The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 662

He said at once, “Mom, I'll be rooting for you."

Stella just gave a noncommittal hum in response-not cold, not warm, simply neutral.

Once Stella had left, Haynes finally turned his gaze to Joshua.

He'd noticed Joshua long ago.

Even though Joshua kept mostly to himself, trying to blend in, his striking looks made him impossible to ignore.

Haynes strode over, sizing him up from head to toe, his eyes full of a quiet, commanding pressure.

"Who exactly are you?"

He'd seen Joshua a few times before, but hadn't paid much attention at first.

Frankly, he couldn't imagine Stella being interested in someone who looked so delicate and out of place.

But as Joshua's appearances at Stella's side grew more frequent, Haynes started to find him an eyesore.

Even Neville, for all his closeness, didn't hover around Stella day and night.

But this man-every time Haynes saw Stella, he saw him too.

At the auction, he'd brushed it off; there were plenty of people there.

But now, for this important competition, Stella had brought only him.

eyes

Stella trusted him enough to keep him close, there had

feeling that this mysterious man at Stella's side was here for reasons

people would have been

the slightest. He smiled as

bodyguard and assistant

fame draws her fair share of trouble. There's always someone looking to stir things

"Especially Mr. O'Brien's good friend,

coming up, the

left Haynes with nothing to

cool and quiet,

that a good assistant knows when

sink ships. One day you might not even know what hit

Joshua

Smerely smiled, unruffled. "If

to me, that

of

getting

his words, every syllable

for

She wouldn't let anyone

t belongs to t

smile, but there was the faintest hint

challenge in his eyes.

even you,

moment the words