When Leonard said that, Israel could hardly believe his ears.


    "Leonard, seriously? You''re the head of the family, and you''re telling me you''re actually afraid of Ste—a housewife who''s spent her life looking after her husband and kids?"


    Leonard replied calmly, "The fact that she chooses to stand up to me, even after everything I''ve put her through, says a lot about her mental strength. She''s not someone to underestimate."


    Israel scoffed. "What''s gotten into all of you? Ste''s just some sheltered woman who''s barely seen the real world. She''s worth all this caution?"


    He snorted, "Fine, if you''re all too scared to make a move, I''ll do it myself! I refuse to believe that after all my years at the Williams Corporation, I''d lose to a greenhorn who''s just set foot in the business world!"


    As Israel was about to hang up, Leonard cut in.


    "We''re not holding back because we''re afraid of Ste. The thing is, she ys dirty, and she doesn''t always follow the usual rules. If you keep underestimating her, you''ll end up paying for it."


    Israel bristled at Leonard''s words and was about to retort, but Leonard interrupted him again.<fna6fb> Th?s chapter is updated by </fna6fb>


    "Listen, Israel. Hear me out first. Since you''ve already made up your mind, I won''t try to stop you. But you know what they say-know your enemy and know yourself, and you''ll never be defeated.


    Right now, she''s busy stabilizing the situation at Richards Inc. I''ll keep the pressure up from my end. Meanwhile, you can intercept all the orders from her business partners, push herpany to the brink. When she runs out of cash flow, Ste will have no choice but to sell off some of her shares in Pearce Holdings. That''s your chance to swoop in and buy them up for cheap."


    Leonard paused for a moment.


    "And you can hire a hacker, break into herpany''swork."


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    Israel snorted "You think I haven''t thought of that? But Ste''spany isn''t so easy to crack. Word is, on her second day on the job, she brought in a top-notch hacker to reinforce their firewall. People say this hacker is number one in the field-practically a legend."  s


    He muttered resentfully, "I have no idea where Ste even managed to find someone like that."


    Leonard''s tone was cool. "So what if he''s number one? There''s always someone better. If we can find someone stronger, breaking through her defenses will be a piece of cake."


    Israel''s eyes lit up. "You have someone in mind?"


    Leonard gave a faint, confident smile. "Of course. The hacker I know would run circles around hers. I''ll give him a heads-up-he''ll get in touch with you soon."


    In her office, Ste sat in silence, staring at the stack of papers Aicken had just handed her.


    Aicken spoke quietly, "Lately, the


    second son''s team has managed to steal a lot of our contracts. They even seem to know our next moves including some confidential projects. Ms. Cameron, what should we do next?"  s


    Ste was silent for several seconds before replying, “Have someone discreetly keep an eye on all the senior managers. I''ll give you some fake documents-lock them in the safe and assign people to watch over it in secret. Let''s see if anyone tries to steal the files."  s


    Aicken was quick to act and immediately set the n in motion.


    But even with all these precautions, confidential information kept leaking from thepany—and no matter what they did, they couldn''t catch the culprit.


    Shareholders who''d once hadplete faith in Ste began to waver, watching to see how she''d handle this crisis at Williams Corp. Yet aside from losing orders, Ste seemed to have no solution at all.


    Even her ownpany was gripped by a fear unlike anything they''d ever known.