The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 449

The air in the room froze in an instant.

Rachel was the first to crack. She let out a piercing scream.

"Ah! He's been stabbed!"

Jasper jolted back to reality, his nerves shot. Instinctively, he moved toward Haynes to check on him.

But Rachel clung to his arm in terror. "Jasper, I'm scared..."

Stella, standing there with the bloody knife, looked utterly terrifying-like a cold- blooded killer.

Seeing this, Jasper stopped dead in his tracks. For a second, he genuinely feared Stella might snap and turn on Rachel next.

Haynes had been caught off guard; that's the only reason she'd gotten the better of him. If he'd been ready, Stella would never have stood a chance.

Haynes stared at the knife buried in his abdomen, his pupils contracting in shock. Disbelief and hurt flickered across his face. "...Why? Stella, do you really want me dead?"

Stella's long lashes trembled like the wings of a moth. Her face was almost ghostly-pale and bloodless. The hand gripping the knife shook ever so slightly; after all, this was the first time she'd ever done something like this.

Yet her eyes were steady, not a trace of fear in them.

cashing in that promise now. The only question is will

lips curled into a faint, bitter smile. His voice was hoarse. "Stella, if you hate me so much, why not

cold, emotionless smile. "If I did that, I'd be a murderer, wouldn't I? Don't worry-no matter how much I hate you, I won't

but

rushed in, taking in the scene

"Star, are you alright?!"

moment. "Foreman, restrain Stella-she's lost it! She stabbed

own slip. He'd arrived over forty minutes earlier than he and Stella had agreed. Clearly, she'd shown up early on purpose; she hadn't wanted

to intervene, but Haynes spoke up, his voice weak but

between me and Stella. Stay

locked warily on Haynes, as if expecting him to do something

only succeeded because she'd caught Haynes off guard. If she tried for a

slowly let go

made no

quietly, relief passing over

...

to the hospital in short order.

hadn't

Jasper had

He pointed an accusing finger at Stella, his voice shaking with rage. "You're always preaching the law to me,

snapped out of her panic. The look she gave Stella was