The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 529

Stella suddenly spoke up. "Who are you, anyway?"

Karl froze, thinking for a moment that maybe Stella didn't know who he was.

He was about to answer when Stella continued, "And why should I listen to you?"

That's when it hit Karl-she wasn't clueless about his identity at all. She was just provoking him on purpose.

A cold, almost mocking smile crept across Karl's lips.

"Stella, just because you managed to win over Mr. Burton and Candida doesn't mean I can't deal with you."

No wonder Sherman couldn't stand her. This woman really was impossible.

Stella gave a faint, unapologetic smile. "If you really could deal with me, would you be wasting time saying all this? Why not go straight to Mr. Burton and Candida and expose me? Or is it that you just don't want to?"

She had no patience for cheaters, especially ones like Karl-ungrateful, manipulative types.

Haynes might have been a jerk, but at least he was honest about it.

Karl, though, was something else entirely.

He was the kind of man you read about online-the type who, the moment he got

what he wanted, would turn on the person who trusted him most.

look almost tolerable by

been good with words, and now he was completely at a

the walk passed in silence until they reached the door to Mr. Burton's

the room was unexpectedly

was there, his head wrapped with a pristine white bandage where he'd been treated. Aurora stood at

don't need to go to the

pale, but

and Skyler sat nearby, both

Stella off guard was the presence of a middle-aged man

flickered

unmistakable—there was no denying it.

Antoney had grown up together; there were no secrets between

that Antoney had

He'd never known his father. His mother had told

him on her own, and that

had no idea

simply hadn't wanted

his life.

choice, never trying to find his

once asked Antoney if he resented

It

in person, Stella couldn't help but study