Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 539

Outside the hospital room,

Perched on a blue chair by the wall in the corridor, Sophia's secretary wavered between entering to give her report or waiting a bit longer. The folder trembled slightly in her hands as she heard footsteps from inside the room. Instantly, she shot to her feet. "Ms. Pembroke! Chairman Sutherland!"

What on earth is going on?

Why is she out already?

When she spotted Sophia, her head lowered and shoulders hunched, the secretary's nerves tightened. "Ms. Pembroke, are you alright?"

"She's fine," Mila replied calmly, steadying the woman who looked like she might collapse at any moment and guiding her down onto the blue chair. Only then did Mila turn to the flustered man. "And you are?"

"I'm Ms. Pembroke's secretary-Layton Atkinson." Layton managed to force a professional smile. "Chairman Sutherland, you can just call me Layton."

"Layton, then."

Mila's smile softened, warm and approachable. "Ms. Pembroke's foot is swollen, and I can't leave her right now. Would you mind heading to the pharmacy and grabbing some anti-inflammatory cream for her? Thank you so much."

"Oh-of course! Absolutely."

Layton wisely refrained from asking how Ms. Pembroke's foot had managed to swell in such a short time, nor did he risk a glance at her expression. He nodded and hurried off.

"...You little-"

It took a few moments, but Sophia finally caught her breath. Gritting her teeth, she raised her hand in an attempt to smack Mila, only to have her wrist intercepted.

"Weren't you the one who asked me to come help you?" Mila brushed off her hand, all traces of warmth gone, her voice now cold and distant. "I'm helping. What more do you want?"

Sophia seethed with frustration, but at a loss for words, she fell silent.

returned soon

across her face, radiated chill into the air. Layton, sensing the tension, wisely kept his distance and busied himself with his phone, feigning

"Put your foot up."

the ointment from the

refusing even to look her way. Mila sighed-dealing with a person like this was exhausting. She crouched down, slipped off Sophia's sandal, propped her foot gently on her own knee, and began applying the cooling ointment to

didn't treat it, things would only

then Sophia would only have another

went still. She lowered her gaze, watching the neat crown of Mila's head as deft fingers worked ointment into her skin-the sting of pain blending with

woman really was

together recently, Sophia had come to realize just how

be surprisingly soft-hearted-yet she was also

acts, never hesitating

the point of cruelty: once she decided

she treated people with gentle patience, always willing

was both tough and tender-a

A strange person, indeed.

the next couple of days," Mila instructed, setting Sophia's foot back into her

the sink As she stood, Sophia tipped back her head, exposing the white bandage

"...Just a moment."

That

washing her hands,

carefully unwound

Sophia's neck.

her mind finally clearing after the chaos of the previous night, did she really notice the wound-ragged, angry red, and deeper than she'd realized. It was almost shocking to think Sophia herself had

pressed a little

Never saw it before? Just do your job. And if you tick me off again, I'll report you for attempted