The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1890

Furious, Sherman exploded. "Joshua, you really know how to spin a narrative! You're the one who kidnapped my uncle, and now you're trying to pin the blame on someone else!

"Don't think I don't see exactly what you're doing. You're framing me so the Burtons will tear each other apart, leaving you to swoop in and pick up the pieces!"

Joshua chuckled. "Sherman, from what I understand, you don't even hold any real power in this family. If I were going to frame someone, why wouldn't I target the person next in line to take over the family business? What exactly do I gain by pointing the finger at you?"

Sherman might not have possessed Sellers's cool composure, but he wasn't an idiot.

He locked eyes with Joshua and gritted out, word by word, "You're doing this to get revenge for Stella."

Joshua feigned surprise. "Revenge? What for? Did you do something to offend Star?"

At this point, Sherman was so desperate to nail Joshua to the wall that he completely lost his filter.

He pointed a trembling finger at Joshua and blurted out the dirty secret from years ago.

"He hates me because I tricked Stella into trusting me back then! I set it up so we'd be caught in the same room at her birthday party just to drag her name through the mud! That's why he kidnapped my uncle and is trying to frame me!

"His motives couldn't be more obvious!"

Kidnapping the head of the Burton family and orchestrating a petty social scandal were two entirely different leagues of crime.

If he let Joshua successfully pin the kidnapping on him, he would become the ultimate villain of the family and would likely be completely disowned!

However, the moment the words left Sherman's mouth, a dead, eerie silence fell over the courtyard.

Years ago, Stella had confided in Mr. Burton that Sherman was the one who had ruined her reputation.

But Sherman had vehemently denied it, and since she had no hard proof, the matter had eventually been swept under the rug.

Stella had moved on and had no intention of dredging it back up.

At the end of the day, Sherman was Mr. Burton's own flesh-and-blood grandson.

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