The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1394

The next day, Stella opened her email and was surprised to find another message from 'L.'

She assumed it was another painting he wanted to share, but when she opened it, she found only a single question.

"Is being drawn to strength right or wrong?"

Stella thought for a moment before typing her reply: "Between ugliness and beauty, human instinct chooses beauty. Between an exceptional partner and an ordinary one, most people will choose the former. At its core, being drawn to strength is just the pursuit of something better. There's nothing inherently wrong with it."

L must have been at his computer, because a reply came back almost immediately.

"What if the strong person you admire is no longer strong? Can you just abandon them without guilt and pursue someone else who is?"

From the words on the screen, Stella sensed confusion and uncertainty. She guessed that L was facing a major life decision.

She replied: "People who reach the summit will inevitably experience the fall. The admiration in 'admiring the strong' implies affection. If you abandon someone simply because they've lost their power and immediately move on to the next powerful person, that's not admiring strength. That's just being opportunistic and fickle."

This time, the reply took much longer.

Harold was just as baffled. Joshua had already taken down Karl and Israel, and Leonard was half-crippled. Sellers was the logical next target. Everyone has a weakness, and Sellers was no exception. While Leonard's was Aurora, Sellers's was… the Burton family's strict rules. Aurora was important to Sellers, but not important enough to make him risk his position as head of the family. That's why Joshua's original plan hadn't involved her.

But this new, revised plan featured her prominently.

As Harold explained the details, Jake grew more confused. "Wait a minute. Is this plan to take down Sellers? It sounds more like it's aimed at Leonard."

Leonard may have been weakened, but he was still the head of a powerful family, with a mind and cunning that rivaled Joshua's. Toppling someone like that wouldn't be easy. It required a slow, patient approach, waiting for the perfect opportunity. Rushing it would be a fatal mistake, and Joshua wasn't one to make such amateur errors. So why did this new plan seem to be targeting Leonard again?