The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

The Lerman Group... it was Leonard.

Stella's eyes narrowed ever so slightly. "Why did the Lerman Group suddenly launch an attack on the Richards Group?"

She couldn't believe Leonard was targeting the Richards Group just because Foreman had helped her. Leonard might be ruthless, but he was never impulsive or reckless. He disliked her, sure, but he wasn't the type to lash out at Foreman for no reason.

If anything, Haynes and Neville had done much more to help her than Foreman ever did. There was no way Leonard would skip over them just to go after Foreman.

Could it be... something's happened with Haynes too?

The thought barely finished forming before Stella picked up her office phone.

"Aicken, can you pull together all the major business news from the past few weeks and bring it to me? Right away, please."

Ten minutes later, Aicken walked in with a neatly organized stack of news clippings and reports.

Trust Aicken to be the consummate professional-everything was concise, clear, and highlighted the most important points.

Stella had always suspected Aicken was planted by the Williams family to keep an

but she couldn't deny just how competent

she scanned the documents, Stella quickly spotted a headline about a strategic blunder

that's it-Leonard saw the Richards Group make a

Groups, there was no

everything looked steady. Only the Richards Group had hit a rough patch,

then, Ray's voice broke

a night and he hardly eats anymore. If this keeps up, his health will collapse And honestly, if it weren't for you," Mr. Richards wouldn't be in this

as if aware

snapped her gaze to him. "What did you

flicker of panic. He sucked in a nervous breath, clearly wishing

really going on?"

point trying to dodge her. Finally, he spoke,

"Mistakes in business decisions

all the

met

Lerman Group somehow got hold of the Richards Group's confidential information. A month ago, they teamed up with a