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.

The most sensitive files in her company were buried under

then added, "That T

herself together all

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 slightly more difficult. And trying to intercept

Stella's company down for good, it would all be worth it. If he failed, though, he'd be the one left

though, success was within

he could swoop in and buy up shares of the

his

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

...

grew more intense by the day. Discontent simmered

with dissenting voices growing louder and more

Stella out

hateful noise online, Stella barely gave it a

the online outrage against her reached fever pitch, Joshua reminded her it was time for the final phase of

didn't know the

had no idea what

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