The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1652

Jonathan also looked at Aurora. "Did Princess Wright mention Stella at all?"

Aurora took a deep breath. "No. Besides explaining what happened, Princess Wright never mentioned Stella. It's as if Stella had nothing to do with it."

Jonathan let out a bitter laugh. "The moment we establish a connection with the Wright family, Stella comes along and ruins it!

And it's one thing to ruin it, but to get someone killed… she's absolutely vicious!"

Aurora rubbed her temples in frustration.

They had prepared for so long, finally becoming Princess Wright's saviors, and had even found a man like Prince Wright—arrogant and easy to manipulate.

Just as they were planning their next move, Joshua went and killed him.

No one would believe it wasn't intentional.

"Now, not only have we lost Prince Wright as an asset, but we've also made an enemy of the Wright family," Jonathan said.

That was the hardest part to accept.

"I'm starting to believe what Simone Lerman told me might be true," Aurora said.

Jonathan and Coleman looked at her. "What was that?"

Aurora said, "Simone told me that Leonard Lerman seems to have fallen for Stella."

The two men were stunned, asking in unison, "What?!"

Aurora gave a faint, knowing smile. "I didn't believe it at first either, but now… I'm starting to."

-

Germany.

Leonard arrived in Germany a day after Stella, just as she had finished signing her contracts and was sightseeing with Abby Murphy.

Other than for business trips, Leonard rarely traveled.

He never understood the appeal of visiting boring landscapes that looked the same everywhere.

But seeing how happy Stella and Abby seemed, he found himself following the same tourist route they had taken.

Leonard's eyes narrowed slightly as he listened.

He asked calmly, "Does the Lerman family still have some people in Germany?"

"The Lerman family has a stake in a casino here, so we do have some personnel," the assistant replied, "but… not that many."

He seemed to guess what Leonard was planning and added in a low voice, "Storming the palace to rescue someone will be very difficult."

"We don't need to storm it," Leonard said. "Just find a way to get inside first. I'll give you further instructions after that."

-

After Abby and the others left, Joshua didn't ask Stella why she hadn't gone with them. Instead, he said, "The palace in Germany is huge. It's difficult to leave on foot. We need to grab one of the internal patrol cars first."

Both Stella and Joshua had entered the palace by car.

Stella had come with Noah, while Joshua had been brought in by King Wright.

Although Prince Wright was in critical condition, if they waited until they could walk out of the palace, their window of opportunity would be long gone.