The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1606

The moment she pushed the door open, every eye in the room snapped to her.

The conference room was eerily quiet. Everyone was staring at her with an odd, hard-to-read look.

Since joining The Williams Group, Stella had never encountered a situation this bizarre.

Her gaze shifted, and she saw Skyler's conflicted face, Jonathan's dark expression, and Aurora's indifferent one.

What on earth happened? Who was this major client?

With that thought, Stella turned her head.

A handsome, fair-skinned face came into view. The man's lips were curved into a smile, just as she remembered—clean, sharp, with that familiar boyish charm.

Stella's hand trembled, and the files slipped from her grasp, scattering across the floor.

Her assistant quickly bent down to gather them.

Seeing her look over, the man greeted her as if no time had passed.

"Star, long time no see."

Stella struggled to compose herself. "...Long time no see."

This so-called major client for The Williams Group was Joshua.

Skyler spoke up at the right moment. "Star, please, take a seat."

The only empty chair in the entire room was the one next to Joshua.

Now, not only had Joshua reappeared, but he had arrived with a massive order. On her way to the meeting, Stella had reviewed the contract. It was a pure sweetheart deal. No wonder the shareholders of The Williams Group were taking it so seriously; attendance was higher than for any normal meeting.

Stella had heard about this a month ago at a morning briefing. Jonathan had only said that Aurora would be in charge of the collaboration and had given her all the relevant files, without disclosing any specifics.

Thinking of this, Stella couldn't help but glance at Jonathan.

At that moment, Joshua, sitting beside her, broke the strange silence with a faint smile.

"Mr. Williams, I had someone send a letter of intent to The Williams Group a month ago. I can forgive the others for not having met me, but when you came to Aetheria, I personally received you. You must have known exactly who I wanted for this collaboration.

"Instead of bringing back the person I intended to work with, you forcibly pushed this project onto Miss Aurora. Do you take me for some clueless rich guy? Do you think you can just brush me off with anyone?

"Mr. Williams, this behavior of stealing someone else's credit is quite unbecoming, don't you think?"