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

voice rang

you don't need to worry about me. He can't do anything to me. Barging into my

paused, then looked directly at Candida. "Don't give in to him. If you surrender once, you'll spend the rest of your life surrendering. Candida, think about it. Is that really the

eyes,

understood what she was thinking. Her tone

Neo-Vespera. He can't just do whatever he

spoke 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

realizing he had a point. "So what kind of lesson do

to ponder for

moment. "Some people only

we give him a taste of his own 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.

"What about you,

Candida's boyfriend for years, so Stella wanted to make sure she was on

spark of hatred

what he'd done