The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 345

Back then, he had said, "Mom, Rachel didn't mean it. Why do you always assume the worst about people? You should apologize to her."

Stella's cold voice snapped Keen back to the present.

"Keen, why do you always think so badly of Marvin? As far as I know, he's never done anything to hurt you. Why do you insist on targeting him?"

Keen's emotions began to spiral out of control. "I'm not! I'm not, I swear! He's always two-faced-acting nice to my face and different behind my back. He does it on purpose!"

At that moment, Abby returned with the first aid kit in hand.

She looked a little uneasy. "Stella, someone's here."

Stella lifted her head, catching sight of a man and a woman-both all too familiar.

Seeing them, Neville arched an eyebrow.

"Mr. O'Brien, Ms. Pearce. What a coincidence-meeting you here of all places."

actually came looking for Keen. When we went to pick him up from school, we found he'd already left. We checked his GPS watch and saw

you want to take Keen out,

know

already thinks of herself as

mocking smile flickered in Stella's heart, but she couldn't be

turned to Keen. "Did you

lowered his head.

voice chimed in again. "Ms. Cameron, are you going to say Keen just

a fool could hear the implication behind

icy. "Stella, I've never stopped you from seeing your

and she clearly had no desire to defend herself. She'd been through this routine too many times to bother trying to

hurried to speak up, his voice anxious. "It wasn't Mom who brought me here. I came on

of emotion passed over Haynes's

on the shattered pieces lying on

he wanted it back, said it was your

crouched down and began gathering the scattered