The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 567

Joshua stopped and glanced back at him.

“Were you calling me?”

Jasper nodded, his brows furrowed. “What are you doing here?”

This man was strikingly handsome—impossible to forget. Jasper remembered clearly: yesterday, Joshua had arrived with Abby and the others.

Joshua’s face didn’t so much as twitch. “What else? I’m here to see a doctor.”

Jasper gave him a suspicious once-over. “A doctor? What could possibly be wrong with you? Don’t tell me you’re here to stir up trouble for Rachel because of that woman, Stella.”

Joshua replied lazily, “Not everyone has as much free time as you, sir.”

With that, he turned on his heel and walked away.

Jasper watched Joshua’s retreating back, a strange feeling stirring in his chest.

When he returned to the hospital room, Rachel’s eyes widened in shock at the sight of Jasper’s bruised and battered face.

“Jasper, what happened to your eye?”

The question made Jasper’s anger flare all over again. He ground his teeth. “I went out to get lunch and ran into some lunatic who started screaming that I was having an affair with his girlfriend. Before I could even respond, the guy punched me right in the face! I wasn’t about to let that slide, so I chased after him, but the bastard lured me into an alley, tripped me on purpose, and sent me sprawling face-first onto the pavement. Then he took off before I could get up.”

His expression twisted in frustration. “If I hadn’t promised to bring back your lunch, I’d have dragged that rat back here myself!”

The truth was, Jasper had tried to fight back, but the other guy was just too much for him.

There was one detail he didn’t share with Rachel—something that wounded his pride as a man. That devious jerk had also landed a kick square where it hurt most. Jasper was still clenching his teeth from the pain. Even the way he walked now was stiff and awkward.

He was never one to let things go, so he immediately phoned Foreman, asking him to track the guy down.