Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 439

Cossio hadn't even shown his face yet, and Felicity's condition had already taken

a sharp turn for the worse. Before, it was only mood swings-now, it had

escalated to memory loss.

"What did the doctor say?" Mila asked anxiously.

Conrad replied, "They've changed her medication, but all it can do is slow down the memory decline a little. There's no real cure, and..." He hesitated for a moment, his expression troubled. "For her, forgetting doesn't seem to be entirely a bad thing..."

"No!" Mila cut him off, her tone steely. "This is a clinical issue. We have no idea what might happen if her memory loss continues. We have to treat it, whatever it takes."

Of course, there was a certain appeal to her forgetting anything related to Cossio, but no one could say where this path of forgetting would end. Mila had done enough research to know that next, Felicity might start losing more than just memories—her cognition, even her sense of self, could start to fade.

It wasn't impossible that she'd forget she was even a person.

And there was something else Mila couldn't shake. Felicity had already forgotten enough that she no longer feared being abroad. That meant she had no recollection of Cossio at all.

Was that a good thing?

Yes and no.

"In any case, we need to keep trying to treat her," Mila insisted. "I'll come by as often as I can to help keep her spirits up. She..."

She was about to continue when her phone buzzed. Seeing that it was Conrad's phone, she started to leave the room, but then noticed his face suddenly go cold. Without bothering to step outside, he just picked up the call right there.

Mila took a seat and waited.

She couldn't hear the conversation, but after a few minutes, Conrad's voice turned sharp: "No. Absolutely not."

He hung up immediately.

Mila was about to return to their previous topic when Conrad suddenly said, "That was Eugene. He says he wants to

"...What?" Mila was speechless.

Eugene-did everyone suddenly want

anyone in the Montgomery family-especially those closest to the family-should stay put. Wasn't that

they learned

got him wanting to go abroad all of a sudden?" Mila

"England," Conrad answered flatly.

Mila fell silent.

you just stay here a while longer? If you're

family, and Mila was no stranger to it either. She just shook her head. "Aunt Jade needs me too. Besides, she doesn't like me spending

Montgomery family, Conrad thought, but said nothing. The rift between the Montgomerys and Jade had lasted for years— seven,

rebellious son of his-always finding new ways to stir up

what Conrad had said and decided to call

"Hey, sis?"

the point. "You want to study

at the

"Mhm."

"... Yeah, I do."

"Sis, we agreed, didn't

Studying abroad is the easiest

heavier. "And

my mentor. I almost lost you. I just can't stand the idea

That wasn't true.

mouth, but remembering Conrad's reaction and

pause, she finally said, "I support you studying abroad, but not

"...How much longer?"