-but she couldn't hold a candle to Lysander, who was a year ahead and already in a

as for family background? She