The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 455

Chapter 454

Even if it meant divorcing Stella.

Right now-maybe it was the fever, maybe it was something else-Haynes felt a strange, unsettling emotion flicker through his chest.

"Haynie, Haynie, are you even listening to me?"

Rachel's voice yanked him out of his thoughts.

Haynes blinked, regaining his composure. Whatever odd feeling had surfaced in his heart vanished, dissolving as quickly as it came.

His voice was hoarse. "Call Stella. Tell her to come to the hospital. Now."

Rachel assumed Haynes meant to confront Stella, so she just nodded. "Alright."

Stella took her time heading to the hospital, only leaving her apartment after finishing a leisurely breakfast.

As she reached the doorway to Haynes's room, she heard Rachel's voice from inside.

"Haynie, just have a bite, please. If you don't eat something, how are you supposed to get better?"

There was a pause, then Haynes replied, his tone rough and weary. "No. I'm not hungry."

keep pleading, but Stella knocked

of something passed through Haynes's eyes. Instinctively, his

bouquet for the patient. She hadn't brought any of the homemade remedies she was so famous for, either. His expression

bowl

the

of unsolicited advice. "Ms. Pearce, O'Brien's

vel

to make the soup yourself if you want him

eat."

hadn't always been this

spoiled

cold the

Cameron, are you here to beg Haynie for

faint, almost amused. "If anyone should

forgiveness, it's him—not me."

gaze shifted lazily to Haynes. "Well, Mr. O'Brien, how are

want

Rachel's face froze.

much as flinch. "If you want soup, ask Ms. Pearce

eyes

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