She had been staying home to recover. Although she went out occasionally, it wasn't often. The same went for him.
"Besides," Stella continued, "you can't just revolve your whole life around me like you did before."
He looked up at her. "Why not?"
"Because you're the head of the Gardner family now. You need to maintain your authority. If you're constantly following me around, people are going to talk."
"Don't worry," he said lazily. "They wouldn't dare."
Stella suddenly remembered the elderly Gardner matriarch who had gone to see Neville Connolly. Even at her advanced age, she had cowered in front of Joshua, too terrified to even meet his eyes. It was a testament to how deeply Joshua's ruthless reputation had been burned into everyone's minds.
After a brief silence, Stella tried another angle. "Joshua, you taught me so much because you wanted to see me stand on my own two feet. If you're always hovering over me, solving every problem that comes my way, I'm never going to grow."
"Star, I promise I won't interfere," he said smoothly. "You make the calls. I won't step on your toes."
He seemed dead set on returning to her side.
A sliver of doubt crossed Stella's mind. Joshua wanted to come back to work for her, and right on cue, Wilbur resigned. Was it just a coincidence?


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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...