The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 565

After a tense round of treatment, Rachel was finally out of danger.

Haynes, Keen, and Jasper spent the entire night by her bedside at the hospital, refusing to leave her alone. The next day, they hovered over her with gentle concern, attentive to her every need.

Rachel noticed that Haynes and Keen, who had been growing distant lately, now seemed to have returned to the way they used to be warm, solicitous, almost doting. That pleased her immensely.

She hadn't managed to use this incident to get rid of Stella as she'd hoped, but regaining the affection of Haynes and his son was a decent consolation prize.

That afternoon, Jasper went out to pick up lunch, leaving Rachel alone in her hospital room. Bored, she lounged back against the pillows, scrolling absently through her phone.

Despite the dramatic bruises and bandages, her injuries weren't as severe as they looked-just some cuts and bruises, nothing that would jeopardize her upcoming concert.

A soft knock came at the door.

Rachel assumed Jasper was back. "Jasper, did Haynie say anything? Is he coming by today or-"

She broke off mid-sentence. Her face froze.

are

pretty badly. It's only

walk in any minute. If they saw

had no idea that Joshua had already succeeded in

Jasper's been delayed by one of my people-he won't be back for a while. As for Haynes, he's

hesitated, a chill breaking

of them spoke, and the room fell into

eternity, Rachel broke it. “Joshua... Is

on the underground market. No job, no deal happens there without me

parted, her panic ebbing away, replaced by a steely, bitter gloom. "Joshua, why

didn't you come to me about this?

is it that you don't trust

didn't want to tell you. I was afraid if something went wrong, you'd

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go all and hire

hadn't stepped in to clean up your mess, you'd have been caught by Haynes and Foreman long before Stella even