The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 46

"Don't worry. I won't let you get the short end of the stick on this," Haynes assured.

Rachel managed a small smile through her tears. She knew Haynes wasn't the kind to make promises lightly. If he promised something, he never failed to deliver.

A few minutes later, Benson stood outside another hospital room. He'd learned the driver of the car that collided with Rachel's was staying there. Naturally, Haynes wouldn't handle this sort of thing in person.

Benson knocked on the door and stepped inside.

Meanwhile, Haynes lingered in the hallway and called Stella again. Just like yesterday, he heard silence. An inexplicable frustration bubbled within him.

He was about to try calling again when Benson emerged, looking perplexed.

"What's with the quick exit? Did they refuse to admit fault?" Haynes asked, pausing his actions.

to speak. After a moment, he finally said, "Mr. O'Brien, you... you might want to see this

with ease. It must

door. His gaze froze when he saw the

was there. And his arrival

the bed, Stella looked pale with a few scabbed wounds on her forehead. She regarded him coldly. "Mr. O'Brien, you should already know why I'm here. The reason for your visit

his voice low and dangerous. "You're the one who

her tone casual to the point

for Haynes. His piercing gaze flickered, the certainty in his eyes wavering like a candle caught

tightened, each

Ms. Pearce, my foot got trapped. I called you to help

would have seen Stella if he had glanced in her direction. But he hadn't. His attention had

expecting anything from him, so no. She was not disappointed. But the feeling of being left behind in a life-or- death situation was awful. It was something