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

how

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

said Leonard was attacked at the signing. What exactly

eyes sparkled with

video looked like something out of an action movie! Leonard took

chest-the place exploded

animatedly described the scene, waving her hands and then pulling out her phone to show Stella the video she'd already downloaded, just in case it disappeared from

dominating every news feed. The hype showed no sign of dying down. Of course-this was Novaris. No one was in a rush to bury the story, and Leonard's

was short-barely five

Leonard shaking hands with the Lythanian representative and exchanging

Leonard in the chest, and

him, while chaos erupted. The audience scrambled for the exits, but some gutsy reporters kept filming,

video,

not even a

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

Leonard die?"

Abby's face twisted with

disappointment. "He's still

BUT

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

"Still, I'd say he's finally getting