Simone was taken aback for a moment, then a strange smile spread across her face.
"It seems Joshua is finally getting what he wished for."
She murmured as if to herself, "That's good, I suppose. At least Joshua will be happy. It's just a shame that Leonard had to die like that…"
"Do you need to think about it, or can you give me an answer now?" Stella asked.
Stella's words finally brought Simone back to the present.
She looked at Stella and asked, "Did Leonard's death really not leave even the slightest trace, not a single ripple, in your heart?"
Before Stella could answer, Simone let out a soft laugh and continued on her own.
"Leonard wasn't a good person, but he was truly good to the people he liked. Perhaps this was karma for all the bad things he'd done, that he would never get what he wanted in this life."
At this, Simone turned to look at Stella.
"Before Leonard tried to seize power, all he cared about was painting. He never hurt anyone and had no ambition for the Lerman family. Because we were both illegitimate children, Leonard and I were bullied constantly growing up. Life was terrible. The Lermans intentionally spread the news about our parentage, which led to Leonard being isolated and bullied at school."

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance
Oh come on! This is ridiculous, why can’t you let Stella finally be happy with Joshua. I’m done with this story....
anxiously waiting for updates...
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The same rotation blaming Stella trying to get her destroyed. Isn't the writer tired of writing the same foolishness overand over again? This is exhausting....
Can’t wait to see what joshua will do...
Why would the author of this book do that to Stella? Such cruelty!...
So many chapters are incomplete. Missing pages. Hard to get continuity...
Please move on from Stella's troubles, we need more exiting news. Like Joshua discovering that Stella is the one he has been looking for,the owner of the earring....
Seriously, how long will this get stretched ?? Looks like the whole world is set to trouble Stella... It's not moving anywhere.....
Hey...please update regularly...