The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

According to the security footage, Ms. Cameron and Ms. Murphy... they were

most likely taken out with the garbage truck."

Foreman's face drained of color, little by little.

He'd been too confident.

He'd thought the hospital was firmly under his control, that it was safe. But Leonard-Leonard had managed to come up with such a despicable, underhanded trick!

Forcing himself to stay calm, Foreman asked, "Have you sent people to look for them?"

His assistant replied softly, "We already have a team on their trail."

But the situation... didn't look promising.

If the other side could pull off something like this-spiriting people away right under their noses-they were bound to be excellent at covering their tracks.

Foreman struggled to his feet. "Bring the car around. I'm coming with you."

The assistant glanced at Foreman's pale face and spoke gently. "Mr. Richards, you need to rest and recover. If your wound gets worse and you pass out, it'll only make it harder for us to rescue Ms. Cameron."

He hesitated, then added, "Should we contact Mr. O'Brien? If Benson finds out Ms. Cameron is missing, he'll definitely send backup."

reflexively refused. "No. Absolutely not. They can't

the hospital. And now, because he'd failed to keep her safe, she'd

and drew

time-they can't have gotten far. And make sure everyone understands: this stays absolutely confidential. Not

I'll take care of

his assistant hurry off, Foreman felt a stab of regret for the first time. He shouldn't have risked so much shouldn't have gotten himself this badly hurt-just to win Stella's trust. Now,

Aetheria, the Gardner estate.

thought their patriarch had

barely managed to

dead, his enemies had revealed all their hidden cards, causing him no small amount of trouble. If he hadn't vanished for those months, if they hadn't gotten

blessing in disguise. Now that

least, not

eyes closed,

was still a bit

to pick out some gifts for Star,

and the others

be back as early as next

violin music filled the

was one of

he'd been relying on her violin recordings to help him sleep.