The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1451

Stella offered a faint, noncommittal smile.

With Stella and Joshua gone, the polite facade fell away. The Camerons' smiles dropped instantly, the air in the room seeming to grow still.

Aherne Cameron's son, Hugo, let out a contemptuous snort. "Of all the things a woman could learn, she just had to mimic men in their power struggles. Does she even have what it takes? Her mother, Nora, took control of The Williams Group, and how did that end for her? Kicked out, only to die in some foreign land."

Old Mr. Cameron turned to his wife. "What do you make of the girl?"

Old Mrs. Cameron's typically gentle and cloudy expression sharpened, becoming shrewd and calculating. "She's cunning," she said softly. "Not so easy to deal with. However…" Her gaze drifted in the direction Stella had gone, her eyes filled with a profound meaning. "No matter how clever she is, she's still a woman. And women are ruled by their emotions. Nora was brilliant, but in the end, wasn't it her feelings that brought her down? If Stella were only interested in profits, she'd be a difficult target. But just like her mother, she values emotional connections, and that makes things much simpler for us."

She then turned to Lynne Cameron. "Lynne, dear, what did you think of that Joshua?"

Lynne tilted her head, a flicker of keen interest in her eyes. "He doesn't seem that hard to handle."

Hugo scoffed. "This is the man even Aurora Williams couldn't wrap around her finger. You think you're more charming than she is?"

At the mention of Aurora, Lynne's expression filled with disdain. "That's because Aurora holds herself up on a pedestal, waiting for men to worship her. Joshua is the head of his own family; why should he be captivated by her at first sight? To each their own. Does she really think every man on earth should fall at her feet? She's nothing more than the illegitimate daughter of a mistress. No matter how expensively you package her, she'll never be truly high-class."

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