The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 18

Stella nodded and turned to leave.

Jasper stood there, gritting his teeth, watching her walk away with a face as sour as if he'd bitten into a bad lemon.

His friends exchanged awkward glances.

One of them chuckled nervously and said, "Those two women must be out of their minds, calling Jasper a simp? No way! Jasper's..."

His words faded into an awkward silence. The truth was, while those women might have been harsh, they had a point, didn't they? Jasper did come off as a bit of a simp.

Another friend quickly jumped in to save face, "Jasper is Rachel's knight in shining armor. That's more like it!"

Everyone else hastily agreed, "Yeah, yeah, a knight in shining armor!"

a gentle voice broke the awkward silence. "Jasper, why aren't you guys in the private room? What's

to see a man and a woman approaching. The man was tall and handsome, exuding a

eyes lit up. He hurried over, ready to spill the beans, embellishing the story as he

Stella! She's here and shamelessly

mean, she must have too much time on her hands to be fooling around. She used to

tolerate such reckless behavior from a woman

turned to Haynes, furrowing her brow. "Haynie, it's pretty late. Ms. Cameron wouldn't have left

the mention of Stella's

expression, speaking softly, "Haynie, with Keen's health, is it okay for him to

pressed his lips tightly, his face clouded with a hint of frustration.

had hoped to use Keen to show Stella the error of her ways. But she hadn't