The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1562

Foreman looked at Stella, his tone sincere.

"How could a compulsive liar like him offer help without an ulterior motive? He's definitely setting up another trap for us."

He paused, his gaze darkening as he looked at Abby. "If he teams up with Sellers Burton, Stella will be in danger."

Abby was fiercely protective of her friends. Hearing Foreman's words, she immediately bristled.

"What nonsense are you spouting, Foreman? If Joshua wanted to harm Stella, why wait until now? Wouldn't it have been easier when she first returned to the Williams family and hadn't found her footing yet?"

As if recalling something, Abby's tone turned sarcastic. "Back then, it was Joshua who invested fifty billion to help Stella acquire shares in the Pearce Group. I remember Mr. Richards's company was under attack by Leonard Lerman at the time, and Stella invested the remaining money into your company to help you stabilize things. You benefited from his generosity, Mr. Richards. I'm not saying you have to be eternally grateful, but you shouldn't take advantage of someone and then turn around and bad-mouth them. And another thing… that fifty billion wasn't your investment. Why didn't you clarify that and let us misunderstand?"

Foreman stood frozen, momentarily speechless.

After a long pause, he finally said, "I admit, I can't stand Joshua. And last time, I did have my own selfish motives. But I can swear that I have never done anything to harm Stella…"

Foreman was silenced. He knew he couldn't.

If this financial assault could completely destroy the Burton Group, it might be worth it. But the Burton Group was a top-tier dynasty; they couldn't be toppled so easily. Even if Joshua was the richest man in the world, he couldn't achieve it in such a short time.

He had been laying the groundwork against the Burton Group for six months. But even with his planning and willingness to burn money, he could only cause temporary turmoil, not shake their foundations. Otherwise, the Gardner family could have just used their fortune to bankrupt every other family and rule the world alone.