Joshua glanced at her. "It has nothing to do with you."
Laurel let out a breath of relief, but a faint sense of disappointment welled up inside her.
"Joshua, your condition isn't good," she said. "Traditional treatments probably won't be very effective anymore. I suggest you undergo hypnosis. Otherwise, things will only get worse…"
Before Laurel could finish, Joshua's icy voice cut her off.
"I won't undergo hypnosis."
A flash of crimson seemed to flicker in his dark eyes. "Laurel Quinn, stay out of my business. And don't let me find out you've been going behind my back, filling Star's head with nonsense. If you get in my way, I'll kill you too."
The color drained from Laurel's face, and her heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.
Her eyelashes trembled. "So, you're not going to get treatment?"
Laurel gritted her teeth. "Joshua, don't you realize that this incident has made a lot of people notice your abnormal behavior? Your weakness has been exposed. They'll use Stella against you, keep provoking you…"
Before she could finish, Joshua cut her off again, his voice cold. "You don't need to worry about that. I've already found the best treatment for my condition."
Laurel asked blankly, "What treatment?"
"That's not your concern." Joshua stood up and faced her. "Considering you helped look for Star, I'll let it slide this time. I don't want there to be a next time."
With that, he slowly walked out of the room.
Laurel stared at his cold, intimidating back, suddenly remembering how, many years ago, he had walked step by step into the abyss, just as he was doing now.
"Joshua," Laurel called out suddenly, "Stella won't like the person you're becoming."
Joshua stopped and turned to look at her.
Thinking she had gotten through to him, a flicker of light appeared in Laurel's eyes.
However, Joshua's next words were…

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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...