The Untouchable Ex-Wife

Chapter 1743

“Underground casino?” Renee asked urgently, “Which underground casino?” “That’s hard to say. You don’t understand gambling addicts-they’ll go to all the underground casinos once they’re addicted. They won’t stay put in one place.’ “You’re lying!” Renee didn’t believe Jovan. Firstly, Stefan would contact Renee immediately if he was alive-there was no way he would be lingering in underground casinos. Secondly, his properties were enough to support him for his whole life, so he didn’t have to hide even if he lost money every day. Also, Renee had never seen Stefan show an interest in gambling from the time she’d first met him. It was impossible to imagine Stefan becoming addicted to gambling in the one month he went missing. There was only one possibility when she thought about it, and that was that Jovan was lying to Renee on purpose.

“| Know you don’t trust me, so | wasn’t planning on telling you.” While talking, Jovan picked up a pancake and munched it slowly. “But | saw you speaking to Briar that day. | figured you must be desperate to know how he’s doing now, so after a lot of contemplation, | decided to tell you.” “You…” Renee swallowed, feeling awkward. “How did you know | asked Briar about it?” “What else could it be about?” Jovan sneered. “Plus, | know much more than you think. I’ve known about the thing you didn’t want me to know, and I’ve known it for a while now.”

Coldness gripped Renee, and shame made her cheeks burn. “And… what would that be?” “The thing you’re thinking of right now.”

have figured that her relationship with Stefan was unstable after the incident with Briar, and that even a strong relationship would be hard to maintain once there was a crack; it would fall apart

that you might have never truly understood my so- called flawless

in an underground casino. You thought that he was loyal to a fault, but he…” Jovan trailed off, then slowly took a sip of his wine. He didn’t say anything more