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.

and principled. He forbids his children

clear long ago: even if an illegitimate child is born, they'll never have any claim to the inheritance. Actually, it's

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

or illegitimate children, the Burtons have stayed relatively free of mess and drama. Sure, the competition for the position of family head gets fierce, but it's all between brothers and sisters. With Mr. Burton still alive, even if

that's

remembered some gossip she'd once heard from Florrie Watson about the Lerman family. She spoke softly, "Leonard's an

on the outside, never really part of the inner circle.

Suddenly, he wanted to prove himself worthy of her, and started

the Burtons. There are plenty of illegitimate kids, all desperate for a piece of

get

ugly-sometimes even violent.

talking real bloodshed, not just harsh words between

sister and Aurora both in the car, I'm

one person, Star. I can't

through blood and chaos. Leonard, especially, would stop at nothing

the idea of involving Haynes, but he hated

understood what he was getting

no

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