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?"

is locked down tight. Nothing's getting out. But the source of these videos is not from the

snapped, "Then where are

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

Haynes that the videos were everywhere, not just on billboards

those always plugged in, these billboards differed. Everyone from the older folks walking their dogs to kids on their way to

had outdone herself this

a piercing

didn't flinch.

Haynes quickly realized Stella's strategy. "So, our little chat was just a way

to be well-prepared. These measures would have been unnecessary if you didn't show

kept Haynes distracted, giving him no chance to intervene. When he

up than Haynes'