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.

promises in front of

were threatened and tempted in every possible way. In

refused, our families would've gone under. What else could we

finally understood what was going on. He couldn't help but let out a cold

it really was threats and

Haynes was left speechless.

finally turned to Stella. "No matter what I say now,

could just call the

chill flickered

goes to show Mr. O'Brien

stared at Stella. "What will it take for you to believe

silent,

Stella realized she'd once asked him the exact

the tables had

wanting to speak, but

framed Stella. Was Stella feeling the same things he was now anger, helplessness, and the sting

regained her composure. Her voice

trust facts and

were impossible

if I