Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 364

Mila frowned, hesitating.

"I'm not sure. I keep second-guessing myself. Ever since Lysander agreed to sign the papers, I've had this gnawing sense of unease-like something just isn't right..."

Miranda leaned in. "You think he might back out?"

Mila nodded.

That was exactly it. The anxiety that kept her up at night had only grown since that

night in the mountains. She just couldn't relax. If she was honest, Lysander had never played by the rules when it came to her he was unpredictable and impossible to reason with.

She was afraid something would go wrong again.

But then, the prospect of finally holding her divorce papers in just thirty days was almost too tempting to give up. She'd waited so long for this moment.

couldn't

her and sighed, caught up in the same

table filled the air with warmth, but neither of them touched their forks. They sat lost in

evening sky blazed

broke the silence. "Mila, why do you have to choose?

blinked in surprise. "What do

Even if he does, what's the worst that happens? You'd just end up in the same situation as last time.

I want?" Mila echoed,

Miranda's eyes sparkled. "Exactly."

leave the country. But now? Things have changed. With that partnership in place, whether it's for protection or just to

the meantime, stick close to Forrest, or ask him to get the Bureau to keep an eye out for you, if

come back for two years-file for divorce based on separation. If he doesn't, then

in danger, even with

rose in Mila's throat. "Because I owe him. I let him

was raw and unsteady. She stopped trying to hide it, and told Miranda everything about the past, the words