The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 285

Only one thing can truly wake a person up: self-interest.

And perhaps it was time Jasper got a wake-up call of his own.

Abby frowned in confusion. "Didn't Jasper want you and Haynes to get divorced more than anyone? Now that you're finally doing it, why would he suddenly jump in and try to sabotage things?"

As Stella browsed through the items in the display case, she replied casually, "Odds are, he just doesn't want to see me catch a break. He'd rather I stayed on as the O'Brien family's glorified housekeeper. Of course, there's another possibility..."

Abby perked up. "What's that?"

"Foreman could be lying to me."

Abby dismissed it without hesitation. "No, I think the first option makes more sense. Foreman's a smart guy-he wouldn't have gone out of his way to meet you just to spin an obvious lie that could be exposed so easily."

She paused, brow furrowing in thought. "Still, you can never be too careful. What if Foreman really is lying?"

it doesn't matter much to me. Honestly, I've been sick of Jasper for years. If he gets a

been for Haynes and Foreman stepping in to bail him out more than once, his company-given Jasper's questionable

bill always went straight to Jasper's account. Haynes wore nothing but custom- tailored suits, and every now and

few hundred thousand, maybe a million or

when the total climbed past ten

at that. "You're right. It's about time they both

always wanted to meddle where he didn't belong, throwing wrenches into Stella's divorce plans. And Haynes, thinking he could manipulate Stella? He deserved a taste of

of invoices-dozens of pages long-Jasper

Stella is completely out of line! She went on a shopping spree at every single outlet our

with fury, his eyes

how much she spent? Ten million! An entire

in ragged bursts; it was clear he was barely keeping his anger

tight, it sounded as if he were forcing the words through clenched teeth. "She didn't just shop at my flagship stores, either. She hit up all the other businesses under our group-some of which are run by