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

deny just how competent

quickly spotted a headline about a strategic blunder at the

make a costly mistake,

and Connolly Groups, there was no news-at

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

Ray's voice broke her

talk to Mr. Richards? He's barely getting three or four hours of sleep 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

stopped abruptly, as if aware he'd

to him. "What

in a nervous breath, clearly wishing

what's really going

knowing there was no point trying to dodge her. Finally, he spoke, voice barely above a

"Mistakes in business decisions

all the

met

month ago, they teamed