Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 536

"What is it?"

Mila Sutherland answered the call, barely hiding her irritation. If she had any choice in the matter, she'd never pick up when this woman called

always meant trouble.

"...Where are you?"

her calls

On the other end, Sophia Pembroke clearly picked up on Mila's annoyed tone- and was that disgust, too? After a few seconds of chilly silence, Sophia finally spoke, her voice sharp and accusing.

"Is there a reason you're calling?" Mila didn't want to answer her question.

"What do you mean by that?" Sophia's tone turned even colder. "You slice someone's neck and this is your attitude? My son and I landed in the hospital because of your son. We're both seriously injured, yet you don't even bother to show up at the hospital to sort things out or give us an explanation. What now, are you trying to run away? Or should we just take this to court?"

Court, court-always threatening with court!

Seriously injured and in the hospital?

Pity you didn't cut your own throat all the way through.

Mila seethed inwardly. Of course, she'd never say that out loud; if she had actually finished the job, she wouldn't be standing here at her son's school, answering the phone-she'd be in an orange jumpsuit, talking through a glass partition. What a nightmare.

Why couldn't all these lunatics just stay far away from her life?

"I'll come by later." Whatever her personal feelings, Mila knew she had to show up at the hospital. Even if she didn't care about Sophia's insufferable brat, she couldn't just leave Julian Pembroke to rot-regardless of the fact that it wasn't her child who'd pushed him.

she

if

she was tangled up in

hearing Mila hadn't tried to worm her

were still sharp. "Come

can't right now." Mila

you want me

told you I'll come

court with you. Mila's irritation spiked; she snapped, her voice icy. "I said, I'll be

as she stared at her phone for a long moment-then,

cracked,

dare that woman hang

door with a file folder in hand, ready to report on some business. He caught the tail end of

...

ended the call,

her aching temples, took a deep breath, and stared at her phone for a moment. On a whim, she pulled up her contacts, found

[Troublemaker No. 2]

new label. The irritation from the phone call melted

monsters just vanish from

she turned to leave-only to jump when she nearly collided with a middle-aged man, balding slightly, dressed in an immaculate suit. He'd been standing silently beside her for who

if I'd known you were coming, I would've come out

He smiled warmly.

for a moment before she remembered he was the headmaster of the

ve

and purposes, calling the shots for the Montgomerys these days, of course the headmaster would be eager to please. He'd probably

needed to speak