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.

teach him a small lesson, that's all. He's

her of the protection Neville and Marvin offered. With Neville constantly stepping in, it was nearly impossible to get

her to move into one of his own apartments. Jasper

the villain everyone loved to hate, nearly drowned by a tidal wave of online outrage. The Wilkinson Group's stock tanked for days on

was so furious he'd actually dragged him through the family's old-

the family's reputation, his grandfather had launched a full-blown PR campaign-on Stella's behalf. They worked overtime to spin the whole incident as a manufactured scandal, claiming it was all just a publicity stunt, that they'd never meant

stirred up

all the money he'd burned, in the end it was Stella who walked away

their interference, getting rid of Stella would be as easy as squashing

to use the same tactic that had isolated

was true-he'd engineered that whole incident with Keen being bullied, too. All so Keen would distance

few of 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.