Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 356

"Smack!"

On the snowy mountain steps, Archie stumbled backward, clutching his reddening cheek, eyes wide in shock as he stared at his furious father, Xavier Fontaine.

"Dad, you hit me!"

"Damn right I did! You reckless brat-look at the mess you've made! You ran off with your sister-in-law and vanished for days without a word. Are you trying to give me a heart attack?"

Xavier was practically shaking with rage; years of cultivated composure vanished the instant he saw his son.

"Dad, I'll explain later!" Archie blurted, twisting away and bolting up the stairs toward the old chapel. His cousin had just hurried up there with Leonard, faces strained and tense-something was wrong, and Archie could feel it in his gut.

He couldn't relax. He was worried for Mila.

But he made it only a few steps before several bodyguards intercepted him, hauling him up by the arms and dragging him back down the mountain. Kicking out in protest, Archie shouted, "Let me go, old man! You know what my cousin's like—he's insane! He's completely out of control!"

Xavier kept his expression cold as ice. "None of this concerns you anymore. You're finished here. Pack your bags-you're going abroad for college, and that's final!"

"Old man, you-mmph! Mmmph—!"

church doors

forceful grip yanked her up into a hard embrace. Cold lips crashed against her face, then her mouth-hungry,

Finally, she broke free and collapsed to the ground, clutching her throat

did she

thought they were buried, but now, seeing Lysander again, every wound reopened, raw as if it had happened just yesterday. She'd coped fine these

the slow balm of time-could

feet, putting distance between them, her voice

Lysander halted in place.

dark eyes locked onto hers-he saw her terror, and beneath it, disgust... hatred. Something

you?" he

"I do."

the wind howled, blowing flurries into the

across from each

After a long silence-