Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 305

Chapter 297

A heavy night blanketed the world.

On the empty stretch of highway, a lone service station glowed-its lights a bright oasis in the darkness. Clusters of cars were already parked outside, and people moved in and out, lending the place a surprising liveliness for such a late hour.

Soon, a black SUV pulled up.

Archie hopped out, hustled inside, and returned minutes later with a thermos full of hot water and a bag of takeout.

"Dinner and medicine, Mila."

"...Thanks."

Mila didn't bother correcting him about calling her "Mila" anymore. She'd realized by now that Archie was the type to do as he pleased-he might promise to change, but would always slip back into old habits the next minute. Honestly, she was too tired to care. Let him call her whatever he wanted; it wasn't worth the trouble.

An uneasy silence settled inside the car.

Midway through eating, Mila noticed Archie kept glancing at her out of the corner of his eye. After the third or fourth time, she couldn't hold it in any longer.

"What's up?" she asked. "Do I have something on my face?"

but finally blurted out, "Mila, when we were driving

her face when she woke up-so shaken, so upset-had

get into it. She brushed him off. "Yeah. Bad dream.

"Huh?"

chest a hearty thump. "Don't worry, Mila. I'm

earnest, so young, still clinging

they'd bought

he could. Mila curled up on the backseat, but no matter

...

vision of love was shattered-torn apart by Lysander's cold, clear

brutal lesson: the gulf between their worlds, their backgrounds, their social classes, was one she could

words in her mind, letting them gnaw at her until her grades slipped, dropping her

she forget why she'd escaped her old life? Why she'd worked so hard

She wasn't like most people. She didn't have the luxury

catch her if she fell. She'd fled a suffocating home, clawed her way into Northpoint, scraped by

was through the knowledge and

awards. If she could just keep up her grades, land a good mentor-there would be plenty

secure could

she just wanted a normal life. One

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