The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 567

Joshua stopped and glanced back at him.

"Were you calling me?"

Jasper nodded, his brows furrowed. "What are you doing here?"

This man was strikingly handsome-impossible to forget. Jasper remembered clearly: yesterday, Joshua had arrived with Abby and the others.

Joshua's face didn't so much as twitch. "What else? I'm here to see a doctor."

Jasper gave him a suspicious once-over. "A doctor? What could possibly be wrong with you? Don't tell me you're here to stir up trouble for Rachel because of that woman, Stella."

Joshua replied lazily, "Not everyone has as much free time as you, sir."

With that, he turned on his heel and walked away.

Jasper watched Joshua's retreating back, a strange feeling stirring in his chest.

When he returned to the hospital room, Rachel's eyes widened in shock at the sight of Jasper's bruised and battered face.

happened to

to get lunch and ran into some lunatic who started screaming that I was having an affair with his girlfriend. Before I could even respond, the guy punched me right in the face! I wasn't about to let that slide, so I chased after him, but the bastard lured me into an

twisted in frustration. "If I hadn't promised to bring back

had tried to fight back, but the other

man. That devious jerk had also landed a kick square

go, so he immediately phoned Foreman, asking him to

a split second after hearing the

said earlier that his people were keeping Jasper occupied. Was this Jasper's "accident" Joshua's

spilling a drink, asking for directions, or maybe picking à pocket. But Joshua?

to "stall"

utterly pitiful. There

in jail had Rachel seen

lost in thought when Jasper's voice snapped her back

eat. I... need to take care of something. I'll

hurried

to get himself checked out, fast. If something important got damaged, what then? He had no intention of living the rest of his life as

hospital, Joshua headed to