"If your recklessness ruins our father and big brother's plans, they won't forgive you," Coleman warned.

Only when Skyler and Jonathan's names were mentioned did Israel finally rein in

his temper.

"I'm not about to do anything stupid," he said, forcing himself to calm down. "I just want to get close to that investor from earlier and figure out if he's a fraud or not. If Stella ends up losing her original shares to a scammer, we'll be the real losers in this mess."

Coleman shot him a look. "Watch yourself. Don't cross the line."

"Relax," Israel replied. "I promise, I won't do anything rash this time."

Israel's temper was notorious, but that didn't mean he was thoughtless. To make sure Stella didn't actually secure an investor, he spread the word behind the scenes and went out of his way to "negotiate" with people interested in partnering with her or buying into her company.

Once they got Israel's warning, most of them backed off immediately. Their interest in working with Stella was largely because of her Williams family background. Now that Israel was privately warning them off, it was clear there was internal conflict. Doing business with Stella looked risky-no one wanted to get on the wrong side of the Williams family.

One after another, potential partners distanced themselves. Stella's phone went silent.

he was all too happy to report back to Coleman and Aurora. "Even if Stella manages to acquire Pearce Group, no one will dare work with

expression smug. "Once Stella brings Pearce Group under her name, those numbers are going to boost her annual performance. Aurora, you

those original shares back. If they get what they want, I don't mind making a few

outperform

a way to compensate you.


had already discussed it: this year, they'd do whatever it took

head and tried to set Stella up-only for things to backfire in her favor. At least, Israel thought, they'd managed to squeeze some original shares out of Stella, which

those shares, even Aurora

directly from the Williams family—it was

wasn't

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