The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1559

Although Abby desperately wanted to spend the night and continue her exploration in the morning, she could see Stella's spirits were low. She knew this was a hurdle Stella had to overcome on her own time.

"Star, let's go back," she said gently.

"Okay," Stella agreed.

The rain had stopped, but the air was still damp and cold. As Stella settled into the car, she couldn't help but shiver. Abby immediately turned on the heat. "Star, are you cold? Do you want my jacket?"

"No, I'm fine," Stella replied.

Perhaps worn out from the day's events, Stella gradually fell asleep as the car moved smoothly along the road.

She had a dream. She dreamt of the first time she met Joshua, how he had appeared so suddenly in front of her car.

She had been suspicious of him then. But she had also thought that crashing his car was a rather extreme and life-threatening way to get close to someone.

Despite her suspicions, she had kept him around, wanting to see what a person willing to risk his life for an introduction was really after. She had been on guard for a long time. Even after he followed her to Solmaris, she never saw him do anything unusual. Instead, his intelligence and quick thinking had helped her time and time again…

"You're in such a tough spot, and I can do so little to help," Abby said, looking ashamed. "Worse, I usually just cause trouble and make you clean up my messes."

She looked at Stella earnestly. "The last time, I was thinking, if all I can do is hold you back, then maybe it would be better to let Leonard kill me than to keep causing you problems. Aurora has her father, her brother, her friends, and all those admirers supporting her. But you… you have no one. So, I wanted to push myself for once."

Stella's gaze softened. "Abby, you were the main reason we dealt Leonard such a heavy blow. Without the information you provided, my partner and I would have had a much harder time intercepting his shipment."

As she said this, something seemed to click in her mind, and a flicker of understanding crossed her face. "Abby… Harland knew who you were all along. It's very likely he fed you that information on purpose."