Chapter 1154

Three days later, Joshua told her the company's network was finally restored. There wouldn't be any more incidents-at least, not from the same breach.

But while their cybersecurity was back up and running, what had already been stolen was gone for good.

They could tweak their plans, but most partnership agreements were set in stone; changing them now would be nearly impossible.

Israel now had a clear picture of Stella's next intended business target-he could easily intercept their deals before they even got off the ground.

The only way to avoid being cut out was to drop those contracts entirely.

But walking away wasn't much different than being muscled out.

It was then that Joshua suddenly made a suggestion.

"What if we put together a fake proposal?" he said. "Hit Israel hard while he's distracted. If he's busy cleaning up his own mess, he won't have the time to come after us."

Stella had considered this tactic before.

The problem was, making Israel believe the bait was real wouldn't be easy.

Israel wasn't stupid; a deal that appeared out of nowhere would instantly raise his suspicions.

She voiced her concern.

sly edge to his

then, Stella's


end, Aicken's voice was

Cameron, you're in

drew together.

call for just any headline-this had

negative press about the company. I've already contacted PR to try and suppress the story, but our tech team says it can't be taken down. Apparently, a top-tier hacker released it. We

damage. A lot of our partners are already calling, asking what's happening-or even

Let me

"Understood."

and immediately checked

the company was in crisis, teetering on

the Pearce Group's shares because she was the heiress of the Williams Group-implying she was nothing more than

an empty-headed figurehead, uninterested in actual work, even supporting

was due


Stella understood exactly what

to drag her name through the mud for its own sake-it was to destroy her credibility with business partners and shareholders to make them lose faith in her entirely.

scrolled through the comments. They

betraying no emotion. She

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