The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 346

"...Haynes, I'm fine. Really, it was my own fault for being careless."

Haynes' voice was low and steady. "The mug's already broken. There's no point picking up the pieces now."

"But... Keen made it himself. It's such a shame for it to be ruined like this." Rachel's face was full of regret as she knelt, still intent on gathering the shards. She looked genuinely pained. "Maybe... there's still a way to fix it."

Haynes stopped her firmly. "Leave it. You'll only end up hurting yourself again. If you liked it that much, I'll ask Keen to make another for you."

Rachel made a show of protesting a few times more, but Haynes was resolute. Eventually, she had no choice but to give up.

A moment later, Rachel turned her gaze on Stella with a look of polite disapproval, though a flicker of satisfaction and judgment danced in her eyes.

"Ms. Cameron, whatever the reason, you can't just take your anger out on things. Wouldn't you agree?"

Haynes joined in, looking straight at Stella. "Stella, has it really come to this? You can't even tolerate a mug anymore?"

they finished, both Haynes and Rachel realized the rest of the room was staring

Rachel's eyelid twitched.

hovered around

broke the tension. Neville spoke up,

hasty? Is it really too much to expect that you'd ask what

a half-smile. "You both strike me as intelligent people, so why act as if you've never heard of

tantrum. What's the story? Does Stella go around breaking mugs for fun so often that you

paused, his eyes sharpening as he fixed his gaze on Haynes, his expression

just that you're so used to blaming Stella for everything that you can't help

mug. With that kind of reasoning, how did either of you end up running a

spoke up too. "It was my fault. I dropped it by accident. Stella

every eye in the room was on Haynes and Rachel, the atmosphere charged with silent

face unreadable. But Rachel's composure

lip, about to say something