The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 640

Stella had more or less guessed Neville's intentions, but she couldn't help asking, "Why?"

Sunlight filtered in through the windows, dappling the car's interior.

Neville's handsome face was cast in shadow, making it impossible to read his expression. Only his deep, steady voice broke the silence, resonating quietly in the stillness of the car.

"This isn't just about the Burtons," he said. "The Lermans are involved, too.

Simone is Leonard Lerman's younger sister, and Leonard... well, he's infatuated with Aurora.

Sellers managed to become head of the Burton family because he's genuinely capable. But Leonard..."

Neville paused, searching for the right words.

Stella didn't know much about Leonard. "What about him? Is he not competent enough?"

Neville shook his head. "The Lerman family is complicated. It's not about ability.

Star, you need to understand the Burtons are strict, almost severe, when it comes to family rules. Illegitimate children have no right to inherit.

Mr. Burton. As a doctor and a man, he's upright and principled. He

the inheritance. Actually,

a fling. That's why, by the time it got to Mr. Burton's children, there were hardly

competition for the position of family head gets fierce, but it's all between brothers and sisters. With Mr. Burton still alive, even if they play hardball, it never

that's a

remembered some gossip she'd once heard from Florrie Watson about the Lerman family. She

was always on the outside, never really part of the inner circle. At first,

Aurora. Suddenly, he wanted to prove himself worthy of her, and started eyeing the family

of illegitimate kids, all desperate for a

get

ugly-sometimes even violent.

talking real bloodshed, not just harsh

in the car, I'm worried Leonard might try something against

I can't guarantee your safety

and Leonard had clawed their way up through blood and chaos. Leonard, especially, would stop at

of involving Haynes, but he hated the thought

understood what he

no saint,

Lermans-those transnational giants. But here in Novaris, on Neo-Vespera soil Sellers and Leonard