The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

To avoid leaving any evidence, Mr. O'Brien always made his calls to that assistant's cell phone. I'd use the assistant's phone to speak with Mr. O'Brien directly.

Whenever Mr. O'Brien needed to arrange something, he'd have his assistant come find me for the call.

So, between Mr. O'Brien and me, there's no record of any contact whatsoever.”

She paused, then added, “As for those fake documents you gave me they were stored on a flash drive the assistant brought, not through any calls or messages.

Even though Mr. O'Brien promised me certain benefits if everything went according to plan, before the deal was done, you still made sure my family's company got a few decent contracts to keep me on board.

If you don't believe me, Ms. Cameron, you're welcome to have someone check. Not long ago, our company won a contract with The O'Brien Group."

For smaller deals, The O'Brien Group usually chose partners through a bidding process, and Mr. O'Brien himself rarely got involved in the decision-making.

Yet standing before them, neither Haynes nor anyone else seemed to recognize this woman or her company.

Haynes glanced at Benson, who explained, "Her company did win a bid with us recently. But everything went through the standard process. That doesn't prove The O'Brien Group gave her any special favors..."

Selecting a contractor is about a lot of factors-it's not always the lowest price that wins.

All this talk of 'special benefits' is pure nonsense.

Just then, the two socialites spoke up: "Our meetings with Mr. O'Brien were pretty much the same as hers. We didn't leave any evidence behind, either.

for benefits...well, we weren't that lucky. Mr. O'Brien just dangled promises in front of us—said we'd

threatened and tempted in every possible way. In the end, we didn't have a

would've gone under. What

going on. He couldn't help but let

was threats

Haynes was left speechless.

say now, they have an excuse to counter me. But not one

you could just call the police and

flickered across Stella's

goes to show Mr. O'Brien covers his tracks. He doesn't make

at Stella. "What will it take for you to

fell silent, caught off-guard by

Stella realized she'd once asked him

tables had

opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but the words caught in his

to when Rachel had framed Stella. Was Stella feeling the same things

quickly regained her composure. Her voice was

trust facts

were impossible

I really am