The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 2120

"If I say no, will you drop it?" Stella asked.

She knew she was pushing her luck with that demand.

But with Joshua currently suffering from amnesia, Aurora held more of the cards than he did.

If things went south and they both went down swinging, there were just too many variables.

Stella didn't want to take that risk.

Joshua held her gaze steadily. "Give me a convincing reason, and I'll agree."

Stella's heart skipped a beat.

Any reason that would convince him was something she couldn't say.

She met his eyes without flinching. "No reason. I just don't want you two interacting."

A faint smile played on Joshua's striking features.

"Should I take that to mean you're jealous, and that's why you don't want me interacting with other women?"

"..."

Joshua's questions always seemed designed to have no right answer.

However, before she could respond, Joshua seemingly found the perfect compromise.

He offered, "How about this: if Aurora asks me out again, I'll bring you along.

"That way, I get to have my fun, and you get what you want. It's a win-win."

He looked at her, an irresistibly innocent expression on his face.

"Star, I've agreed to almost all your demands today.

"This is the only bit of fun I have left. You aren't going to take this away from me too, are you?"

It was truly hard for Stella to refuse again.

Joshua had previously kept finding excuses to avoid seeing her.

Stella thought she'd have to expend a lot of energy to convince him.

She had even expected him to toy with her and make things difficult.

"Star, you're trending! I saw the racing video, you looked so incredibly cool!

"Hehehe, and Aurora is getting absolutely destroyed online. Losing the race is one thing, but with so many people helping her and still getting crushed by you? Humiliating!

"Oh, by the way, who was that guy who crashed his car to help you? He's pretty badass too!"

Stella checked the trending topics. Eight of the top ten were about her and Aurora.

The comments were overwhelmingly praising her and dragging Aurora.

"Stella is perfect. She plays violin, composes, paints, and she's a total badass on the track... My god, is there anything she can't do?"

"I honestly can't imagine what kind of man would be worthy of our Stella!"

"You can keep your celebrity crushes, Stella belongs to all of us!"

"Aurora is so vile, she needs to get the hell out of the Williams family!"

"Women like Aurora who need men to handhold them through everything should be banned from racing!"

Aurora was already drowning in scandals. Had she won the race, there would have been a faction of victory-chasing fans defending her.