The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 444

Haynes' brow creased. "Send me her location. I'll go find her myself."

...

An hour later, Haynes finally returned with Stella by his side.

He barely paused before addressing Benson. "Tell security and the reception desk to hand in their resignations."

"Yes, sir." Benson was just about to leave when a woman's cool, measured voice cut through the air.

"Mr. O'Brien, why take it out on innocent employees?"

There was the faintest trace of a smile in Stella's eyes, but it never reached her expression.

"Wasn't it you, Mr. O'Brien, who gave strict orders that I wasn't allowed into the O'Brien Group? They were only following your instructions."

She turned to Lacey, who stood rigidly nearby. "Isn't that right, Lacey?"

gone pale, and she didn't

indeed been

Lacey any heads-up that

hadn't done anything wrong-except, perhaps,

few moments before speaking in a calm, detached tone. "Pass down the order. From now

to go,

necessary." Her tone was light, emotionless. "I

call, and the front desk hadn't even blinked. But then, Haynes was always quick to bend the rules for

since

the whole exchange, Jasper couldn't hide his disdain. He muttered under his breath, just

with a cool gaze. "Excuse

you could've called Haynes in advance—saved everyone the trouble Instead, you stormed out, and Haynes had to chase after you himself. Quite the performance, don't

arched an eyebrow. "So what you're saying, Mr. Wilkinson, is that after being thrown out without so much as an apology, I

just pathetic. By the way, if I recall, weren't you

chilly glance. "Jasper, it seems

Jasper's face blanched.

"Haynes, Jasper was