The Untouchable Ex-Wife

Chapter 37

Despite suddenly becoming the target of everyone’s critical gazes, Renee remained perfectly calm.

“Wait,” she chuckled, “surely you guys aren’t suspecting me of being Phoenix, are you?”

“I’d just gone out to the restroom for a few minutes,” she said incredulously, “and in that time, I somehow Jurned into a famous genius hacker! What a magical turn of events! Perhaps I should celebrate it with fireworks!”

“I think it’s all just a coincidence,” Elijah chimed in quickly. “Based on my understanding of Mrs. Hunt’s character, her shrewdness and practicality are more suited for a housewife. Her proficiency with computers is limited to watching movies and videos online. She doesn’t even play any video games… If someone like her is a genius hacker, then I must be the president of this country!”

Although his words were unflattering at Renee’s expense, he had only said that to help get her out of trouble, and it worked well. Everyone thought that Elijah’s words made a lot of sense.

“That’s right,” said Renee with a smile, the picture of innocence. “Everyone knows how much I love Stefan. If I really was Phoenix, I would’ve done everything I could to help him. There’s no way that I would ever sabotage him!

“Is that so?” Stefan, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke up. His pointed gaze was fixed on the woman as he sneered, “I think you’ve sabotaged me quite a few times before.”

awkwardly. ‘What a hateful man,’ she thought bitterly. How could he just pull the rug out from under

reached out to grip her chin, lifting her head to his. His gaze

“So, are you Phoenix?”

her gaze. She could easily fool the others, but she knew full well that the scarily

you think I am, then I am.

“That’s exactly the

as he demanded, “Give me your

in this day and age. If there really was something suspicious about Renee, he could easily figure it out just by browsing through her phone

would ever let him go through her phone, because there were so many things there that could

privacy here,” she told him directly. “Please forgive me, but I

her ground just as firmly as Stefan. It was as if the two were playing a game of tug-of-war, and neither

had always been so gentle, well-behaved, and compliant, would have the guts to go against Mr. Hunt. Was she so unafraid because she had a special status as his

his handsome face, which had been partially hidden by the brim of

Fascinating’ Extremely fascinating!