The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Leonard stared at the phone, his eyes flickering with suspicion and uncertainty.

Did Joshua really know where they were, or was he just bluffing?

Leonard had purposely left his own phone behind to avoid being tracked. If anything urgent came up, he could just use one of his men's phones.

That was why, earlier that afternoon, Leonard had called Sellers in for an emergency meeting.

Sellers had no idea what was going on, so of course he'd brought his phone with him. Honestly, even if Leonard had ordered him not to, Sellers wouldn't have agreed. He and Leonard weren't close-if Leonard was planning to ambush him, he'd need some way to call for help.

Sellers had overheard enough of Leonard's conversation with Joshua to get the gist. He said quietly, “Real or not, if Foreman and his people manage to track my phone, it won't take them long to find us."

He handed his phone to one of the men to dispose of. "We shouldn't stay here. We need to move now."

Leonard knew Sellers was right, but he couldn't bring himself to just let Stella go so easily.

for a moment before ordering, "Bring those two

his eyelid

of your mind? You've already taught them a lesson. Isn't that enough? The whole city's in lockdown. It's hard enough for the two of us to get out of Sandford on our own. Bringing two women along? You know how obvious a target that makes us. If we

thought Leonard had

even know for sure if it was Stella who had exposed Aurora as an illegitimate child. Sure, it

point about the risk.

and his men. While they're chasing her, we'll have a better shot at

the end, Leonard still wanted

Stella. Had she murdered

up trying to reason with

But after this, I'm done?

more to

let Stella go now or dragged her along for more punishment hardly mattered. Either way,

They split up.

men and put in another car,