The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 486

Rachel sent Haynes and Jasper away, and Stella could pretty much guess what was coming next-Rachel was up to her old tricks again.

So, quietly, she tapped her phone and started recording.

Honestly, when Rachel had called her earlier and asked her to come over, Stella had already suspected Rachel wasn't just looking for a friendly chat. After all, Rachel had lost too many rounds to her lately. Even though Rachel managed to snatch away her studio and force her to compose music for her, it had cost Rachel a hefty ten million dollars.

Rachel strutted around, acting as if she'd won some grand victory, but in reality, she hadn't gained much at all.

Stella, on the other hand, was now sitting pretty with Haynes's ten million-a tidy little nest egg and the perfect startup fund for her next move.

If this had happened in the past, and someone with deep pockets had shown up wanting to buy their studio for that kind of money, they might've said yes without a second thought. Who turns down a fortune like that?

But this time, the buyers were Rachel and Haynes. There was no way Stella would let them get what they wanted so easily.

After these last few skirmishes, Stella was certain Rachel would come at her again.

She was more than ready.

Rachel's schemes were never exactly subtle, but Stella had to give her credit- Rachel was clever. She rarely got her own hands dirty. Instead, she preferred pulling strings from behind the scenes, letting others do her bidding.

Pushing Stella into the lake herself? Now, that had been a surprise. Even if the security cameras had been disabled, what if there'd been a witness lurking somewhere she hadn't noticed? If Rachel got caught, her whole "sweet and innocent" act would shatter in an instant.

But Rachel had still taken the risk. That, more than anything, showed just how desperate she'd become after losing so many times.

desperate Rachel got, the more

Still...

phone, droplets of water trickling down its screen.

flashed in her

caught her off guard: her phone

turning it on, but the

of her conversation with

worried. As long as she got the phone fixed, the

flicked from her

rattled. A

to everything, was still shouting

it! You think

ignored her and

you really want me

flickered across Rachel's

ét

a few incidents before, and every time, Stella had managed to produce

her without secretly recording the whole conversation. How had

forgotten something so important?

to what she'd just said to Stella, Rachel felt cold sweat trickle

her back.