The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Thirty-six billion dollars.

Lauretta could put up a billion. Antoney, after speaking with his father, Nicolle Watson, could scrape together about three billion, but that was the limit-they still had to keep The Watson Group running smoothly.

Haynes could temporarily free up seven billion in liquid assets, but once he handed that over to Stella, his company would have to make every investment decision with extreme caution.

If the cash flow broke down, it would be a disaster.

Foreman, after hearing about the situation, was willing to contribute four billion. Neville could manage five billion.

Altogether, that made just twenty billion.

There was still a hole of over ten billion-impossible to fill.

Even if Stella went to Mr. Burton for a loan, there was no way he could produce sixteen billion at the drop of a hat.

their working capital into her project. If their companies ran into a cash crunch and couldn't come up with the money, she'd go down in history as the one who ruined them all. Once Stella

was the original

thought, Stella decided to have Aicken reach out to the shareholders who had supported

saw what she was planning and caught

selling those original

helping, there's no way I can raise so much money in just three days And if they pitch in, their own funds will be stretched thin. I won't be able to repay them anytime soon. That lack of cash flow would

myself than to keep asking others for help. Besides, even if I weren't trying to acere the Pearce Group,

"I thought you'd be reluctant

I could cling to them out of nostalgia. She wanted me to use what she

to sell off a portion of those original shares to create her own cash flow. Without it, everything she

family assets just to scrape together the capital she

the way of assets herself. She couldn't go running to her

decided to solve the

choice- they'd backed her mother, and they'd back her, too. If she wanted to buy the shares back someday, negotiating