The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 419

The two men hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Jasper.

"And you are...?"

Jasper answered them in flawless German, "She and I go way back. If you want

to ask her anything, you can talk to me I'll translate for you."

One of the men glanced uncertainly at Stella. "You're saying she doesn't understand German?"

Jasper replied, "That's right. She barely finished high school and can hardly manage a conversation in English, let alone German.

Didn't you notice? No matter what you said to her, she just ignored you. That's because she couldn't understand a word.

Even at this year's music symposium, she only got in because of some man who pulled strings for her."

The two men exchanged a glance, a flicker of excitement lighting up their eyes. "Some man? So she's here at Mr. Walden's music symposium because..."

Jasper nodded, lowering his voice conspiratorially. "Exactly. She's here to find herself a sugar daddy. Her last one ditched her, so now she's desperate for the next."

After hearing this, the men's gazes turned lecherous as they looked at Stella. One of them leaned toward Jasper and said in German, "Ask her for me-how much does she charge?"

making sure everyone nearby could hear. "Since you can't speak German and your education doesn't quite measure up, I can be generous and translate for

to Stella in English, "They're just saying how beautiful you are. Aren't

looked at Jasper as if he was nothing more than a

in German, understood enough English to catch Jasper's so-called "translation." They exchanged

for this event have really dropped. Even pretty little ornaments like her can sneak in for a bit of reflected

here is wondering if you'd like to... discuss

Stella didn't understand a word of German, looked at her in

Walden himself

several languages, this was his event; speaking German was a sign of

the basics-how had she managed to

were polyglots, with advanced

disdainful eye

about her, all in German and spoken loudly with no attempt at discretion, buzzed through

understand them-so why bother

glanced at Jasper, then at the

Without a

picked

nord, she turned away,

of

it

and tossenet t into Jaspers