After happily rambling about how much he had missed her, the boy craned his neck, looking around the terminal.
"Mom, where's Mr. Joshua?"
"He had some business to take care of," Stella lied smoothly.
Keen's face fell in obvious disappointment.
He had been practicing his marksmanship non-stop and had been dying to show off his skills to the older man.
Taking his small hand, she guided him toward the exit. "Let's grab a bite. I made a reservation."
After dinner, Haynes was preparing to take his son back to his own apartment, but Stella stopped him.
"I haven't seen Keen in forever. Let him stay with me tonight."
Haynes didn't object. The boy had stayed over at her place plenty of times before.
However, when he offered to drive them, Stella rattled off the address to the massive villa where they had all briefly lived together.
Haynes shot her a questioning look, but kept his mouth shut.
As he put the car in park outside the familiar gates, Stella turned to him. "Come inside for a minute. We need to talk."
Once they were indoors and Keen had excitedly sprinted off to his old bedroom, Haynes crossed his arms. "You practically demanded we fly out here immediately. What's going on?"
Stella didn't sugarcoat anything. She laid out the entire brutal scheme, piece by horrifying piece.
Haynes listened in stunned silence. His initially calm demeanor rapidly warped into a deep, furious scowl.
When she finally finished, he dragged a hand down his face.
"Stella, if you asked me for a favor—any favor—I'd do it. If it meant putting my life on the line, fine.
But dragging our son into this?

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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...