The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 294

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The morning flew by in a blur.

By noon, Stella and Abby left city hall and headed out for lunch.

Abby, nerves still frayed and tension coiling in her chest, couldn’t relax for a second.

“Star, you don’t think anything else will go wrong, do you?”

Stella shook her head. “It shouldn’t. Rachel’s not stupid—she won’t be reckless enough to rush back right away.”

Drug tests took time, after all. If Rachel handed the sample over one minute and got the results the next, it’d raise more than a few eyebrows.

It was around two in the afternoon when Rachel finally returned—lab report in hand.

She was visibly anxious, desperate for Stella and Haynes to be divorced already, but she managed to keep her excitement in check. Until the signatures and official stamps were on the papers, nothing was certain.

Haynes, for his part, seemed to have cleared his schedule for the day. He took a few calls, but never stepped away from the waiting room.

Seeing both Stella and Haynes still there, Rachel finally allowed herself to breathe a little easier.

She passed the lab report to Haynes. “Haynie, there’s nothing wrong with the medication. In fact, they found all sorts of rare, valuable ingredients. Supposedly, it’s the kind of stuff you can’t even buy on the market these days…”

Rachel talked up Mr. Burton’s medicine like it was some kind of miracle cure—all but promising it could heal anything and everything.

If Stella had been the one making those claims, no one would have taken her seriously. But hearing it from Rachel? That was a different story.

By the end, Rachel almost sounded convinced herself.

“Haynie, the doctor said these pills might really have extraordinary effects. Maybe they’ll even cure my illness!”