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.

silent for a moment before ordering, "Bring

froze, his eyelid

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

thought Leonard

it was Stella who had exposed Aurora as an illegitimate child. Sure, it had damaged Aurora's reputation, but she hadn't really been hurt. Leonard's relentless pursuit of

had a point about the risk. Sellers allowed himself a sigh of relief-until Leonard spoke

now. She can be the decoy to distract Foreman and his men. While they're chasing her,

in the end, Leonard still wanted to

Stella. Had she

gave up trying to reason with Leonard. If this is

after this, I'm done? When we

wanted nothing more

go now or dragged her along for more punishment hardly mattered. Either way, sparing her life was already more

They split up.

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