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.

Neville, and Foreman to pour all 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 confirmed she was in the clear, she was discharged

only real asset was the

thought, Stella decided to have Aicken reach out

was planning and caught on

of selling those

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

to owe them such a huge favor. It's better to rely on myself than to keep asking others for help. Besides, even if I weren't trying to acere the Pearce Group, the lack of working capital is still

thought you'd be reluctant to sell your mother's original

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

later, she'd have to sell off a portion of those original shares to create her own cash flow. Without it, everything she did would be just talk—she couldn't invest, couldn't

back then, had sold off family assets just to scrape together the capital

way of assets herself. She couldn't go running to her friends every time

decided to solve the

and they'd back her, too. If she wanted to buy