Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 448

Headquarters Office.

After skimming the new project proposal and Giselle Harvey's Al Automation Coverage Plan on her desk, Mila Sutherland pushed the papers back toward Randall McKenna and, for the second time, gave a firm, unambiguous answer.

"No."

"Mr. McKenna, I've told you a dozen times—your team just doesn't have the technical backing for this project. No matter how you tweak the proposal, it's a money pit. Are you out of your mind? Can't you find something better to do?"

Her tone was edged with impatience.

As a major shareholder who'd given years to the company, Mila tried not to sound too harsh, but Randall's stubbornness was beyond reason. She was reaching her limit.

Had Giselle put some kind of spell on him? Or was he just being an idiot?

"But you can see for yourself, this project has real potential. It's worth giving a shot-we could start with a small investment, see how it goes, and then..."

Randall barely got the words out before his phone vibrated on the desk. He glanced at the screen, intending to ignore it, but after reading the message, he muttered a quick apology to Mila and stepped out to take the call.

Finally, some peace and quiet.

Mila waved Cara in to tidy up the scattered paperwork and glanced at the clock on the wall. Just a little longer and she could leave to pick up Adrian Montgomery from school.

She actually had a free evening for once. Maybe she'd take Adrian out for dinner -do something fun together.

It had been a while since she'd spent any real time with her son. Now that she was finally back in the country, she needed to make up for lost time. Pulling out her phone, she started searching for kid-friendly activities around town.

"Chairman Sutherland, if you don't like me or my proposals, just say so. You don't need to

Mila blinked. "Excuse me?"

out

was talking about, but Randall was already storming out, practically slamming the

in just as Randall exited, calm as ever. "Chairman Sutherland, the school just called. There's been an incident-Adrian got into an argument, maybe

"What?"

...

"What happened exactly?"

the way to the school, Mila leaned forward from the back seat, questioning Leonard as he drove. Cara, up front, was busy on

years, with Mila often abroad, Adrian's school matters had mostly been handled by the Montgomery family and Leonard. After all, Adrian was the only heir to the

usually worried. But now-what on

only caught the basics," Leonard replied, eyes on

it turned serious, so I called you right away. Not sure about

regular thing?"

think so," Leonard

think so?" Mila's voice

always done well in school-good grades, popular, no complaints from the staff. As for himself... he sometimes tells me he doesn't want to go to school, but I always thought that

want to go to

abroad. Was it more than just a desire to spend time with

through her mind-bullying, school conflicts, all the usuab worries. But Adrian wasn't the type to let

but the stubborn streak too. If someone really crossed him,

point speculating. Mila urged Leonard to drive faster. They

...

Sunnybrook Elementary.