The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Just then, Foreman suddenly stepped in front of Stella.

The blade drove straight into his chest.

Stella gasped in horror. "Foreman!"

Seizing the moment, one of the bodyguards pinned the assassin to the ground.

Foreman, as if numb to the pain, turned his head and looked at Stella.

"Star, are you alright?"

Stella stared at the knife jutting from his chest, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

"I'm fine, but you..."

Foreman's face had drained of all color, yet he still tried to reassure her.

"As long as you're safe, that's all that matters. I'll be okay..."

The would-be killers were quickly subdued by both Foreman's and Neville's security teams.

Only when the danger had finally passed did Foreman's strength seem to leave him-he collapsed, unconscious.

operating room door burned into Stella's vision as she waited outside, her face pale

was tough and would

last wounds aren't even healed, and now he's been stabbed again-because of me..." She

of the knife plunging into Foreman's chest, right before her

her mouth, as if to say something, but

in front of Stella, without a second thought,

"Maybe we should call

been far too

for Foreman, both she and Stella might have died right there. Leonard's people were ruthless-first Haynes, now Stella.

said softly, "And what if Neville ends

lowered her eyes. "I already owe both of them so much. I can't

above a whisper. "If Leonard really wants me dead,

a long, quiet

a point. This was Sandford, and even Foreman's men hadn't been

he might just be throwing his life

by, minute after excruciating minute, until finally the light above the operating room flicked off and the surgeon

suffer any critical injuries," he reported. "There's no immediate threat to his life. He lost a

and Abby allow themselves to breathe

turned to Abby. "Abby, help me move my things to the

I'm going to take care of him for