The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Her thoughts echoed Aurora's exactly.

Clearly, whoever was behind this was targeting Simone.

Stella frowned. "Does Rachel have some kind of grudge against Simone?"

She still didn't realize that the bad blood between the two women had everything

to do with Joshua-that their feud had become a fight to the death.

Haynes shook his head. "I'm not entirely sure, but Simone and Aurora once visited Rachel in prison. They even bailed her out. Maybe they struck some sort of deal-only to turn on each other later. Who knows?"

Stella glanced at Haynes. "Sellers said all the security cameras along the route were destroyed-there's nothing left to check. How did you get these videos?"

Haynes' eyes darkened with a hint of pride. "This is Neo-Vespera. If someone thinks they can hide something from me here, they're sorely mistaken. Besides, Jasper used my own network to wipe the footage. He might have fooled Sellers and his people, but not mine."

Understanding dawned on Stella. So, Jasper had helped cover their tracks. That explained a lot.

But still...

tugged at her

Rachel had been faking illness right under his nose

of irony in Stella's eyes and seemed

it carefully. Rachel's little act— pretending to be sick-she had help. Someone was pulling strings for her, and it must have been planned a long time ago. That's the only reason I

I admit I misjudged her. I put

her glass and took a sip of water. "It's rare for Mr. O'Brien to

Rachel, Haynes really had no excuses

whole thing is on me, but Rachel definitely

He's not nearly

doesn't have that kind of reach. But as for who's really behind her-I

him coolly. "Haynes, are you sure you're not just

already told you-Rachel was my mistake,

credibility was practically zero. She took his words with a healthy dose of

to do about

Rachel over to the Williams family, I can say found