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.

gone out of his way to kidnap

just showed how arrogant he

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

asked, "You said Leonard was attacked at

sparkled

out of an action movie!

the chest-the

described the scene, waving her hands and then pulling out her phone to

every news feed. The hype showed no sign of dying down. Of course-this was Novaris. No one

was short-barely

Leonard shaking hands with the Lythanian

hit Leonard in the chest, and he crumpled to

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

the video, her

fast? And not even a

nodded. "They 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

But Haynes managed to dig up something. The bullet missed his heart by

say he's finally getting what he