The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 1031

"Someone like him, running the family? Unbelievable. He must've talked his way into that position-no other explanation."

"I always thought the head of a family was supposed to be a man of his word. Turns out, you can just make it up as you go. Honestly, if that's all it takes, I could do it, too. And when I inevitably screw up, I'll just claim I was kidding the whole time."

"Leonard's out here kidnapping people and getting violent-how's he any different from those oil tycoons' spoiled sons and the trust fund brats from earlier?"

"Just hand over the evidence to the police and let him face the law!"

"Oh, come on. Don't be so naïve. Solmaris is a textbook capitalist country- submit the evidence today and, poof, it'll disappear by tomorrow. If the law could actually bring these fat cats to justice, would there still be so many of them running around unpunished?"

"By that logic, the people in the livestream earlier who suggested calling the police clearly had ulterior motives."

tsk... Doesn't want to see Stella succeed, huh? Probably

poured in,

he'd face tomorrow. His reputation was about to crater, and the Lerman Group's stock would likely

with a ruthless, untrustworthy man. It's one thing for his partners to quietly know what

no one would dare step up to defend him-much less

his face darkening, eyes blazing with fury. Without thinking, he clenched his phone so hard that the screen gave a sharp crack, spiderwebbing beneath

she didn't reach out to check his hand. Instead, she looked away, her expression

sacrifice his own sister's interests than stop backing Aurora? Well, let him

to Stella. No wonder her brother was wary of this woman. None of Aurora's enemies in the past had ever managed to make him suffer quite like this. This woman clearly knew how to play the

room became more cautious-no one dared act as

softening his voice as he said, "Since

all, family