The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 961

Haynes O'Brien's words tore away the last shreds of pretense between them, leaving both Skyler and Jonathan Williams looking utterly humiliated.

Skyler stared at Stella Cameron's hand, his disbelief plain on his face.

"Star, your hand... Does this mean you'll never play the violin again?"

Stella glanced down at her hand, tightly wrapped in bandages. She nodded softly.

"That's right."

Skyler's anger flared. "Leonard Lerman-how could he..."

This time, his outrage was genuine.

He'd never had high hopes for Stella in most areas. He hadn't even expected much from her musically.

discovering her remarkable talent with the violin-better even than Aurora's— had taken him by surprise, then left him oddly satisfied. After all, Stella was Nora's daughter. Nora had always been extraordinary. Even without the resources of a powerful family, she'd raised a daughter

violin competition, Skyler had felt a surge of pride. At

championship would be a turning point for her career—a perfect prelude to formally welcoming her back into the Williams family. Having a violin virtuoso at the top

had

deep, unshakable loathing for Leonard. He could tolerate Leonard's lack of respect for the Williams family, and for the sake of the bigger

forgive Leonard for

wronged

cold. "Jonathan, spread the word. Starting today, we'll gradually

protested, "Dad, don't

"Does Leonard really think the Williams Group will collapse without him? We don't need business

sighed in

you, but this kind of decision has to go through a shareholder vote. Right now, the Lerman family

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They'd come to visit, but hadn't even bothered to find out the true extent of Stella's injuries. Their promises not to let Leonard off the book were empty words, the