The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 394

Skyler once said, "My daughter has been raised in comfort and luxury since birth, and there's no reason for her life to be a struggle."

But he never ruled with an iron fist-he didn't force Aurora into the arts against her will.

Instead, he laid out two options for her.

First option: follow his plan, apply to a conservatory or an art school, and he would grant her fifteen percent ownership in The Williams Group.

Second option: do as she pleased, attend any university she wished, but she'd be on her own-no assistance from him, no shares, nothing.

Fifteen percent of the Williams family holdings wasn't just a fortune for an ordinary person; even among the European elite, it was a staggering sum. Of her three brothers, only the eldest held as much as fifteen percent. Israel and Coleman

each had just ten.

Skyler's willingness to offer Aurora that much was proof enough of how much she mattered to him.

So Aurora chose the shares, and enrolled at an arts academy.

received a world-class education from childhood. She was fluent in every elite pursuit-painting, literature, music. Picking up the violin was hardly a challenge for

she majored in music, just like Stella did-specifically,

listening

Aurora learned that

She suspected that Skyler's insistence on the violin had

didn't matter to her. Learning was learning; it made

As for Stella...

never considered her a

of high society, never having to lift a finger to enjoy the best of everything. Stella, on the

compared to the Williams family, it

had lost the race

could Stella

Skyler's daughter. Stella, though she had the legitimacy of birth, had lost her advantage, and

were chatting, Israel Williams-Coleman's twin-walked

was much more outgoing

at the freshly brewed tea on the table, picked up a cup, and took a sip. "Perfect timing.