The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 70

"Stella!" Jasper's eyes burned with fury, his voice reverberating through the silent hospital halls, raw with rage and frustration.

"Enough," Haynes said, frowning, his handsome face as cold as a midwinter night. His deep blue eyes gleamed with a piercing chill.

Seeing Haynes' expression, Jasper's anger was gone like a fire doused with water, and he sobered instantly.

Every time Jasper saw Stella for the last five years, he couldn't muster a kind word, resorting to sarcasm and sneers. Even when Haynes witnessed it, he either stood idly by or sided with Jasper, which encouraged Jasper's arrogance.

Jasper's bravado waned. "Haynie, this woman pushed Rachel off the stairs. We can't let this go."

Stella let out a soft, ironic laugh. "Mr. Jasper, you weren't even there. How did you see me push Rachel?"

"We're all adults here. We need to take responsibility for our words. Slander and defamation can land you in court."

Stella had become unexpectedly sharp-tongued, and each of her responses left him speechless. Right then, Keen, who

to look

enunciating each

"See, Haynie? Even your

on Stella. "Why would

"Right, if you don't know why, how

"Why else? You're jealous of Rachel. You can't

she claim she and Haynes were only friends, pure as driven

the case, why

for words. "Um,

in some ambiguous relationship..." Before Stella could finish, Haynes cut her

'Is Haynes trying to

But at the moment, looking at the father and