The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 490

Before, all she wanted was to push Stella out of the picture-nothing more, nothing too cruel.

But now, because of Stella, Haynes was growing colder by the day. Rachel was running out of patience.

No matter what, she'd have to get rid of Stella first.

Lost in her thoughts, Rachel was jolted back to reality by Joshua Gardner's quiet, almost haunting voice.

“I've wrapped up all my projects. For the time being, I'll be staying here at Neo- Vespera to help you out.

Rachel, you really ought to focus more on your music, not on men.

Frankly, your playing now is a far cry from when I first heard you.

It's just a man, after all. If you want, I could find you any stunning gentleman you like. Why are you so fixated on Haynes?

He's divorced, and he even has a kid. What's so irresistible about him?"

Rachel had heard this spiel from Joshua more times than she could count.

But instead of feeling pleased, all she felt was a cold, creeping fear.

Joshua Gardner was simply too good to her. Whatever she wanted, he would make it happen without hesitation, without boundaries.

him to kill someone, he'd probably

his devotion. She knew he'd mistaken her for someone

time, Rachel realized something was off-deeply, disturbingly off about Joshua

was mentally unstable, his moods swinging

All because, by chance, he'd overheard her playing "Moonlight" in the garden, and decided she was

do anything for her, no

with her,

showed clearly whatever he felt for her it wasn't love. Or at least,

lengths Joshua would go to, Rachel only grew more

in ways she

if he realized she'd

had actually played "Moonlight" in the garden that

was the

a woman named Raven, a member of

her magnum opus, but

was that she

had

even adopted as

competitions

university. Rachel adored

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