The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1311

"Star," Foreman said, his voice steady despite the chaos. "Keen needs to get to a hospital, now. You take him. I'll stay here and wait for Haynes."

"You're injured," Stella countered. "You and Keen should go."

Her gut told her to wait for Haynes herself. But something didn't feel right about sending two hurt people off by themselves.

After a moment's hesitation, she made a decision. "Forget it. We're not waiting for Haynes. I'm going with you both."

A subtle, almost imperceptible smile touched Foreman's lips.

He took a step forward. "Alright. Let's go."

They had only gone a few yards when a thought struck Stella, and she stopped dead in her tracks.

"Foreman, where's Joshua?"

Foreman's stride faltered for a fraction of a second.

"I didn't see him," he said, his brow furrowing in feigned confusion. "Star, are you sure he even came here? Maybe he went somewhere else."

The implication was clear: perhaps Joshua had never come to rescue Keen at all. Perhaps he had simply run away.

"No," Stella said, her voice sharp and certain. "Joshua would never run. He's here. I know it."

Foreman's hands clenched into fists at his sides. Even now, after everything, she still believed in him.

"But I'm telling you, I didn't see him," Foreman insisted.

Stella's gaze locked onto his. "Where did you find Keen?"

Her direct stare made Foreman's heart skip a beat, but a man of his composure would never let it show.

Without another word to Foreman, she gestured to the men with her and hurried back toward the inferno. Foreman tried to stop her, but she was already gone.

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"Joshua... Joshua..."

The familiar voice reached him through a haze of pain, like a dream. Flames licked at the world around him, but something cool and wet splashed onto his face, a strange and welcome sensation.

They say that when you're dying, you see the person you miss the most.

Was this it? A final hallucination?

If so, he welcomed it. He desperately wanted to see her one last time before he left this world.