Joshua's dark eyes met hers.
"Star, helping you is one thing, being together is another. They're two different things and shouldn't be mixed up."
Stella seemed to want to say more, but Joshua gently pressed a long, fair finger to her lips, stopping the words before they could escape.
"Even if we don't end up together, I'll never regret helping you.
Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. You haven't eaten yet, have you? Shall we get some dinner?"
Stella nodded gently. "Okay."
In a room on the second floor, a pale-faced Leonard stood by the window, watching the two of them walk away.
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At the restaurant, after they had ordered, Stella asked Joshua about his future plans.
"Joshua, are you really planning to move the Gardner family's industrial focus to Solmaris?"
Joshua poured her a glass of water. "Yes. Solmaris is a global economic hub. Many major families and corporations are rooted here. The Gardner Group can give it a try."
"But The Gardner Group has no foundation in Solmaris," Stella pointed out. "If you shift your focus here, you'll have to start from scratch."
Starting from scratch wouldn’t be easy.
Joshua seemed to have already thought it through. "That's fine. I enjoy a challenge.
But…"
A subtle smile played on Joshua's lips, his deep eyes glinting mysteriously.
"Starting from scratch is indeed troublesome. By the time I've grown the business enough to help you, it would be too late. I'll have to take some shortcuts."
Stella felt a nervous twitch. She had a bad feeling someone was about to have a very bad time.
After dinner, Stella still had work to finish at The Williams Group, so Joshua accompanied her back.
As they entered The Williams Tower, they ran straight into Coleman Williams, who was just leaving.
Coleman stopped in his tracks when he saw them.


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The same rotation blaming Stella trying to get her destroyed. Isn't the writer tired of writing the same foolishness overand over again? This is exhausting....
Can’t wait to see what joshua will do...
Why would the author of this book do that to Stella? Such cruelty!...
So many chapters are incomplete. Missing pages. Hard to get continuity...
Please move on from Stella's troubles, we need more exiting news. Like Joshua discovering that Stella is the one he has been looking for,the owner of the earring....
Seriously, how long will this get stretched ?? Looks like the whole world is set to trouble Stella... It's not moving anywhere.....
Hey...please update regularly...
Is Jasper gay? He certainly behaves that way....