The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 708

Stella let out a quiet breath of relief. "I'm fine," she said.

She glanced at Candida, then leaned closer to Joshua and whispered, "Get Candida over here. Whatever happens, don't let them take her."

A faint, careless smile played at the corners of Joshua's mouth. "Of course, Ms. Cameron."

He strolled unhurriedly toward Candida.

Karl's expression hardened. He turned to another bodyguard and ordered, "Keep her close. Don't let that man take her away."

Joshua raised an eyebrow. "Protect her? Mr. Burton, why don't you ask Miss Fletcher if that's the kind of protection she wants?"

Karl's voice was cold. "Let's allow Candida to choose for herself, then."

He fixed his gaze on Candida. "Candida, are you leaving with me, or... are you going with them?"

He didn't spell out the threat, but it lingered heavily beneath his words.

in Candida's eyes. It wasn't that she couldn't bear to leave Karl-she just worried about

Stella's voice rang out, steady and

need to worry about me. He can't do anything to me. Barging into my studio, trying to snatch someone and resort

at Candida. "Don't give in to him. If you surrender once, you'll spend the rest of your life surrendering. Candida, think

Candida's eyes,

was

can't just

up. "Ms. Cameron, the only reason this guy's so brazen is because he thinks we're easy targets. If we don't give him a lesson today, he'll just keep pushing. Today he barges inhere and hurts

a point. "So what kind of lesson do you think

to

moment. "Some people only

medicine. If your hand had really been ruined today, your whole future would be gone. No amount of money or apologies could ever

agreed wholeheartedly. "You're absolutely

at Candida. "What about you, Candida? What do you

beneath contempt. Still, he'd been Candida's boyfriend for years, so Stella wanted to make sure she

of hatred

After what he'd done last time, she'd felt