It seemed that nothing about Aurora could stir the slightest ripple in Leonard


    anymore.


    She said, "Since you''re back, and your shares were frozen, does that mean the shares you transferred to Ste are now void..."


    Before Simone could finish, Leonard cut her off coldly.


    "I never take back something I''ve given away."


    Simone was still unwilling to give up. "But that''s thirty percent of the shares! Even if you really want topensate Ste, you don''t have to give her that much, do you?


    "Besides, after this incident, Aurora will be kicked out of The Williams Group. Israel and Coleman are no threat to Ste, and Jonathan is in aa. Ste will be the unrivaled power. No one can challenge her.


    "She doesn''t need your shares anymore."


    Leonard said, "Simone, securing a position is harder than obtaining it."


    Simone was at a loss for words.


    Indeed, wasn''t Leonard himself a perfect example of that?


    After a moment, Simone added, "But no matter what you do, Ste will never be with you. I heard that she and Joshua are already preparing to get married. Leonard, you''ve lost your chance. Shouldn''t you just cut your losses?"


    In Simone''s mind, if Leonard could give up on Aurora, whom he had loved for so many years, giving up on Ste shouldn''t be that difficult, right?


    How long had he even known Ste?


    But Leonard replied, "That''s my business. It has nothing to do with anyone else."


    Simone was taken aback.


    "It has nothing to do with anyone else..."


    His love for Ste was his own affair.


    Did that mean it had nothing to do with Ste, either?


    No wonder. Before he was even sure of his feelings, he was still plotting revenge and thinking about how to kill Joshua.


    But after realizing he loved Ste, he started ignoring Joshuapletely and never tried to drive a wedge between them.


    So, in his heart, his love had always been a one-man show.


    Simone waspletely baffled. "Leonard, what on earth are you hoping to get out of this?"


    She could understand him admiring the tenderness and devotion Ste showed Joshua, and wanting what Joshua had. But now, it was clear Ste couldn''t give him the same things she gave Joshua. So what did Leonard still see in her?


    Leonard looked at the wind chime made of polished seashells before him.


    It was a gift Ste had made for him on the ind.


    His gaze softened unconsciously. "Because just seeing her is like seeing a clear


    sky."


    The Williams Group called an emergency shareholders'' meeting.


    In the conference room, before the shareholders who supported Nora could even use the scandal to attack, the shareholders who supported Skyler exploded first.


    "Because of Aurora''s disgusting scandal, The Williams Group''s stock plummeted today! Skyler, I was


    against bringing that illegitimatet


    daughter into The Williams Group


    from the start! You were the one who insisted she was capable and brilliant, a talent worth nurturing. You begged us, citing our old friendship, and that''s the only reason we let her in!


    "She''s nothing but a low-ss piece of work, and you treated her like some prize! She just slept her way to the top, and now your daughter has dragged the name of The Williams Group through the mud! People are saying we''ve been selling our women to get contracts all these years! Skyler, I''ve lived an honorable life, and now my legacy ispletely ruined by your illegitimate daughter!"


    One of the men, who was over sixty, had been fed up with Skyler and his children for a long time.


    Ever since Aurora joined The Williams Group, thepany had been in chaos for the past year, with one disaster after another.


    Why didn''t they me Ste for joining?


    Because the shareholders who backed Ste were making a fortune, and their status within thepany had risen ordingly. Meanwhile, they were stuck cleaning up the messes made by Skyler''s other children.


    For a short while, they would continue to support Skyler out of respect for their long- standing rtionship as shareholders. But over time, no one could tolerate it.


    This time, the shareholders were utterly furious about the scandal.


    After his tirade, the sixty-year-old man even fumbled for his heart medication, quickly swallowing a few pills.


    Once he had calmed down, the man spoke again. "Skyler, we''ve supported you unconditionally all


    these years. We''ve been through et


    thick and thin. We don''t me you if we don''t make money, but to end disgraced and despised in our old age... Skyler, if you''re getting too old for this, then step down. I think The Williams Group already has a better sessor."


    This time, not a single one of Skyler''s supporters objected.


    They all remained silent in tacit agreement.


    Aurora''s scandal was too fatal, and she was one of thepany''s major shareholders.


    Just then, Zane Vance, who had always supported Ste, spoke up.


    "The only course of action now is to not only remove Aurora from thepany but also to strip her of her status as a shareholder. Skyler, you gave Aurora those shares, so it shouldn''t be difficult to take them back. If you insist on keeping her in The Williams Group, we will absolutely not let the entirepany go down with her."


    Israel and Coleman were also present in the meeting room.


    Although Israel held no real power, he still had shares in thepany, so he couldn''t be absent from such an important meeting.


    Regarding Aurora''s fate, he felt no sympathy. Instead, he was secretly delighted.


    Finally, someone was in a worse position than he was!


    This time, both in terms of reputation and career, Aurora would likely never be able to recover.