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...

mocking smile tugged at her

all these cover-ups, yet Rachel had been faking illness right under his nose for so long-even setting Stella up in broad

irony in Stella's eyes and

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

paused, then added, "...And yes, I admit I misjudged her.

took a sip of water. "It's rare for Mr. O'Brien

it came to Rachel, Haynes really had

whole thing is on me, but Rachel definitely has

pressed, "Who? Jasper? He's not nearly that capable, is

kind of reach. But as for

looked at him coolly. "Haynes, are you sure you're not just making excuses because you

already told you-Rachel was my mistake, but I have no reason

Stella, Haynes' credibility was practically zero. She took

do you plan to do

over to the Williams family, I can say found the culprit for them. If you'd