The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 561

Foreman said, "Rachel was taken hostage by the kidnapper and got pretty badly hurt. But thankfully, nothing vital-she'll be okay. You don't need to worry."

Stella wasn't worried about Rachel at all. She knew perfectly well that nothing would actually happen to her.

"How did you manage to rescue Rachel?" Stella asked.

Foreman didn't hide anything. "Haynie distracted the kidnapper while I tried to track down the money."

"The sum was too large," he continued. "They wanted to move it fast, but it wasn't going to be that easy. Once we had the henchmen under control, Haynie and I closed in from both sides."

He paused, frowning. "But... Rachel was still in the hands of the kidnapper. We had to be careful, couldn't risk making any reckless moves."

Stella's brow furrowed. "Did you catch Lind?"

"Lind?" Foreman looked puzzled.

"The one who was holding Rachel."

That guy's slippery-and surprisingly

dragged Rachel with him and escaped into the woods. Got

don't worry," he added, "Haynie's team and

least bit surprised. If Rachel really was working with Lind, then there was

of the operating room slammed shut as Rachel was

that's another

Haynes frowned, staying silent.

you had to choose between two people, you didn't pick Rachel. But Rachel didn't blame you. Instead, she fought to hold the kidnapper back to protect Keen. If she hadn't, she wouldn't have been hurt

was at it again,

curled at the corner

was a good weapon to

Rachel's act—the damsel-in-distress

restore her image in Haynes's eyes. But it was one thing for Haynes to

was quite anotherto be constantly guilt-tripped

be permanently indebted to someone else? To always feel one- down in a relationship? Any time

already-handing overa fortunez even getting divorced for her, sacrificing his own career opportunities, throwing resources her way... The list went on

"You owe her." After a while, that kind of debt stopped feeling like kindness and started to feel