The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 965

Joshua considered it for a moment, then nodded gently.

"All right... That sounds reasonable."

Stella decided to lay her cards on the table. "I didn't join the Williams Group just for fun, Joshua. Like Jonathan and the others, I plan to become a major shareholder with real power.

So, I need someone I can trust to stay by my side and protect me-someone skilled and reliable.

I know your previous job must have paid extremely well. I'm willing to offer you double that, plus a company apartment and a car. At the end of the year, you'll get a share of the profits, too.

If you have any other requests, just let me know. As long as it's within my power, I'll do my best to meet them."

She paused briefly, then added, "If you don't have any pressing commitments at the moment, would you consider working with me?"

Stella fell silent, giving Joshua time to think.

But Joshua, after hearing the words "someone I can trust," barely heard anything else. The phrase echoed in his mind, drowning out the rest.

Stella waited for a while, but he still hadn't said a word. He looked dazed, lost in thought. She couldn't tell if he'd even registered what she'd told him.

She couldn't help herself. "Joshua, are you listening?"

He snapped out of his trance. "What?"

...So he hadn't heard a thing.

Patiently, Stella repeated herself, "I want to hire you as my bodyguard. The terms are negotiable—if you have any salary expectations, just say the word." Joshua replied, "...No, I don't."

it over, or-?" He cut her

beat, nerves fluttering in her chest. She hadn't felt this tense

"So... your answer is?"

said simply, "I

over Stella and she broke into a smile. "Are you sure you don't

"You can work that

"All right."

he'd already taken a seat on the couch in the

Joshua

the no safe house is

been

afford to drop

We

reminded of what happened to Leonard. She looked

you heard

"Yeah, I

that Joshua was officially her bodyguard, there was

was shot,

hospital. But

there, someone

I suspect

involved."

a hospital with

disguised as medical staff.