The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 660

“Honestly, things like this don’t really bother me anymore—I’ve gotten used to it,” Stella said with a wry smile.

After all, she’d weathered some of the nastiest online attacks imaginable; compared to those, this was nothing.

She offered Mr. Burton a few more words of reassurance before hanging up. “In a few days, I’ll bring Marvin Connolly by to see you.”

No sooner had she ended the call than she received a message: the official schedule for the violin competition had arrived.

Last time, she’d made it through the preliminaries. Now, the real competition would begin tomorrow.

Stella didn’t have much time to dwell on everything else. Her energy needed to be focused elsewhere.

As for the rumors swirling online, well, Sellers would have to handle them himself—he could step in and put a stop to things when he finally had the guts for it.

For now, she was content to let Jasper and Sellers bite at each other for a while, freeing her up to throw herself into the competition.

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The next morning, Joshua drove Stella to the concert hall.

Her car luck had been abysmal lately—last time, her newly modified car broke down halfway, and before that, she’d even collided with Sellers.

Abby, convinced Stella was jinxed on the road, flatly refused to let her drive herself anymore.

Since this was only the first round, Stella didn’t bother bringing her prized violin, Nocturne Stella. She was so far ahead of the other competitors that it would have felt like bullying to bring out her best instrument.

This competition was a big deal, and the opening day had drawn quite a crowd; every contestant seemed to be surrounded by friends and family.

Except for Stella. She had only Joshua by her side, which made her look a bit solitary.

Abby, Antoney, and even Neville and Marvin hadn’t spared the preliminary round a second thought. In their eyes, Stella was destined to win it all—why waste time on the early stages?

Joshua handed her the violin case. “Good luck, Ms. Cameron. If you need anything, I’m right here.”