The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 62

'The favored ones always seem to get away with everything,' Stella thought.

He was sure he had her trapped. They'd had a child together, and she still had feelings for him. That was why he treated her with such reckless abandon.

Suddenly, Haynes' phone buzzed in his pocket. It was his assistant, Benson, on the line. "Mr. O'Brien, we've got a problem!"

Haynes furrowed his brow. "What got you so worked up?"

"There's a flood of videos online that are bad for Ms. Pearce. We can't seem to suppress them..."

Haynes' voice turned icy, "Didn't I instruct you to lock down all information from the press conference, including videos and live streams?"

out.

where are

down quickly." Benson's voice almost broke, "And it's not just Ms. Pearce in the videos. Mr. O'Brien, you're in

were everywhere, not just on billboards but also in subways, buses, and elevators. The city

from the older folks walking their dogs to kids on their way to school could see them. It

had outdone

fixed Stella with a piercing gaze.

flinch.

our little chat was just a way to buy

untouchable, Mr. O'Brien. I had to be well-prepared. These measures would have been unnecessary if you didn't show up or

distracted, giving him no chance to intervene. When he got wind of

hung up than Haynes' phone rang