The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 621

Stella shot Haynes a surprised glance. "You know about this?"

He shrugged. "When I was younger, I spent a few years racing."

Fast cars-every man's dream, Stella thought. Not one of them could resist.

From what she knew, all three of her brothers had a thing for racing. She'd seen Skyler's old trophies and photos from his racing days lining the shelves in his study.

At the Williams estate, Skyler's garage looked more like an auto show, packed wall-to-wall with cars-an almost ridiculous display. And Jonathan, Israel, and Coleman? Their collections could rival a museum.

Compared to them, Aurora didn't own as many, but every car she drove was top- of-the-line.

It seemed the whole Williams family had inherited Skyler's love for racing.

Stella used to think she wasn't interested. But after dabbling in it for a while, she had to admit-genes were a powerful thing.

Still, if given the choice between the violin and fast cars, her heart always belonged to the violin.

After Haynes's answer, Stella didn't ask any more questions.

But Haynes, unusually chatty tonight, wasn't finished. "So, you're into cars too?"

He wasn't talking about knowing how to drive he meant racing.

replied, "I know

hood and checked the engine at first, he'd thought she was just going through the motions, probably didn't really know what she was doing. But now,

Stella. The streetlights outside painted broken patterns

shifting light, her delicate profile seemed almost unfamiliar. For a moment, it was as if he didn't know the woman sitting beside him at

played the violin, knew

there about Stella

Haynes-curiosity, and an unexpected thrill. Like he'd just stumbled on

you never mentioned any

the steering wheel. After a moment, her voice broke the quiet inside

"Did you ever ask?"

think back over their five-year marriage. He'd always been working, hardly ever really talking to

didn't

almost laughed. "You barely cared about Keen's

you'd have been interested in anything

called his assistant, Benson, more times than she'd

silent for a few

now. The words didn't

hadn't been divorced for long, but it felt like another lifetime. Alkthe sleepless nights, the heartbreak and turmoil they seemed so far away now it was hard to remember how much

meant she'd healed, or if she was

forgot

"Rachel can't do any of

rarely played