Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 327

Fortunately, it wasn't too late.

On stage, Forrest sat at the grand piano, his fingers dancing across the keys. Under the soft glow of the lights, he seemed to shine. Mila stood in the audience, eyes brimming with tears, her heart overflowing with emotion.

In that moment, she knew he was the one. The person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

She stepped forward, moving in time with the gentle melody, each step bringing her closer to a happiness that felt almost within reach. Her eyes sparkled with hope.

Miranda, watching from the crowd, couldn't contain her curiosity. She pulled out her phone, eager to identify the tune.

"This sounds so familiar," she murmured. "And it's really beautiful."

Within moments, her app delivered the answer.

She glanced up, excited to share the discovery with her best friend-only to find that Mila was gone. On her phone's screen, the song's title spun in a loop:

"I LOVE YOU."

I love you.

...

Somewhere in a dark, narrow corridor, a girl's startled cry was abruptly cut off.

"Leonard, what are you-!"

Mila had been about to cross the dance floor, but halfway there, a strong hand seized her arm and yanked her away. Before she could even scream, a hand clamped over her mouth and dragged her down the hall.

For a split second, as the lights flickered, she saw his face.

Leonard.

Back in the ballroom, the crowd swayed to the music, oblivious to the brief drama unfolding just out of sight.

Mila struggled free at last, only to stumble into a pitch-black room. The door slammed shut behind her, the click of the lock echoing in the dark. The air was thick with tension, each breath tight and ragged.

Panic clawed at her chest.

thinking, she lunged for the door, twisting the handle and pounding against the

open the door! Let

slow and deliberate, and the sound of heavy breathing. Terror squeezed her heart until she could barely

you, don't lock me in here!

his hot

farther into the room, tears streaming down her face. Her voice was raw with fear and

him further, she

I'll go to the hospital with you, okay? I swear I didn't

there-please, let's just see a doctor, my

I'm sorry-your fiancée, call her! Let her come here, please, I'm

sobbing

low, mocking laugh echoed. She caught a whisper -hoarse, almost inaudible. "Who was

clouded by panic to answer. Taking advantage of a brief opening, she lunged

No one answered.

the door. All reason fled as she thrashed and kicked, her hand accidentally brushing

She didn't notice-

red and brimming with tears, a single drop falling

back into

...

leaned against the wall. He listened to Mila's muffled cries and pleas, unable to steady his own ragged breathing. His head hung low, one hand pressed

for a

a cigarette. It took several tries to light it—his

down the wall until

and faded, ashes scattering across the

lay strewn across the floor. The girl was trapped beneath the young man's broad shoulders,

make out the sound of piano music, growing

hear it at

She couldn't hear anything.

brother, I can't hear

-It hurts so much.

desperate, as if he wanted to pull her into himself and never let go. Her tears soaked

was

...

an end. In the ballroom, laughter and conversation filled the

piano, scanning the crowd, a gentle smile frozen on his lips when he realized the person