The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 742

“That guy’s not bad either—he’s great at archery.”

“If there were more than one first place, maybe he’d have won too.”

“I overheard that little boy calling the beautiful woman ‘Mom’… She looks so young and gorgeous, you’d never guess she has a kid. If I didn’t know better, I’d think she wasn’t even married.”

“Both of those handsome men gave her gifts. I’m so jealous.”

For a moment, everyone was talking at once, but the general consensus was that Stella and Haynes were a couple—after all, they had a child together.

Stella glanced at the gift Haynes handed her, her expression polite but distant.

“Thank you, but that’s not necessary. You can just give it to Keen.”

Haynes’s face darkened instantly.

She had accepted a gift from Joshua, yet she refused his. And with so many people watching—knowing he was the father of her child—she didn’t give him the slightest courtesy.

A simmering anger stirred in Haynes, not because Stella embarrassed him in public, but because, in her eyes, he still didn’t matter as much as this Joshua, who had come out of nowhere.

Just as Haynes was about to speak, Aurora stepped in with a bright smile. “Keen, your mom’s won so many prizes today, she can hardly carry them all. Shouldn’t you help her out?”

Kids love rewards; Keen eagerly reached for the gifts. “Okay, I’ll help Mom hold them.”

Stella shot Aurora a long, searching look but said nothing.

Nearby, Simone praised Joshua enthusiastically before turning to him. “Joshua, do you have a moment later? I’d love to challenge you to a round of horseback archery.”

Joshua’s tone was flat. “Sorry, Miss Lerman, I’m here for work—not for fun.”