Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 408

The salty wind whipped through the air, and somewhere a band played wild, triumphant music.

A chaotic crowd buzzed around the orange sports car, where a woman in a white dress and veil clung to the neck of a man in sunglasses. Mila's heart was still pounding from the adrenaline when his low, teasing voice brushed her ear. For a moment, everything else fell away into silence.

Then fury snapped her back to reality.

Of all times, he chose now to flirt?

Anger and fear warred inside her. Without thinking, Mila tightened her grip around the man's neck, pulled herself up, and slammed her forehead into his.

Bastard!

Lysander didn't even flinch. He leaned into her headbutt, laughter rumbling in his chest.

"My dear wife."

"Oh, come on! Could you save the heroics for later and just drive?" A tense male voice burst from the driver's seat.

Mila looked up and finally noticed the red-haired man at the wheel, spinning the car as he grinned back at her.

"Hey, gorgeous, I'm Francis-"

Smack!

Lysander reached over and whacked Francis on the back of the head. "Drive. We need to get off this island. Now."

"You'd drop dead for a pretty face, you hopeless dog!" Francis shot back, but he knew time was running out. This was Cossio's territory; if they lingered, they'd be in real trouble. Without another word, he grabbed the megaphone and shouted out the window:

"Everyone, let's move!"

chorus erupted from the convoy of luxury cars, and the drummers perched atop the vehicles hammered out a thunderous rhythm. The car formation curved, not to escape just yet, but to

vroom, the orange convertible shot

the wind lashing her hair as

saw it all

Cossio stood out-rigid, his green eyes locked onto her. His face, icy moments ago, was strangely composed

if something cold and ancient

a warm hand slid around her waist, shielding her, and Lysander's palm gently covered

"Don't look at him."

pressed her lips together

lifted his head and met Cossio's stare across the crowd-his fox-sharp eyes meeting the other man's emerald gaze, neither of them backing down, both faces unreadable yet edged with

After a long beat,

eyes darkened, and his blood-red lips curled in a faint, taunting

"You lost again, boy."

Lysander's eyes narrowed.

smashed through the convoy, tearing open a gap, and several bikes roared through, engines howling as they closed in

"Francis!" Lysander barked.

"On it, on it!"

a path, but the bikes were faster-agile, relentless. One

clear: take them alive. Nothing else

CRASH!

air, but in a flash, a muscled arm shot out from beside Mila. Lysander, still holding her with one arm, swung a baseball bat with the other, knocking the weapon aside and sending the

like a beast

always in control. But never like this: brutal, overpowering, a force of nature that made