Stella felt a sudden wave of suffocation.
The old Joshua wasn't like this. It had to be his illness messing with his head, twisting his personality. His condition needed to be treated, and fast.
Reminding herself that he was sick gave her an extra reserve of patience. Since she wasn't planning on going into the office much lately and he needed to focus on getting better, if he wanted to tag along, she would let him. He would just be driving her around or keeping her company at contract signings anyway.
"Okay," Stella relented. "You can come back and work for me for now."
A genuine smile finally broke across Joshua's face. He dipped his head and kissed her deeply. "You're the best, Star."
Seizing the opportunity while he was in a good mood, she whispered, "Joshua, I really want to take the day off today."
His hot breath ghosted over her neck. His dark eyes were staggeringly intense, burning like wild, leaping flames.
"Alright," he murmured in a gravelly voice. "I'll take it easy today."
And with that, he leaned down and captured her lips once more.
...
After running a thorough background check on Dr. Winter and finding no red flags, Stella reached out and arranged a meeting.
Dr. Winter spoke fluent, unaccented English. "I love a challenging case. I'm very interested in this gentleman's condition. I can fly out to Solmaris tomorrow."

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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...