Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband? novel Chapter 289

Outside Kingsford.

At the edge of town, in a small house near the village, chaos reigned indoors.

A teenage boy paced anxiously outside the guest room, shifting his weight from one foot to the other.

After what felt like an eternity, the door finally opened. The lady of the house stepped out, nodded at the boy, and spoke in a brisk, practical tone.

“I’ve cleaned her up with warm water, gave her some ginger tea, and helped her change. She’s asleep now.”

She paused, her expression clouding with disapproval. “Honestly, how do you look after your girlfriend? You let her get caught in a downpour like that—she could get really sick.”

Archie flushed, stumbling over his words. “No, no, she’s not my girlfriend, she’s my… cousin.”

He’d almost said “sister-in-law,” but something about the whole situation made that sound too strange, so he quickly changed it to “cousin.”

The woman didn’t look suspicious; she simply gave him a few parting instructions before leaving.

Only then did Archie slip into the guest room.

He flopped onto the chair by the bed, one leg crossed over the other, and eyed the woman bundled tightly in the blankets, her face pale as chalk. Waves of emotion washed over him.

Just yesterday, he’d been tailing his brother, hoping to catch him in the act and snap some photographic evidence of an affair. He never expected to stumble into such a dramatic scene—it was downright riveting.

He hadn’t heard what was said inside, but judging by everyone’s reactions, he could guess the gist.

His sister-in-law had finally had enough of his brother’s cheating.

She’d flipped the table and walked out.

Honestly, Archie was enjoying the show. His brother’s misfortune was his entertainment—double the schadenfreude! But what really caught him off guard was the Red Hat robot.

That robot looked exactly like the one from his favorite comic book, *The Adventures of Red Hat*.

He’d been peeking through the window when he saw his sister-in-law holding the little robot, and he was stunned.

A wild idea popped into his head.

Could this Red Hat robot be the inspiration for the one in the comic?

And if that were true, did that mean his sister-in-law, Mila, was actually Daphne—the mysterious comic artist?

“In the comic, when the little robot’s wings shattered and it fell from the sky—did it actually die or not? Will it ever chase the moon again? You need to clear this up for me!”

“If you just killed off the little robot like that, I’m not letting it slide!”

He was absolutely ready to go from fan to critic.

And he wouldn’t hold back.

. . .

Crimson Gardens, the Montgomery estate.

Lysander and Giselle had disappeared into the study for a long, private conversation.

When they finally emerged, Giselle looked radiant and completely satisfied. She glanced at Leonard, who was waiting by the door, and gave him a nod.

“Lysander wants to see you.”

Expressionless, Leonard stepped inside and closed the study door behind him.