"I'm sorry," she said.
Joshua's expression remained neutral, but his eyes were noticeably colder than usual.
"Since you've made yourself so clear, Ms. Cameron, I won't pester you anymore or cause you any trouble," he replied evenly.
Stella stood there for a moment. Seeing his lack of reaction, a sliver of doubt crept back into her mind.
He caught her staring and looked up.
"Looking at me like that might give me the wrong idea, Ms. Cameron. Are you sure you want to keep staring?"
She immediately lowered her gaze.
Half an hour later, the nurses arrived.
With them taking over, Stella finally left the hospital.
...
"So, you're just dropping the whole thing with Aurora?"
Sitting across from her in a cozy cafe, Leonard Lerman posed the question.
"If he can sense something is off even after being hypnotized into amnesia, then Aurora's little charade is definitely not fooling him," Stella explained.
"He didn't believe my lies because I was so convincing; he probably already had his own suspicions.
The only reason he hasn't exposed her yet is probably because he enjoys messing with her.
My worrying was completely unnecessary."
"Why the sudden change of heart?" Leonard asked.
Stella gently stroked the cat resting in her lap. "Before, it was just guesswork and paranoia... but that movie was too big of a coincidence.
I'm convinced he's either recovered some memories or is highly suspicious.
If the hypnosis is already wearing off... it's going to be near impossible to put him under a second time.
I don't want to push him past the point of no return."

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance
Really 🥺 is this the end...
2043 has no wording...
The author needs to bring Joshua and Star back together! And the same people always trying to take her down is getting old...
Oh come on! This is ridiculous, why can’t you let Stella finally be happy with Joshua. I’m done with this story....
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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...