The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Haynes and Keen traveled in style on a private jet, so comfortable that even after the long flight, they felt no fatigue at all.

Stella, having heard in advance that they were coming, had everything planned out.

"Solmaris has an amazing amusement park," she said with a smile. "Keen, would you like to go have some fun?"

Keen's eyes lit up. "I'd love to!"

Stella laughed and took Keen's hand.

Joshua naturally fell in on Keen's other side. "So, Keen," he asked, "while I was away, did you keep up with your target practice?"

Keen puffed up with pride. "Every day, Mr. Joshua! Dad even hired a shooting

coach for me. This time, I'm sure I can beat you!"

Joshua grinned. "Is that so? Well then, let's have a little match later."

"Awesome!" Keen said, bouncing on his toes.

With their striking good looks, the group drew more than a few curious glances as they made their way through the crowd.

Snatches of conversation floated to Haynes' ears:

"What a gorgeous family! Must be a family of three-look at them."

mom that pretty and a dad that

adults and a

boy was the spitting image of

then, Stella seemed to sense something. She paused, turned, and called out, "Haynes, why are you just standing there? Aren't

glance over her shoulder, the gloom in Haynes' heart vanished. She remembered him. That

forward to

park, the four

one woman, and a child-made for an unusual sight,

adults paid any mind

away, a

Pearce's eyes burned with resentment as she watched Stella. She wanted

didn't dare. Not with Joshua by

scurry around like a rat hiding in the shadow Back then, she'd fantasized about leaping

Stella, Rachel wouldn't risk making a move while he

out on Simone instead. That, too, had ended in failure

hiding, Rachel had reached out to Joshua. This time, he'd finally agreed to help her, arranging for her to come to Solmaris-and even to be here at

hadn't understood why. But when

wretched Simone was pretending to be her? In the end, Joshua chose to help Rachel, not

kept following the

Her hand drifted, unconsciously to her lower abdomen, and a dark, secretive

...

a restaurant to

but in the end, Joshua still