The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 2069

With her status, beauty, and talent, Stella was extraordinary by any standard.

It was perfectly natural for Joshua to be intrigued by her.

After all, she was stunning and undeniably brilliant.

...

One afternoon, Stella received a reminder call from Coleman Williams.

"Next weekend is Shay's third birthday party. Don't forget to come back for it."

Shay was McCoy Chapman and Aurora Williams's daughter.

Or rather, their fake daughter.

Miss Hayser had told Stella that revenge was a dish best served over decades. She planned to wait until the fake daughter grew up and understood the intoxicating power of wealth, before suddenly dropping the real heiress into the mix to destroy them.

Since Aurora's mother loved playing games with memory loss and body doubles, Miss Hayser was more than happy to inject a little soap opera drama into the Williams family with a 'real vs. fake heiress' showdown.

"I want to see what happens," Miss Hayser had sneered. "When faced with the elegantly raised fake daughter versus the biological daughter of a Fisherwoman who lost out at the starting line, how will she choose? Those two girls will tear the Williams and Chapman families apart from the inside. Aurora thinks this child is her ticket back to power? Ha! She's dreaming!"

Miss Hayser's vengeance against Aurora wasn't just for Stella's sake.

Years ago, when Jonathan Williams had wanted to manipulate Miss Hayser into falling for him, he had orchestrated a plot to drug her, nearly costing her everything.

Under Stella's guidance, Miss Hayser had slowly evolved into a ruthless, highly capable head of her family.

While investigating the past, she uncovered a terrifying detail about Jonathan's original plot.

Jonathan had engineered two separate scenarios.

The first was a classic 'hero saves the beauty' setup, designed to make her fall in love with him.

The second was far more sinister: ensuring she was actually assaulted by a male escort at a club. Once she was utterly ruined by the scandal, Jonathan would swoop in as her merciful savior.

It was a sickeningly cruel trap.

If the second plan had gone through, a traumatized Miss Hayser likely would have clung to him like a lifeline and married him immediately.

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