The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 518

Joshua arched an eyebrow, amusement flickering in his eyes.

"Rachel, didn't I offer before? I could have taken care of her for you, but you refused."

Rachel's expression stiffened.

He was right-he had made the offer, and she had turned it down. All she'd ever wanted was to win Haynes for herself. She wasn't some heartless monster-why would she ever want blood on her hands?

But things were different now.

With Mr. Burton backing Stella, she had become untouchable. Even Joshua would struggle to go up against the Burtons and come out on top.

Maybe it was time to stop hesitating. Maybe Stella just needed to disappear, once and for all.

Rachel parted her lips, instinctively searching for some excuse. But when it came time to speak, not a single word made it out.

Things really had changed. Her heart was growing colder by the day.

didn't bother waiting for an answer. Whether she was kind or cruel-it

for you. But before I do, there's something

"What is

so clear, were now as

it, after all these years, you've never played anything quite like

heard Stella's performance of "Moonlight" earlier. It

She wasn't the violinist from that night, so of course she could never capture what Joshua was searching

for the feeling he wanted. But emotion in music was such an elusive

explain herself. "That night, I

cut her off. "But today I heard Stella play, and she came very

uncertain. "Are you talking about... her original

"Original style?"

close to the original interpretation of the

always try to mimic

original as closely