The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 2037

Completely consumed by a murderous rage, Miss Hayser threw herself at Jonathan, raking her nails across him in a blind frenzy. Caught completely off guard, he took a deep, bloody scratch down his chest.

But he was still a man, and he had been trained in self-defense. Before she could sink her claws into him a second time, he grabbed her wrists and forcefully shoved her back, sending her sprawling onto the floor.

Seeing their queen go down, Miss Hayser's squad unleashed absolute chaos, screaming at the top of their lungs.

"Assault! He's hitting a woman! Security! Where the hell is security?!"

The shrill screaming acted like a magnet, instantly drawing a massive crowd to the suite's open door. The patrons at this VIP club were all titans of industry and trust-fund heirs. Even the foreign guests easily recognized the major players of the local elite circles.

The whispers started immediately.

"Wait, isn't that Jonathan Williams? Wasn't he supposed to be in a coma from a car crash? What's he doing here?"

"I didn't even know he woke up... and he's already dropping a nuke on his reputation!"

"Like sister, like brother, huh? Aurora's sex tape just dropped a while ago, and now Jonathan's caught acting like a total degenerate?"

"Damn. Never heard a bad peep about him before. Guess he's just as twisted as Aurora. Getting caught cheating is one thing, but completely buck naked in a club? Disgusting."

"Do the Williams siblings just sit around at home trading tips on how to ruin their lives in bed?"

The crowd ruthlessly mocked him, dozens of camera flashes going off like strobe lights as they filmed the carnage.

Having watched the entire glorious disaster unfold via a live feed, Stella calmly hit the power button on the remote, plunging the TV into darkness.

Abby crossed her arms, still looking unsatisfied. "Star, I don't get it. Letting Jonathan and Queenie hook up feels like a massive reward for them. Queenie was supposed to be destroyed by those gross old men, and Jonathan should have been entirely discredited. Sure, the optics are horrific right now, but they can literally just release a PR statement claiming they've been secretly dating, and the whole crisis vanishes."

Stella let out a soft breath. "Queenie is obsessed with Haynes. She would rather die than marry Jonathan. And Jonathan desperately needs a powerful ally. Sellers Burton is crippled and useless; he can't offer Jonathan any real leverage. If they are forced into a relationship now to save face, they will despise each other. It's a match made in hell. They are both deeply tied to Aurora, and this fallout will completely sever those ties, sparking a vicious internal civil war."

"Queenie failed to get the man she actually wanted and was reduced to a public pawn. She won't swallow this quietly. As of today, her friendship with Aurora is officially dead. But honestly, destroying Queenie was just a side quest."

Stella's eyes hardened. "The real objective was to ensure Jonathan can never, ever marry into power to stage a comeback. We had to completely annihilate his value on the marriage market. Jonathan isn't like his brother Israel; he is the heir to the Williams empire. If he gets tied down to a woman with no status or power, the shareholders will riot. They would normally try to eliminate the woman quietly. But Queenie isn't a nobody—she's Aurora's best friend. They can't just make her disappear. Yet she has zero actual authority in the Burton family, and she hates him. She will never lift a finger to help him."

"To Jonathan, Queenie is nothing but a worthless, toxic dead weight."