The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1495

“If you hadn’t hinted at high risk and high reward, do you think I would’ve fallen into their trap?!” Israel raged.

Coleman, being his twin, sighed softly. "Israel, we admit we miscalculated on this one. It wasn't just you; if they had targeted me with a similar scheme, I'm not sure I would have seen through it either."

Jonathan, Coleman, and Aurora had all felt that things were progressing too smoothly, which had raised some doubts. But the trap was perfectly tailored to Israel's personality; he was bound to fall for it. If they had been the target, Joshua would have likely devised a different scheme to exploit their own weaknesses.

Coleman's expression was grim. "Not only was Aicken exposed, but two of the shareholders we had planted in Stella's camp were also revealed."

They had suffered a major loss.

Aurora's eyes were icy. "Joshua must have bribed Israel's lawyer long ago. The live stream, the public contract signing… it was all a charade. Not only that, he wanted Israel to cause a scene, preferably to take it to court, so Stella's shares would be frozen and protected. After all, you can't just freeze shares without the consent of all shareholders. And finally…"

Aurora calmly pieced it together. "They eliminated the spies we had planted around them… a brilliant strategy, killing three birds with one stone!"

The room fell into a heavy silence.

They couldn’t figure out how a situation that seemed so promising for them had turned out like this.

To get Israel's shares back, they would have to go through legal proceedings. Legal proceedings meant freezing the shares. Their only other option was to swallow this bitter pill.

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