The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

As for Mr. Burton, he'd already stepped down; he no longer had the authority to move such a large sum from The Burton Group.

The Watson family, who were on good terms with Stella, had just sunk a fortune into a massive new project. Their company's accounts were completely drained- there was no way they could offer Stella much help now.

From Israel's perspective, if Stella managed to scrape together a billion dollars, that would already be a miracle.

After mulling it over, Jonathan and his two brothers all came to the same conclusion: in the end, Stella would have no choice but to turn to the Williams family for help.

With that in mind, Israel's arrogance only grew.

He looked down at Stella from his seat, his tone condescending. "Stella, you'd better apologize to me now. Next time you come looking for my help, I won't be so easy to deal with."

Stella turned to Aicken. "Aicken, why don't you recommend a few neurologists to the second son here? Maybe he can get his head checked, stop embarrassing himself in public."

Aicken, ever the dutiful assistant, nodded. "Of course. I'll see to it right away." He really did head off to the corner, instructing the assistants to start looking for top neurologists.

Israel glared coldly at Stella. "Keep acting tough, Stella. I'll be waiting for the day you come crawling to me for help."

Stella just smiled. "Don't worry, Israel. By the time you go to bed tonight, your wish might just come true. After all, in your dreams, anything's possible."

and walked away, her entourage following

Aurora, who'd remained silent until then, finally

Do you think... she really has

scoffed, thoroughly unimpressed.

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by atmost two billion. That's two billion dollars-not something you can conjure up with a few phone calls, especially not

chaos. No one would be

end. Stella's the type who won't admit

a brave front now, but when she comes begging us for money, I'll make her get on her knees and plead. Let's see how

reason with him.

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on, Israel. You know what she's like don't

if she turns around and sells her original shares to someone else, or just abandons the Pearce Group acquisition altogether?

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buy them. After all, acquiring part

Jonathan had returned from the hospital, he'd brought up the Pearce family's offer to transfer Stella's shares. His plan was simple: buy one percent of Stella's original shares with any

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