The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance

Abby said, "The Richards Group tried to stabilize the stock market, but honestly, their strength just wasn't enough. Less than a week went by before everything

crashed again.

As for the O'Brien Group... According to Antoney, they still haven't made a move.

But the Wilkinson Group isn't exactly at the end of their rope, either. Most of their contracts depend on the O'Brien Group, after all.

Unless Sellers takes down the O'Brien Group, it'll be tough to force the Wilkinson Group into bankruptcy.

And seeing as the O'Brien Group mainly focuses on domestic business, it won't be easy for Sellers to bring them down."

Stella nodded in understanding.

Haynes might be a jerk, but when it came to running a business, he knew what he was doing.

He was miles ahead of Jasper, who barely knew the basics.

Abby remembered something else and added, "Oh, Star, a little while ago, Mr. Walden made a public announcement-he's agreed to be the special guest at Rachel's concert..."

Stella was silent for a few seconds. "He's really going all out for Rachel, his last protégé."

Abby grinned. "Rachel knows how to win people over. Mr. Walden's previous students all had extraordinary talent and confidence to match. Even after becoming his protégés, they always kept their pride.

But Rachel's different. By all rights, someone with her abilities shouldn't have caught Mr. Walden's eye.

Other than her knack for charming people, I can't imagine why he'd go out of his way to help her.

Unless... Did Rachel save his life or something?"

Abby was just joking, but as it turned out, she wasn't far from the truth.noveldrama

Thanks to an opportunity from Haynes-and with Joshua's careful planning- Rachel had managed to save Mr. Walden from a dangerous situation.

She might not have technically saved his life, but her willingness to risk herself left a deep impression on Mr. Walden.

He decided that anyone with that kind of character couldn't be too bad.

At that moment, three foreigners had just left the airport and were heading straight to Mr. Walden's house.

All three-two men and a woman-were Mr. Walden's protégés, each highly respected in the music world, every bit as accomplished as Nora.

They were young, none looking older than thirty-five.

As they rode in the car, their conversation turned to Mr. Walden's newest and final protégé.

"We finally get to meet our new little sister! I'm so excited!"

"Our teacher is incredibly strict about choosing students. If he picked her as his fast protégé, she must be

even more talented, than we are! honestly can't wait.

"Oh, by the way, I actually got an invitation to be a guest at this year's International Music

Exchange-Novaris division. What do you think that's about? Why?

would they invite me to just watch the competition?"

It was the only woman in the group who spoke, her face full of puzzlement.

The blond man replied, "David and I got invitations too. Did you really think we came all this way just to see our new little sister?

David's schedule is so packed he barely has time to sleep. No matter how

talented she is, he wouldn't drop everything just for a visit."

The woman laughed. "That makes sense. I did wonder why you both agreed to come see Mr. Walden so easily this time.

Still, I don't get what the Novaris organizers are after."

The other man, with brown hair, shrugged and said, "Isn't it obvious? They want to show us that their competitors this year are

strong enough

to go to to-toe with

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any of the top divisions. So they want us there as witnesses."