The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 337

Chapter 339

Haynes pressed his lips together, falling silent.

Foreman continued, "It was Jasper, always egging you on-telling you to file for divorce first, to teach Stella a lesson and make her come crawling back to you."

He shook his head. "But look at how things turned out. Not only is Stella not coming back, she's drifting further away from you every day."

Foreman hesitated before adding, "I know it's not really my place to say all this, but... Haynie, I don't want to see you and your brother turn against each other. You understand?"

Foreman was never one to talk much, which made his sudden outpouring all the more unusual.

Haynes's expression darkened, clouded with thoughts.

Just then, someone knocked at the office door.

"Haynie—something's happened! The police just took Jasper! His lawyer tried to post bail, but they wouldn't allow it."

Rachel strode in, face tense and eyes anxious.

have to do something. We need

only after she'd spoken that she noticed Foreman

I didn't

nodded politely.

that formal distance, addressing her as Ms. Pearce. That subtle reserve made it impossible for her to call him by his first name, no matter how many times she

just in passing, but he'd just shrugged her off. “Foreman? That's just

steady voice broke through Rachel's

can't Jasper be bailed

that Jasper's the villain Stella described in her story-some ruthless corporate shark. They're saying he filed a false police report,

"This could've been

he's not

"The police are reopening the investigation based on these

in the

was palpable; it

Stella had spiraled out of

jaw tightened. "What

since most of it happened a while ago. But right now, public outrage is sky-high. People want

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