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.

principled. He forbids his children

any claim to the inheritance. Actually, it's even harsher-anyone who dares keep a mistress and have an illegitimate child

with sense would risk losing everything for a fling. That's why, by the time it

the competition for the position of family head gets fierce, but it's all between brothers and sisters. With Mr. Burton still alive,

Lermans... that's

about the Lerman

on the outside, never really part of the inner circle. At first, he didn't

prove himself worthy of

Burtons. There are plenty of illegitimate kids, all

get

ugly-sometimes even violent.

bloodshed, not

sister and Aurora both in the car, I'm worried Leonard might try something against

can't guarantee your safety if things turn

their way up through blood and chaos. Leonard, especially, would

idea of involving Haynes, but he hated the thought of Stella

quickly understood what he

was no

Burtons or the Lermans-those transnational giants. But here in Novaris, on Neo-Vespera soil