Divorce and Freedom No More Homemaker for Him novel Chapter 472

Chapter 472 It Was Someone Else

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Although it didn’t escalate into a total media blackout, it was still a hard blow. Bria’s fanbase was probably going to drop by more than half.

And Stargaze got caught in the fallout too.

“Wait, that wasn’t you?” Hannah looked surprised. “I thought you were behind it!”

Ayla shook her head. “I don’t have time to bother with people like her.”

“Then who stepped in for us?”

Ayla thought of Draven right away.

A man like him, who never cared about showbiz, suddenly getting news updates about it? That didn’t add

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Was he the one pulling strings behind the scenes?

She was about to call and ask when a call came in from an unsaved number. But the digits looked familiar.

It was Isabella Shortle.

Ayla had tossed the business card, but the number stuck in her head.

She hesitated, then picked up.

Isabella’s tone was firm and clipped. “Ayla, your brother Kaleb assaulted Bria. Her hand’s injured and needs stitches. You need to handle this.”

Ayla hung up, then tried calling Kaleb. He didn’t pick up

She dialed Emmett next. This time, he

Ayla got straight to the point.

ered.

Emmett sounded confused. “Kaleb had dinner plans with a client after work. I haven’t heard anything since. A fight? With whom?”

“Got it. As long as he’s okay, don’t stress. I’ll find him.”

She hung up.

As far as she knew, Kaleb and Bria had only seen each other once–at their grandma’s rehab facility. They’d traded some words, but nothing serious.

Kaleb wasn’t the type to pick a fight with her. And Bria? She acted like even being in the same room as Kaleb was beneath her. No way she’d engage him willingly.

Kaleb had a short fuse, but he always had a line. He talked big, but he didn’t cross it. He’d never hit a woman. He usually burned off his energy helping out strangers in bad situations. Cold, yes. Reckless, no.

Then Ayla remembered something.

Martin had grounded Bria. Made her stay holed up at their family estate for two weeks.

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She was probably out now.

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Maybe she’d been simmering this whole time and finally snapped on someone just to blow off steam.

But why Kaleb? If she wanted to lash out, wouldn’t she come for Ayla?

Maybe they just crossed paths. Bria was pissed off. They argued. Then things escalated.

Still, Bria was the one who ended up in the ER.

This wasn’t going to end clean.

Ayla had no choice. She had to go.

She gave Hannah a quick heads–up and headed straight to the hospital at the address Isabella sent.

It wasn’t far. She got there fast.

Inside the ER, Bria was still getting stitched up. Outside stood Isabella and a bunch of trust–fund kids, most of them bruised and scuffed. Definitely Bria’s crew.

Ayla sat down in a chair in the hallway, one leg crossed, eyes closed. Even resting, the sharp edge in her expression made it clear–she wasn’t someone to mess with.

The spoiled brats standing nearby were fuming at Kaleb but none of them dared step forward.

Isabella spotted her. “Mr. Winston is on his way.”

Ayla didn’t flinch.

But inside, she was already over it.

This was the first time she was going to see Troy post–divorce that wasn’t initiated by him.

Meaning, this meeting was unavoidable.

Kaleb heard voices and suddenly opened his eyes. His sharp gaze swept across the rich kids. They all froze. They weren’t used to people like him–people who didn’t flinch, didn’t play nice, and didn’t care about their last names.

Then he saw Ayla, and the tension in his stare eased.

But his tone stayed cold. “You don’t need to be here. Go home.”

He didn’t want her anywhere near Troy.

Ayla stepped closer and saw the cuts on his knuckles and the bruises on his wrist. “Why were you fighting?” she asked.

Kaleb frowned. “Just leave.”

“I’m already here. I’m not leaving.” Her voice didn’t budge. “Why?”

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