The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 350

Haynes and Rachel left, taking Keen with them.

This time, no one tried to stop them.

Once the three were gone, Abby burst out, her voice brimming with frustration. "Star, what's with Keen and Haynes? Why are they always looking down on you? Don't they know you went to college?"

Stella took a sip of water, then shrugged. "Maybe they don't."

Neville studied her for a moment. "Why is it that when we looked into your background, there's nothing after high school?"

"I left the country before I graduated," Stella replied matter-of-factly.

Neville's brows arched in surprise. "Even so, there shouldn't be a complete gap in your records, should there?"

Stella's long lashes lowered, masking whatever emotions flickered in her eyes.

"That's because, while I was studying abroad, I used a different name. That record was deliberately altered. It's not surprising you couldn't find anything."

gaze sharpened. “Deliberately

without any

have you ever heard of

Neville's eyes darkened, his tone suddenly serious. "Don't tell me you mean the one in

"That's right. That Williams

at Stella.

had helped her so much already. There were some truths

steady. "It's honestly a cliché story. My parents were married

my mother became pregnant

let him go. That's when my father

back to us, trying everything to make up for the pain he'd caused. He was so good to my mother, so devoted, that she eventually opened her

to twin boys. My father, true to his promise, finally cut all ties with his

made some disastrous business decisions and almost went bankrupt. But my father never looked down on her for it. He stood by her side,

her family's company managed to stay afloat,

on her mother's face as she told her about those years—a peace and gentleness Stella had never

my mother thought their