The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 237

It seemed like Haynes realized he was in the wrong, and for once, his tone wasn't as icy as usual.

"That day Rachel had her doctor's appointment, I really couldn't leave," he explained.

Stella's expression was dripping with sarcasm. "You couldn't get away without even giving me a heads-up? Plus, you bailed on me in the morning and promised you'd come in the afternoon."

"You didn't show up in the afternoon either, and not even a text, Haynes. You're the CEO of a big company, and yet you can't keep your word? Are you even a man?"

Her gaze was sharp and accusing, a stark contrast to the gentle and mild- mannered Stella everyone knew. It made Haynes uncomfortable.

His eyes hardened, and his voice dropped. "Stella, stop being unreasonable. You didn't used to be like this."

Stella responded like she'd just heard the punchline of a joke. "You stood me up multiple times, and now you're calling me unreasonable? Haynes, is this how you treat your business partners too?"

"When you don't show up, and they ask for an explanation, do you call them unreasonable?"

my wife, the closest person to me. I thought you

features cold and distant. "Don't give me that 'wife' and 'closest person' nonsense. Do you even hear yourself,

too. Would

with Haynes and said each word with precision,

treat anyone else this

he wouldn't treat anyone else the way he treated

no matter what he did, she would

realized he might have taken Stella for

time, maybe he really had crossed a

his tone. "I was wrong this time. I apologize. I promise it won't happen

he got in return

from now on, I won't believe

go over old ground with Haynes. She

he had pushed her too