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?"

face had gone pale, and

to see Haynes, it had indeed been Haynes himself who'd said

just now, Haynes hadn't given Lacey any heads-up

speaking, Lacey hadn't done anything wrong-except, perhaps,

before speaking in a calm, detached tone. "Pass down the order. From now on, if Stella

sir." Benson replied, turning to go, but Stella's

be necessary." Her tone was light, emotionless. "I won't be

how, just a while ago, Rachel had breezed right in without so much as a call, and the front desk hadn't even blinked. But then, Haynes was always quick

since grown

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

turned, fixing him with a cool

wrong? If you know you're not welcome here, you could've called Haynes in advance—saved everyone the trouble Instead, you stormed out,

Mr. Wilkinson, is that after being thrown out without so much as an apology, I should've just hung

"That's not being dramatic, that's just pathetic. By the way, if I recall,

"Jasper, it seems you still haven't learned your

Jasper's face blanched.

rushed to explain, "Haynes, Jasper was just