The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 320

"Haynie, she's been throwing your money around like it's nothing—and now she's even coming after our stuff. Unbelievable! When are you finally going to freeze her assets? It's time she stopped pretending to be someone she's not."

Haynes shot him a look. "I'm divorced from Stella. Freezing someone else's assets isn't as easy as you think."

A temporary freeze was doable, sure-but for what? A week or two? That wouldn't change anything.

Haynes continued, "I've got things to take care of. Jasper, I'll leave it to you to make sure Rachel gets home safely."

Jasper nodded, and Haynes left the room.

Once he was gone, Rachel turned to Jasper. "Weren't you saying you'd try to pin something on her? How's that coming along?"

"If Stella gets convicted, all her money goes back to Haynie, right?"

Jasper scratched his head. "I talked to the lawyers. Turns out, slapping charges on someone isn't that simple. But I've already got people working on it. Give it a couple days-maybe two or three."

visibly relieved. Two or three days-she

wait, but Jasper's patience

I'm going to expose this gold-digger for who she really is-let the

and started pulling strings, determined to ruin Stella's

hands on a

all too easy for

sordid rumors he wouldn't stoop that low. Stella was Haynes's ex-wife,

ways to socially destroy

me and Haynie. Anyone who helps her is making an enemy

of the line, the person shuddered. In Novaris, crossing Haynes and Jasper

turned icy. "Reporting Stella to the authorities might not get her convicted right away, but if a reporter catches her walking into the police station, no amount

a few more calls,

hung up, Rachel glanced over. "Jasper, aren't you

his hand dismissively. "He's too much of a nice guy. He'd never go for something like this.

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