The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 731

At the mention of Stella Cameron’s name, Sellers Burton’s brow furrowed reflexively.

“Her again? What happened between you two, exactly?”

Karl recounted the whole story of his feud with Stella.

After listening, Sellers remarked, “You nearly ruined her hand. She certainly has a motive to pull something like this.”

He didn’t offer much more comment and didn’t seem to think Karl had done anything wrong. After all, Stella had butted in where she shouldn’t have; if her hand had ended up crippled, she would have had no one to blame but herself.

“But honestly,” Sellers continued, “I don’t believe she has what it takes to pull this off.”

Planting contraband on Karl? That was far beyond anything Stella could manage.

And to have Karl locked up for a night, knocked out, and stripped naked on top of it? The whole chain of events seemed simple, but pulling it off would take some serious resources.

Karl’s voice turned cold. “Just because she couldn’t do it herself doesn’t mean no one around her could.”

“This is Neo-Vespera. Neville Connolly, Haynes O’Brien, Jasper Wilkinson—any one of them could be behind it.”

Sellers nodded. “I’ve already sent people to look into it. But this is Neo-Vespera, after all. With the way those three operate, it’s unlikely they’d leave any evidence behind. Especially Haynes—he’s meticulous, never leaves loose ends.”

As he spoke, Sherman Burton walked in, holding the results of the investigation, a peculiar look on his face.

Sellers asked, “What’s with that expression?”

“The findings are in. There’s no hard evidence, but everything points to Haynes…” Sherman shook his head, still trying to process it. “Since when did Haynes become this despicable?”

Sherman knew Haynes fairly well—he could be ruthless with his enemies, but there was still a difference between ruthlessness and outright malice.

He could understand Karl being locked up or even beaten. But to have him stripped naked and dumped on the street?

That was another level entirely—petty and humiliating in a way that was hard to comprehend.