Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 489

Chapter 484

"What if he's not dead?"

"Who's not dead?"

"Who?"

For a split second, Mila wondered if she'd misheard. As the words sank in, she couldn't help thinking Eugene had lost his mind.

Her instinct was to refute him-anyone would. But when she opened her mouth, for reasons she couldn't explain, what came out was not a denial but a question. "What... do you mean?"

She didn't even know why she asked.

It was almost a reflex-questioning, but not denying.

Eugene said nothing, a heavy silence settling between them, their breathing the only sound echoing down the phone line.

After what felt like ages, she finally heard Eugene's voice again, calm and collected. "It's nothing, Mila. I'm a little out of it today, just talking nonsense. It's a hypothetical. I just wanted to know how you felt about my brother... Never mind. Don't worry about it. I'll call you when I'm in a better state."

He rambled through a muddled explanation, then hung up.

Mila didn't stop him. She wanted to-wanted to call out and demand answers- but her throat felt blocked, no sound coming out at all.

Or maybe it was instinct-she was afraid to ask.

She didn't know.

Students streamed past her in the dorm hallway, the air buzzing with chatter and footsteps, but to Mila, the world felt utterly silent. Her hand, still holding the phone pressed to her ear, was frozen in place. It wasn't until a jostling student bumped into her, knocking her phone from her numb fingers, that she snapped out of it.

student who'd bumped her picked it up,

head as if to clear it. She turned away in a fog, nearly walking into a tree by the sidewalk more than once before she

get into

called

help but replay Eugene's words in her mind. He'd claimed he was speaking nonsense, that she shouldn't take

the first time

could it

right in front of her, in her

images from that night's party replayed in her mind, each detail slowing down: the scattering roses-red and black-the man's body collapsing to the floor, her hands slick with blood...

odd sense of dread swelling inside

Blood?

What about the blood?

was still lost in thought when a familiar voice jolted her back to reality. "Chairman

looked up

front of her.

moment,

eyes, but it vanished as quickly

its usual calm

Mila hardly noticed.

back door of the car, then paused,

here?" She was sure she'd called a

said, as if it

Mila didn't answer.

him for a long moment, her grip tightening on the car door handle. After a pause, she got in without another word,

mind was

the

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