The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 324

The moment Haynes appeared, the crowd surged forward, unable to hold back their questions any longer.

"Mr. O'Brien, just now this Ms. Cameron claimed she's your wife. Is that true? Do you know her?" someone asked, thrusting a microphone forward.

Haynes barely spared Stella a glance, his expression cool and unreadable. His lips parted, and he uttered just two words:

"Not really."

For a split second, the reporters were stunned silent. Then, laughter burst out, loud and mocking.

Now, every gaze turned to Stella was laced with ridicule, as if she were nothing more than a desperate clown.

"She sounded so convincing! I almost believed she really was Mrs. O'Brien. Turns out she was just making it up!"

"Takes real nerve, lying right outside a police station. Isn't she afraid we'll expose her? How does she plan to save face when everyone finds out?"

just another wannabe hoping to catch Mr. O'Brien's attention. Maybe she's banking on us making a scene

fame, I guess! She must be

wonder she got

finding its mark. Stella felt the malice in every

O'Brien says he barely knows

met his gaze calmly. "We're not

wife! That's quite the turnaround, don't you

divorce, we became strangers. There's no reason for

erupted

single person believed

for fame or desperate for a man.

to his careful maneuvering, rumors about her had exploded across the internet. Any voices that spoke up in her defense were swiftly silenced by people he'd paid off. Any mention of her past with Haynes? Deleted before he

of insults, all directed at Stella. Some even dredged up the car accident from before, conveniently

that even if she could speak with a