The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 957

"Something happened?" Stella's expression flickered. “What's wrong with him?"

Abby, clearly delighted by the news of Leonard's misfortune, couldn't hide her excitement.

She said, "Early this morning, Leonard was attacked during the contract signing. It's all over the trending news."

"The Lerman family has some major business deal going on with Lythania. The signing today was a huge event-they even streamed it live, worldwide."

For a family as powerful as the Lermans, sealing a strategic partnership with a nation was hardly out of the ordinary. A global live stream was just business as usual.

Abby launched into a detailed retelling of what she'd seen in the trending video.

"Leonard-who knows if he was being chased by a hitman-showed up at the signing with a gash across his face and a leg injury. He actually rolled in on a wheelchair."

She glanced around, then lowered her voice conspiratorially. "Maybe it was Neville's people, helping you out behind the scenes."

Stella said nothing.

She knew all too well that Leonard's injuries-his face and his leg-were courtesy of her.

through, and she never offered any details. For her,

wasn't one to run from the

appearing in a wheelchair at such a

he had gone out of his way to kidnap her— intending to drag her

showed how arrogant he

truly believed he could abduct her and still walk away unscathed, that nothing

asked, "You said Leonard was attacked at the

sparkled with

video looked like something out of an

to the chest-the place

pulling out her phone to show Stella the video

The hype showed no sign of dying down. Of course-this was

was short-barely

hands with the Lythanian representative and

hit Leonard in the chest, and he crumpled

The audience scrambled for the exits, but some gutsy reporters kept filming,

video, her

not

was used. If you weren't standing right there, you wouldn't have heard a