Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 528

Chapter 528

In a daze, Mila seemed to hear a thousand voices and flashes of memory

ricocheting through her mind, each one making her hand tremble harder around the knife.

-Mom, I'm sorry.

-Mom, I'll be good.

-Mom, you smell so nice. Did you make something delicious for me?

-I understand, Mom.

I love your spicy chicken the most, Mom!

Wow!

-Mila! Stay calm, be careful!

-Mila!

At the end of it all, she saw Jade's face, eyes fierce with authority, a sharp command slicing through the cold, endless dark-snapping her awake.

What had she done?

The knife slipped from her grasp and clattered away. Her hands, still shaking, reached for Sophia's damp, sticky neck. Maybe she'd been out of her mind, because the cut was shallow, just a thin line of blood seeping slowly out. Realizing Sophia's life wasn't in danger, Mila collapsed, drained, and sank to her knees on top of her, arms falling limp to her sides.

She gasped for breath, lungs burning.

Her thoughts were still muddled, children's voices echoing in her ears: laughter and tears-baby talk in a cradle, a soft bundle giggling, that first wailing cry at birth-each memory rattling her chest.

and difficult, but he would never be cruel enough

senses finally began to return, Mila spoke, her voice hoarse and raw in the darkness. "It's not your word I care about. I

a

she had to hear it from Adrian

or not, before any judgment was passed,

hear

coughing beneath her. Reality

What had she done?

She'd nearly-

made a

almost ruined her whole

able to breathe again, Mila leaned down, lifting her head just enough to look into Sophia's face. Her eyes, bright and clear after all the tears, seemed to glow in the dark, yet now there was

She spoke again.

nothing to do with

Sophia by the collar and yanked

all of this is true, then you're just as guilty! He's your child. Even if you didn't want him or couldn't care for him, you had options-you could have given him to his

one thing you should never have done

stable, and

"How could you?"

...

Some time later.

lay on the floor, her beautiful face swollen and red,

way for a

pocket until she found a small metal tin,

light it. When she finally managed, she took one drag and immediately fell into

the smoke or the pain from her neck, but tears stung

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