The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 1249

If Joshua were as foolish as Rachel, he would be no threat.

But the evening was quiet. Even after Stella and Old Mrs. Connolly had finished admiring the painting, nothing happened. Neville began to wonder if he had been overthinking things.

Just as he was about to drive Stella home, he noticed a car parked outside the gate. Stella recognized it immediately. She walked over and tapped gently on the window.

"Joshua, what are you doing here?"

The window rolled down, revealing his impossibly handsome face. "I came to pick you up, Star," he said. "It's a long way from the hospital, and I didn't want to keep troubling Mr. Connolly to drive you back and forth. After all, this is supposed to be my job."

His reasoning was flawless, even thoughtful. Stella frowned slightly. "But your injury..."

"I'm mostly healed," he said with a bright smile. "Besides, I can handle driving. You pay me a generous salary, Star. If I keep slacking off, I might lose my job."

long have you

little while,"

been waiting here since about half an hour after

out her phone and saw no missed calls or messages. Since nothing urgent had come up, she had stayed for tea with Old Mrs. Connolly after looking at the painting. If she had known he was waiting outside, she wouldn't have

or

slightly. "It wasn't a big deal. I didn't want to

realized that if she had eaten dinner at the Connollys'

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dinner himself.

silently and

Joshua is here to pick me up, you don't need to

and stay with your

Old Mrs. Connolly's fragile health, neither

Stella off. Marvin was keeping