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.

No one ever questioned Stella about what she'd been through, and she never offered any details. For her, that chapter of her life was something she'd rather not revisit.

But Stella wasn't one to run from the past, either.

The fact that Leonard had insisted on appearing in a wheelchair at such a crucial contract signing spoke volumes about how important this deal was.

yet, just before this event, he had gone out of his way to kidnap her— intending to drag her away and continue tormenting

showed how

he could abduct her and still walk away unscathed, that nothing would jeopardize

"You said Leonard was attacked at the signing. What exactly

sparkled

looked like something out of an action movie! Leonard took

chest-the place

then pulling out her phone to show Stella the video she'd already downloaded, just in case it disappeared

of dying down. Of course-this was Novaris. No one was in a rush

itself was short-barely

with the Lythanian representative and

in the chest, and he crumpled to the

The audience scrambled for the exits, but some

video, her

And not even

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

Leonard die?" Stella

Abby's face twisted with

disappointment. "He's still

BUT

They rushed him to a hospital in Lythania, and any information about him is locked down tight. But Haynes managed to dig up something. The bullet missed his heart by just a centimeter... What

he's finally getting