The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1672

Leonard didn't respond. His gloomy and eccentric personality wasn't new to them, so Jonathan and the others didn't pay it much mind.

After some time, Leonard's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID, suppressed his irritation, and answered.

"What is it?"

Simone's panicked voice came from the other end. "Leonard, it's terrible! The cat ran away!"

Leonard's expression changed instantly. "Ran away? How?"

Simone's voice was tinged with tears. "I must have forgotten to close the door after getting the food delivery... When I finished eating and went to look for the cat, I found the door ajar, and it was gone..."

Before leaving, Leonard had asked Simone to look after the tabby cat. He usually called her over whenever he was out or not at home. He didn't trust anyone else to take care of it.

Simone knew just how much Leonard treasured that cat. It was wild and untamable with everyone but Leonard; with her, it was all claws and hisses. The cat had nearly disfigured her face once.

She wasn't even allowed to scold it, let alone hit it. Just for muttering a few curses at the tabby, Leonard had given her a harsh lecture. Yet, he forbade her from letting the servants care for it; she had to do it herself. Whenever Leonard was away, she waited on that cat hand and foot, like it was royalty. She had become a complete slave to it.

Simone was starting to suspect Leonard was doing this just to torment her. She had heard the cat was a gift from Stella.

She was a lady from a prominent family, yet she was being lorded over by an animal. How could she not be angry? Leonard was cold-blooded and ruthless when dealing with his enemies, but with this cat, he was endlessly patient and doting. The contrast struck Simone as absurd.

Simone hated that cat as much as she hated Stella. But she didn't dare do anything to it, much less deliberately lose it. The extent of Leonard's devotion to the cat seemed pathological to her.

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