The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1696

He looked at Stella, his eyes filled with sarcasm.

"Not only did someone else reap the rewards, but she, a woman who has always kept her business and personal life separate, made an exception to give you a leg up."

Stella's expression was placid, betraying no emotion.

Beckett asked again, "Do you know why Joshua never told you about any of this?"

"No, I don't," Stella said.

"I assume Ms. Cameron isn't going to claim that he just forgot because these were all unimportant details, right?" Beckett said, intrigued.

Stella remained silent.

Beckett continued, "He may be ruthless with his enemies, but he doesn't typically lie or hide things from people he cares about. It's not that he didn't want to tell you about what happened with Laurel."

He paused.

"It's because…"

Beckett met Stella's gaze, a smirk playing on his lips. "He can't very well tell you something he doesn't know himself."

Stella's eyes widened as the realization hit her.

"Don't tell me… he lost his memory at some point?"

Beckett was surprised by how quickly she caught on. "Not exactly memory loss. Let's just say he underwent hypnosis."

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By the time she left Beckett's room, the sky outside had already grown dark.

Abby had been waiting the whole time. Seeing Stella emerge, she asked curiously, "Star, who exactly is the head of the Torres family? You were in there for so long."

Stella shook her head. "Let's just go back for now."

Seeing the exhaustion etched on her friend's face, Abby didn't press further.

"Okay, let's get you home."

Abby quickly pulled the car around.

Not long after Stella got in, her phone buzzed.

She took it out and saw it was a call from Joshua.

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