The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1137

The Lerman Group... it was Leonard.

Stella’s eyes narrowed ever so slightly. “Why did the Lerman Group suddenly launch an attack on the Richards Group?”

She couldn’t believe Leonard was targeting the Richards Group just because Foreman had helped her. Leonard might be ruthless, but he was never impulsive or reckless. He disliked her, sure, but he wasn’t the type to lash out at Foreman for no reason.

If anything, Haynes and Neville had done much more to help her than Foreman ever did. There was no way Leonard would skip over them just to go after Foreman.

Could it be... something’s happened with Haynes too?

The thought barely finished forming before Stella picked up her office phone.

“Aicken, can you pull together all the major business news from the past few weeks and bring it to me? Right away, please.”

Ten minutes later, Aicken walked in with a neatly organized stack of news clippings and reports.

Trust Aicken to be the consummate professional—everything was concise, clear, and highlighted the most important points.

Stella had always suspected Aicken was planted by the Williams family to keep an eye on her, but she couldn’t deny just how competent the assistant was.

As she scanned the documents, Stella quickly spotted a headline about a strategic blunder at the Richards Group.

So that’s it—Leonard saw the Richards Group make a costly mistake, and that’s when he pounced.

As for the O’Brien and Connolly Groups, there was no news—at least for now.

She glanced at the stock market updates: everything looked steady. Only the Richards Group had hit a rough patch, with noticeable turbulence lately.

Normally, the Richards Group wouldn’t be brought down in a single month, no matter what. But suddenly, we ran into a cash flow crisis...”

Ray glanced at Stella, his tone gentler now. “Right now, the Richards Group just can’t cover such a huge deficit. The other side clearly knows this and has been relentlessly pressing their advantage…”

A cash flow crisis? But she hadn’t taken a single penny from the Richards Group. In fact, she’d made up for Foreman’s asset losses herself.

Foreman had refused to accept her help, but even so, it shouldn’t have caused this level of catastrophe.

Ray continued, “Mr. Richards has been selling off the Richards Group’s shares to raise money for you. That’s why the stock price has dropped. He’s put every last cent into helping you, Ms. Cameron. Now, when the company needs him most, there’s nothing left.”

Stella’s brows furrowed as a suspicion began to form.

Suddenly, her hand tightened around the document. Could it be—the mysterious Mr. J who invested five billion in her... was Foreman all along?