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?"

doesn't matter much to me. Honestly, I've been sick of Jasper for years. If he gets a hard lesson out of this, all

of lucrative contracts and favors from the O'Brien Group. If it hadn't been for Haynes and Foreman stepping in to bail

so many favors that Jasper couldn't exactly be stingy in return. Whenever Haynes shopped at one of Jasper's upscale malls, the bill always went straight to Jasper's account. Haynes wore nothing but custom- tailored suits, and every now and then he'd visit one of Jasper's entertainment venues-though he never

hundred thousand, maybe a million or so, was

ten million? That was a different

It's about time they both learned

Stella's divorce plans. And Haynes, thinking he could manipulate Stella? He deserved

thick stack of invoices-dozens of

that Stella is completely out of line! She went on a shopping spree

was shaking with fury,

she spent? Ten

coming in ragged bursts; it

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