The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Chapter 1155

In the end, as if she'd finally run out of ways to fight back against the relentless trolls, Stella wiped her entire social media presence clean. She deleted every post, turned off comments, and deactivated her account.

...

The Lerman Group.

Israel felt a rush of satisfaction as he watched the victory unfold.

Ever since Stella's return, he'd felt a tightness in his chest, a pent-up frustration with nowhere to go. But now, at last, he could breathe easy again.

Everything was falling into place exactly as he'd planned, and his mood soared.

"This whole media fiasco has plunged Stella's company into a major PR crisis. If things keep going like this, she won't be able to hold out much longer."

He turned to Leonard, a glint of pride in his eyes.

"Leonard, this 'Q' guy was expensive, but damn, he's good. That twenty million dollars was worth every cent."

Q's fees were outrageous-Israel had hired plenty of hackers to strengthen his company's firewalls over the years, but none of them had ever charged this much. Looking at the results now, though, he had to admit-Q was worth it.

of his coffee, his tone cool and even. "Still, you have to give Stella some credit. The most sensitive files in her company were buried under layer after layer of

T she hired isn't

"No wonder Stella's managed to keep herself together all this time. She actually had

piece of information, not only would Israel have wasted all that money, but he'd have gained nothing from this whole affair- except maybe making Stella's life

would all be worth it. If he failed, though, he'd be the one left licking

was

With Stella defeated, he could swoop in and buy up shares of the Pearce Group. He might even get

his

always thought he was reckless, but after a win like this, they'd have to see

...

"scandal" only grew more intense by the day.

dissenting voices growing louder and more

forcing Stella out was out of the

online, Stella barely gave

online outrage against her reached fever pitch, Joshua reminded her it was time for

didn't know

and she had no idea

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