Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 510

"No."

Miranda's tone was firm.

She had made up her mind-whatever game Lysander was playing, she was going to try his suggestion, but on her own terms.

Hiding wasn't going to solve anything.

If she couldn't fix the situation, then she'd deal with the person causing it.

She refused to believe Lysander was truly fearless. And if he didn't have a weakness, well, she could always create one.

All she needed-

All she needed was to persuade Mila.

With that thought, Miranda reached out and caught Mila, who still looked ready to keep searching. "Mila, let the staff handle the search. You-" She looked closely at her friend, whose face was ghostly pale beneath the garden lights.

"You don't look well at all. Let me take you back to your room for a bit, okay?" Mila was exhausted.

Ever since leaving the ballroom, her nerves had been stretched to the breaking point. But she just couldn't sit still; she needed to drag that man out of hiding, or at least be sure he'd left the manor. Otherwise, she'd never be able to relax... Everywhere she turned, she felt Lysander's eyes on her.

Watching from the shadows.

Cold as ice, piercing straight through her, making her shiver.

"Mimi, go rest for a while." Just as Mila was about to protest, Forrest-who'd been silent until now-spoke up. "I'll keep an eye on things here. You should go get some rest."

"But I-"

Forrest gently pried her fingers loose from the golf club slick with her nervous sweat. "It's all right," he said with a reassuring smile. "Go and rest. I'll worry if you keep pushing yourself. I'll tell you the moment there's news... and you'll be safer in the house."

His voice was steady, his smile warm-the kind that soothed Mila's restless anxiety almost instantly.

let herself

in, "Come on, let's go. I actually need to talk to you about something, and I could really use your

Mila hesitated, but nodded.

a moment to

her until, suddenly, Miranda turned her head to look back at him. Their eyes met for a split second before Miranda quickly looked away, and

Pain.

His hand was throbbing.

was gone, he no longer forced himself to hide it. His fingers spasmed uncontrollably, and the golf club slipped from his grasp, clattering to the

"Mr. Whitmore?"

housekeeper looked over, startled by

beading on his pale face, struggling to keep his hand

need to step away for

"Keep searching."

and strode off toward

first

Mila's scrapes earlier. There should

The lounge was empty.

gritted his teeth against the shooting pain, managed to find the bottle, and shook out four or five pills, swallowing them dry. He sucked in a few shaky

over a year since the nerve pain in his hand had flared up. He'd gotten out of the

everywhere-never thought it weet.

pilts, but he didn't want anyone

not Mila or

out, maybe she'd feel sorry for him, maybe even

guilt-but that wasn't what he

Jade... that would be the end of

knew about this, even if it was just a psychological aftereffect, she'd see it as a weakness. She'd never let him

couldn't let them

again, he pulled a handkerchief from his jacket pocket and poured the rest

would notice the bottle

door behind him