The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1886

When it was all over, Stella fell into a deep sleep.

By the time she woke up, it was completely dark outside.

Stella grabbed her phone to check the time. It was already eleven at night.

She rubbed her tired temples. She couldn't believe she and Joshua had spent the entire afternoon tangled up in bed like that.

Glancing around, she noticed Joshua wasn't in the room.

Lately, Joshua seemed to have undergone some inexplicable change. While his attitude toward her remained the same, she could clearly sense something unusual about him.

It was most obvious in bed. He was no longer as gentle as he had been in the beginning; it was as if some seal had been broken, some restraint lifted, leaving her completely overwhelmed.

Her phone showed several missed calls and unread messages.

She opened them one by one. Neville Connolly had called her just after eight o'clock.

When she hadn't answered, he'd followed up with a text.

"Star, give me a call back if you're not busy."

Stella checked the time again. It was pretty late, and she wasn't sure if Neville was already asleep.

After a few seconds of thought, she texted him back.

"Sorry, I was tied up earlier. Is everything okay?"

Neville replied almost instantly.

"Star, are you free to talk?"

"I am," Stella typed back.

A moment later, her phone rang with Neville's name on the screen.

"Star, what are you doing up so late?"

Too embarrassed to admit she had just woken up, she simply said, "I'm just not that tired."

Neville didn't press the issue. Instead, he asked softly, "Star, did you hear what happened to the Burton family earlier today?"

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