Stella's counterattack had been shockingly simple, yet it completely shattered Queenie's three years of meticulous plotting.
Looking at Queenie's twisted, furious face, Stella offered a gentle smile.
"Queenie, your little scheme against me was quite creative, I'll give you that. Every piece locked into place."
"But did it ever occur to you that before you try to ruin someone else, you should clean up your own backyard first? I know you wanted to replicate my old playbook, but you missed one crucial detail..."
Stella stepped closer, her voice dropping into a mocking lilt. "I didn't have a trail of filth following me around like you do. We don't start from the same baseline, so naturally, our results are going to look very different."
"If you want to play dirty, keep your own hands clean. Don't leave massive liabilities lying around. I actually thought you might bring something challenging to the table. I have to say, Queenie... you're deeply disappointing."
Stella's method of destroying Queenie had been effortless.
The easiest way to kill a trending news story was to drop an even more explosive one.
Overnight, security footage leaked of Queenie getting blackout drunk at a club and sleeping with a male escort.
The escort himself had crashed Jonathan's first official day as President of The Williams Group, dragging a swarm of reporters right into the corporate lobby.
Queenie stared at Stella, looking like she wanted to tear her throat out with her teeth.
"You're a sociopath, Stella!"
Jonathan had technically taken over as the President of The Williams Group, but the title was entirely cosmetic. It held zero actual power.
To put it bluntly, it was a vanity plate.
Stella had purposely elevated him to that position just to psychologically torture him.
He could see the throne, he could sit on it, but he couldn't wield an ounce of its power.
She had reduced the golden heir of the Williams family to her glorified employee, grinding his pride into the dirt while leaving him entirely unable to fight back.


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The readers' comments on the novel: The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance
Really 🥺 is this the end...
2043 has no wording...
The author needs to bring Joshua and Star back together! And the same people always trying to take her down is getting old...
Oh come on! This is ridiculous, why can’t you let Stella finally be happy with Joshua. I’m done with this story....
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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...