Chapter 653

Sellers didn't want to argue with Mr. Burton. "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up

now. It's rude to talk on the phone during a date.”

Since Sellers had made his point, Mr. Burton could only end the call.

Afterward, Sellers turned to Stella.

"Ms. Cameron, shall we order, or would you rather continue this delightful conversation?"

Continuing the conversation would only lead to more verbal sparring and mutual mockery.

Stella didn't have the patience for that. "Let's just order."

She figured it was best to eat first-after all, the real drama was still to come.

Once they'd finished ordering, Stella's phone buzzed quietly. She glanced down: a message from Joshua.

in

any surprise. She looked up, casually, and sure enough, there was Joshua, seated at a corner table directly across from her. When he caught her eye, he gave a subtle

Stella quickly looked away.

had

here because Mr. Burton had asked him to meet her.

the waiter brought their

in common-conversation between them was stilted, if not nonexistent. They ate in

most of her meal, she quietly sent

furious woman stormed into the restaurant and marched straight to

You're really

restaurant's refined atmosphere-every

was exactly the kind of spectacle

Jasper-who never missed a bit of juicy gossip-perked up the moment he heard the commotion. His eyes sparkled

wow! Here we

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a love child, who went through a messy divorce, and even who'd gotten into a hair-pulling fight at home. Most of the mischievous ideas he'd suggested to Haynes for dealing with Stella

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