The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

To ensure fairness, Skyler and the three Jonathan brothers abstained from the vote.

Yet, despite Stella's proposal clearly being the stronger one, more people ended up voting for Aurora.

The only ones supporting Stella were the shareholders who had previously

backed Nora, along with a handful of neutral parties hoping to snag a piece of the pie.

Most of the neutral faction, however, remained firmly on the fence.

No matter how impeccable Stella's plan was, or how capable she proved herself to be, they would never risk picking a side so carelessly.

They understood all too well that, in the Williams Group, talent alone could only take you so far.

Over the years, Skyler had openly suppressed Nora's supporters, determined to reclaim the last of the original shares from their hands.

Backing Stella now was as good as defying Skyler.

Considering Skyler was still the Group's largest shareholder, a misstep in these power games could easily land them in the same predicament as Nora's backers -facing elimination.

Without the Williams family's support, Stella never stood a real chance against Aurora.

The shareholders loyal to Nora looked on grimly as the votes were tallied.

Aurora's advantage was overwhelming, crushing Stella's numbers.

Coleman allowed

Skyler

any objections

was never a place where Stella

to object in public and

a calm, polite smile, Stella replied, "Since everyone voted, it couldn't have been

of expressions

hadn't been anything fair in the

Stella keep her composure, felt a

with such an

a scene

that

inexperience and cost her any remaining support.

to hold

you must have an alternative candidate for the contract.

nodded, unfazed by the fact that her original

reason to be rattled; she'd never

late into the night, analyzing which

and then prepared three detailed counterproposals.

purpose of competing with Aurora was to prove that Aurora's

the best possible company and still lost

make Aurora look incompetent.

the result was a tie, Stella would