The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Suddenly, Rachel remembered what Joshua had asked of her—he wanted her to find Aurora.

Did that mean Joshua had also noticed Aurora's earrings?

Was he testing her?

Or did he already know something?

But even if Joshua had seen them, it didn't necessarily mean those earrings belonged to Aurora. After all, there were so many similar things in the world.

Still, Rachel couldn't shake her unease.

Aurora... she played the violin too.

What if Aurora happened to own two identical pairs of earrings?

Rachel spoke up, "Your earring-I once saw someone wearing one just like it. I loved it so much, I'd wanted to buy one of my own ever since. So when I saw Ms. Williams wearing it the other day, I wanted to buy it from her."

Aurora saw right through her story. She knew Rachel wasn't telling the truth, but she also knew Rachel never would.

Aurora asked, “Earlier, Joshua-Stella's companion- spotted my earring and reacted just like you did that day. Ms.

already braced herself for this. Without a hint of panic, she smiled politely. "I've met Joshua a few times. You could say we know

expression revealed nothing. Aurora let the

of collaboration did you

but feel a touch of caution toward Aurora after

agree to it?"

don't you explain your plan first? I'll decide after I hear it. She is my sister, after all-I'm not interested in anything that would

Even if she weren't the Williams family heiress, she's already managed to gather a circle of powerful people willing to

for her to win the

trying to reconcile with Stella, he'll support her too. If Stella returns to the Williams family, Ms.

calm. "So, what exactly do

"We can't let her remarry Haynes, and we can't let her return to the Williams

easy to say, but I doubt it'll be

you're interested,

I'll wait for

With that, Rachel left.

of sight, Simone finally spoke. "Aurora, are