Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 313

"You again? What was your name-Mila, right?"

The woman's voice turned icy. "You've got some nerve, calling here. Lysander's in the shower and can't talk. Don't bother calling again. You homewrecker. Stealing someone else's fiancé-pathetic!"

"Wait, I didn't even know he was-" Mila barely got the words out before the line went dead, replaced by the cold, repetitive beep of a disconnect.

She stood there, in the fading twilight on a noisy city street, ears ringing.

Homewrecker?

She'd never imagined that word could ever be thrown at her. The absurdity and injustice of it hit her full force, leaving her breathless.

It made no sense.

For a moment, Mila couldn't even summon the strength to protest.

She stood there, dazed, lost in the crowd and the city noise. But eventually, she forced herself to breathe, to do something-anything. She dialed Miranda, hoping to ask about Lysander's engagement.

Miranda was the closest connection she had to that world.

well-off, weren't anywhere near the Montgomerys' league. Miranda didn't know much—she just promised to quietly ask around. Mila

how she tried, she couldn't let it

going to

had to get to the truth. She needed answers-because if this rumor got out, how could she

Fortescue City.

morning, Mila and Archie sat outside a rustic inn, sipping steaming black tea and eating hearty beef pastries for

a high plateau, and the rainy season had settled in. Outside, a fine mist fell endlessly, water dripping from the eaves in silver

of his pastry. He sounded a bit frustrated. "When's this rain going to stop? We have to make it to Zionia tonight, no matter

watched the passersby moving through the drizzle for a moment, then spoke decisively. "We're

for the

road from Fortescue City to Zionia is paved-pretty much the last smooth stretch we'll get. It's

creasing her brow. "We're running out of

here, they'd passed through a checkpoint. Thankfully, Mila still had her

it left

was only a matter of time before they found her-maybe a

couldn't afford

had to reach Solaris City before Lysander caught

roads after this, so let me drive