The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 262

However, the thrill of stirring up trouble was undeniably entertaining.

Haynes was not the type to waste words explaining himself.

He turned to Jasper and said, "Jasper, apologize to Stella."

Jasper was reluctant, his discontent clear, yet he was mindful of Rachel's illness. Begrudgingly, he spoke up.

"Stella, I was only joking with you... Why be so sensitive, right?"

Stella wasn't bothered by Jasper's dismissive attitude. She smiled slightly.

"If you don't want to apologize, that's fine. Since you're so close with Ms. Pearce, perhaps you wouldn't mind testing the medicine for her?"

Jasper was suspicious, "Didn't you say that all medicine has side effects? I don't have this illness. Wouldn't taking this medicine do more harm than good?"

Stella coaxed, "You may not have a terminal illness, but haven't you been poisoned in a way? The first course of treatment is mild, with detoxifying properties. It won't harm your face; in fact, it might even help."

in the air. "The ingredients are rare and valuable, each pill worth a fortune. It took a full week to make just these few, going

aback

really

miraculous enough to cure Ms. Pearce's terminal

took the pill from Stella's hand and was about to pop it into

about

fiercely, "Stella, if something happens to me, you're done

you have any issues, you can come to

the rat droppings and cockroach bits-well, Mr. Burton assured her they weren't too problematic. After all, it's not like rat droppings are consumed daily. And cockroaches are high in

Jasper swallowed the

out of the ordinary

an hour passed, and he still felt perfectly

Rachel. "Seems fine, Rachel. You should take it too. The sooner you

in her hand,

herself, she took a sip

chuckled inwardly. She needed to think carefully about the second course