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 had been

to look

each word, "I saw

with a smug grin. "See, Haynie? Even

gaze fell on Stella. "Why

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

You're jealous of Rachel. You

her? Didn't she claim she and Haynes were only friends, pure as driven

why

loss for words. "Um, that's because you mind

in some ambiguous relationship..." Before Stella could finish, Haynes cut her off sharply. "Stella, enough. Put away your jealousy.

'Is Haynes trying to use Keen against me

the child's sake. But at the moment, looking at the father and