The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 654

"Come one, come all, and see for yourselves! This ungrateful jerk—after hitting it big, he's ready to toss aside the girlfriend who stood by him through thick and thin!

Well, I'm not that easy to get rid of!

He wants me to just disappear quietly, pretend nothing ever happened? Dream on!"

The woman's voice rose above the crowd as she recounted how she'd been with Sellers since she was eighteen. She spoke of all the home-cooked meals she'd made for him, every little way she'd cared for him-painting herself as the selfless girlfriend, and Sellers as a callous villain.

By the time she finished, Sellers looked like the textbook definition of a heartless scoundrel, while she had become the tragic figure-deceived, her youth and love wasted on the wrong man.

The more she talked, the more the crowd's eyes turned on Sellers-curious at first, then openly scornful and condemning. In every circle, a cheater and his mistress are social poison.

Sellers' expression darkened as the woman's accusations grew more outrageous. His glare was cold and menacing as he suddenly grabbed her by the throat. "Say one more word, and I'll kill you. Don't push me."

Stella, watching him about to strike, yanked the tablecloth off the dining table. Plates, glasses, and cutlery clattered and flew toward Sellers in a noisy cascade.

She stared at him, shocked and appalled. “Sellers, I can't believe this is who you really are!"

hesitation, Stella stormed forward and

the sticky sweetness of spilled juice splattering across her

of events that he didn't react

narrowed, rage flickering dangerously. He

reach her, a slim, sharp-featured young man

planning to do?

up.

Joshua shook his head

"Sir, no matter

angry you are,

that doesn't give you

get violent-especially not with a

these

join the group. He'd

was

Foreman's concern. He was