The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 372

Jasper hesitated. "I admit, I couldn't stand that troublemaker always picking on Keen, so I did say something. But..."

He quickly added, "But I only spoke for myself I never used your name, Haynes. Maybe someone misunderstood."

Neville offered a cool smile. "Whether it was a misunderstanding or not, we can find out easily enough. Mr. O'Brien, you wouldn't be covering for your old friend, would you?"

Neville wasn't someone you could easily fool. He'd grown up with Haynes and Jasper; he could spot a lie from Jasper a mile away.

Haynes closed his eyes in disappointment. "Jasper, don't drag children into the affairs of adults. This time, you've really crossed a line."

Jasper's face paled. He knew there was no hiding the truth from Haynes if he decided to look into it.

a small lesson, that's

of the protection Neville and Marvin offered. With Neville

into one of his own apartments. Jasper realized that every time he schemed against Stella, not

villain everyone loved to hate, nearly drowned by a tidal

dragged him through the family's old- school

to spin

had laid down the law: if Jasper stirred up

in the end it was Stella

secretly working against him. Without their interference, getting rid of Stella would be as easy as squashing an

tactic that had isolated

whole incident with Keen being bullied, too. All so Keen would distance himself

his own unsavory friends to make Stella look foolish at a high-society party, then spread malicious rumors about her in elite circles. Sure enough, after that, Keen grew distant from Stella. Kids aren't