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."

she ignored him and walked away, her

Stella and her group had left, Aurora, who'd remained silent until then, finally spoke

think... she really has a way to raise the

scoffed, thoroughly unimpressed.

people who

of

in, she'd still be short by atmost two billion. That's two billion dollars-not something you can conjure up with a few phone calls, especially not under this kind of time. pressure. Even dumping stocks wouldn't be

send the market into chaos. No one would be foolish enough to try something like

agreement. "She's got three days; of course she's going to fight to the bitter end. Stella's the type who won't admit

front now, but when she comes begging us for money, I'll make her get on her knees and plead.

reason with him.

Aurora tried to rea

Israel. You know what she's like don't make

around and sells her original shares to someone else, or

s

she backs out, the Williams family will just step in and buy them. After all, acquiring part of the

had returned from the hospital, he'd brought up the Pearce family's offer to transfer Stella's shares. His plan was simple:

for her as