Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 521

"Jade, did you want to see me?"

The night had already been overwhelming just as Mila finally figured out how to handle Lysander, trouble flared up with the kids.

Her mind was still a tangled mess when she was summoned to Jade's study.

She'd originally wanted to keep things from Jade, worried the news might upset her. But the moment she saw the butler's laptop screen, she fell silent. "Jade, you know everything."

"Yes." Jade's face was unreadable. "If I hadn't called you here, were you planning to keep this from me?"

Mila said nothing.

"I'm not as fragile as you think." Jade's tone was cool. "Now, what are you going to do about it?"

Mila didn't answer right away.

She pulled the laptop closer, scrolling through the files. What Jade had was far more detailed—and brutally clear-compared to what Leonard had mentioned.

She herself had just learned the truth today.

Somehow, Julian Pembroke and Adrian had ended up not only at the same school, but in the same class. Mila couldn't make sense of it.

Didn't Sophia hate her? Wasn't there deep resentment between them?

Why would she send her own child to Adrian's class, knowing full well the boys didn't get along? Mila thought back to the incident at the restaurant. With these two in the same classroom, the odds of something going wrong were almost a guarantee.

Then she saw the photos in the file.

around his head and torso, unconscious. His

Adrian had pushed Julian down the

promised her-no more fights, no more violence,

his temper, wild and unpredictable, just

forget, he's

She couldn't be sure.

But...

laptop, her hands clenching tightly in her lap, eyes burning. He promised me he wouldn't

That voice again:

He's a Montgomery.

are

"Mila?"

dher

and made a gesture for

finally came back to herself did Jade ask, somewhat impatiently, "What are you thinking about? I

Mila said,

tapping the closed laptop in annoyance. "What for? Honestly, why do you still care about that boy? He's nothing but trouble always causing

Mila pressed her temples, exasperated. "I have to see for myself. I want to hear it from Adrian, from his

Jade fell silent.

a moment, she sighed. "So, what-you don't believe he did

I don't know." Mila lowered her gaze, voice

have to be there for him.

want to believe Adrian had

herself whether out of duty or