The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Skyler said, "If she can't sell her original shares for now, and hasn't come to us for help, do you think Haynes and his people scraped the money together for her?"

Jonathan replied, "It's definitely possible. Haynes has the means to pull that off."

"If Haynes really did help Stella come up with the funds, then Israel and Coleman will move on to phase two right away."

Phase two was to attack their companies.

After all, they'd just shifted all their liquid assets to help Stella, hadn't they? The moment Stella completed her acquisition of the Pearce Group, Israel and Coleman would target The O'Brien Group and any other company that supported her, aiming to cripple their cash flow.

If those companies couldn't weather the storm, they'd go under-just like that.

Even if they managed to survive, they'd have to sell off shares to patch the holes in their finances, leaving them battered and vulnerable.

And if the opportunity arose, Israel and Coleman could swoop in, buy their companies out, or short their stocks for profit.

Stella was sentimental-she'd never stand by and watch her allies fall into crisis because of her. But after she closed the Pearce Group deal, she'd have no money left to repay them. At that point, selling her original shares would be her only way out.

she'd be at their mercy-forced into one concession after another, losing ground every step

At least, for the moment, she could

"Let's just hope

Pearce Group acquisition, then hit Haynes and the others hard. Whether they ended up with original shares or managed to acquire The O'Brien Group, stripping Stella of her allies,

for Stella, it would be a whole different story-she'd face utter

was still a newcomer, and family or not, Jonathan didn't want to push Stella

killed three birds

depended on what

guaranteed her safety, well, that just proved how young and inexperienced she

said, "If Star drops her bid for the Pearce Group, let's acquire that

Jonathan nodded.

the deal was the least damaging option if she wanted to avoid asking the Williams family for help But if

a title, but over time, she'd be sidelined

shook out, the Williams family wouldn't lose, and Stella wouldn't walk

best move She'd get the cash prove herself, and win genuine support when

they'd have no reason