The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1496

Israel snorted and issued an ultimatum.

"Fine, I'll wait! But if you don't give me a satisfactory answer, I'll just go to court. I have nothing left to lose anyway. Whether Stella's shares are frozen or protected makes no difference to me. But there's no way I'm just going to swallow this loss!"

Jonathan finally spoke. "Israel, rest assured, no matter the outcome, we will provide you with fair compensation."

Perhaps Joshua's plan had another objective: to sow discord among the Williams family. If they abandoned Israel now, his personality guaranteed he wouldn't let it go, and he would likely come to hate them for it. To appease him, they would have to compensate him, which meant they would all indirectly suffer a loss. Joshua's counter-move had been utterly ruthless.

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At The Burton Group, when Sherman entered the office, he heard the sharp sound of a fist slamming onto the desk.

He had never seen Sellers lose it like this. Just a short while ago, he had learned from Coleman that Stella and Joshua had managed to swindle Israel out of his common stock.

Sellers clenched his fists, his face a dark mask of fury.

Sherman watched him, then said quietly, "If we had known Joshua was so cunning, we should have listened to Aurora and let Israel kill him back then. Joshua may be the head of the Gardner family, but his identity isn't public. So what if he died? With the Burton and Williams families united, I doubt the Gardners could do anything to us. They might even thank us for getting rid of Joshua and allowing someone else from their family to take over."

Sellers had sailed through life with ease, and the few major setbacks he had ever experienced were all because of Stella.

He had been captured by Foreman Richards and tortured for a whole month.

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