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.

just couldn't let

up in the same dilemma. "It really is a tough

with warmth, but neither of them touched their forks. They sat lost in thought, weighing their

evening

broke the silence. "Mila, why do you have to choose? Why not have

in surprise. "What do you

word. But he might not. Even if he does, what's the worst that happens? You'd just end up in the same situation as last time. Only this time, things are different-you can walk away whenever you want. You can wait this one

whenever I want?"

Miranda's eyes sparkled. "Exactly."

that deal with the Federal Security Bureau, so your movements were watched, your calls monitored-you couldn't even leave the country. But now? Things have changed. With that partnership in place, whether it's for protection or just to get you out of here, Lysander can't stop you anymore. What's he going to do-pick

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

divorce based on separation. If he doesn't, then you go

in danger, even with the Bureau's protection, I...I just don't know how to ask him for

Mila's throat. "Because I

it, and told Miranda everything about the past, the words tasting bitter. "Miranda, I...I don't know how to face him. If it weren't