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.

small lesson, that's

of the protection

had immediately arranged for her to move into one of his own apartments. Jasper realized that every time he schemed against Stella, not only did

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

dragged him through the family's old-

campaign-on Stella's behalf. They worked overtime to spin

had laid down the law: if Jasper stirred up trouble for Stella again, he'd deal with his wayward

he'd caused, and all the money he'd burned, in the end it

working against him. Without their interference, getting rid

that had isolated Keen, only this

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

malicious rumors about her in elite circles. Sure enough, after that, Keen grew distant from Stella. Kids aren't exactly