The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 505

Stella’s response was short and sharp.

“You’re out of your mind.”

Sherman was, in her eyes, even more loathsome than Jasper.

At least Jasper made no effort to hide his dislike—he hated her, and that was that.

Sherman, on the other hand, despised her but pretended otherwise, putting on a façade of kindness. In the end, he’d orchestrated that elaborate scheme to completely ruin her reputation.

Catching the open disgust on Stella’s face, Sherman merely smiled, as if her hatred didn’t bother him in the slightest.

To him, contempt from the weak was meaningless—a minor annoyance, nothing more.

“Stella, my grandfather only trusts you because he doesn’t know who you really are. He’s been taken in by your little act. But now that I’m here, I won’t let you keep fooling him.”

Stella looked him right in the eye. “Then go ahead. March over to Mr. Burton and expose me. I’ll wait right here.”

Sherman’s gaze narrowed, studying her.

She wasn’t afraid at all.

Either she had some powerful backing, or she was simply confident that, even if the truth came out, Mr. Burton would still believe her.

Sherman leaned toward the second option. From what he’d heard, she’d known Mr. Burton for almost a year now. She’d had plenty of time to win him over.

Otherwise, why would the old man go to such lengths for her?

Confronting her in front of his grandfather probably wouldn’t work—the old man would just take her side.

As Sherman considered his options, a new idea took shape.

He smiled at Stella, his eyes cold, like a predator watching its prey’s last desperate struggle.

“Stella, do you really think that just because you’ve charmed my grandfather, there’s nothing I can do to you?”

Stella didn’t flinch. Her answering smile was icy. “Of course not. With Mr. Burton’s cunning, there’s nothing he wouldn’t try, is there?”