The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 942

Leonard arched an eyebrow. "Oh?"

Sellers wasn't the type to believe in coincidences-he knew better.

He shot Leonard a look, then answered the ringing phone.

"Mr. Gardner, how can I help you?"

Joshua was sitting on a private jet, a satellite phone in hand, his tone cool and measured. "Tell Leonard to let Stella go. If he doesn't, the Gardner family and the Lerman family will be at war. There'll be no backing down."

Sellers froze, instinctively glancing at Leonard.

"Mr. Gardner, I'm not sure I understand-"

But Joshua cut him off, his voice sharp and cold. "I know you're together. Put Leonard on."

Sellers hesitated, then passed the phone to Leonard.

How on earth did the head of the Gardner family know Stella? What exactly was their relationship?

Leonard took the phone from Sellers, unfazed. "Mr. Gardner, what can I do for you?"

didn't waste words. "Let Stella go. I'll owe you a

patriarch, dreaming of marrying Joshua. Yet, for reasons unknown, Joshua kept his identity

judging by Joshua's call, things were clearly more complicated

child—a secondhand mother, so to speak? What

doubt flickering in his eyes. Did she really have

he played it cool. "I'm not even in Novaris right

ice-cold. "Quit playing dumb. You know exactly what I'm

deflected smoothly. "Mr. Gardner, accusations

a little

at

you

heard a voice in the background

acknowledgment and hung up without another

line, his

***

the plane, one of Joshua's men leaned in, uncertain. "Mr. Gardner, will this really work? What if they don't buy

still holding the

full well

pinpoint a location

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