The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 43

"I want a lot, but is it as much as your Rachel?" Stella glanced at Haynes with a slight lift of her eyes. "For your precious Rachel, you gave her my wedding. You dropped one hundred million to launch her career without batting an eye, and then you froze my card, claiming I'm the one who's asking too much?"

Haynes' voice was icy. "These aren't reasons for you to keep targeting Rachel."

Stella retorted with sarcasm, "Oh, it's all on me because Ms. Pearce is pure as the driven snow."

Haynes heard the sarcasm loud and clear, which irked him. Stella seemed unreasonable to him now.

Just as he was about to speak, Stella cut him off. "I hope Mr. O'Brien and Ms. Pearce clear up all the false information about me online. Or else, don't blame me when your reputations get ruined."

Haynes' deep eyes were inscrutable. "Ruined reputations?"

"Yes, Mr. O'Brien, don't you believe it?"

"Not really," he replied dryly.

Stella smiled, not pressing further. "Well, let's wait and see."

on yet

left, Neville returned and

...

day, Stella drove to pick Marvin up from school. Though the storm was far from over, Marvin hadn't seen her in days and insisted on

the pain in her chest seemed

texted Marvin lest he got anxious. [Sweetie, I'm stuck in traffic and might be a

Stella. Don't worry. Just be careful.] A small smile tugged

a hard time if she got slightly delayed. Once, when she had a cold and coughed the whole way, Keen was too busy texting

her! Stella's expression changed, and she tried to swerve, but it was too late. The car crashed

deafening noise, Stella lost consciousness

...

long had passed, but through the shattered glass, she heard soft sobbing that

driver was terrifying. She didn't even hit the brakes and slammed into me. I

Haynes lifting Rachel out of the car. Rachel? Could Rachel be the one who hit

was crying, her face