Chapter 171 Without Amelia, Has William Become So Bad?
many people were wailing, but some saw it as an opportunity. All sides were making their moves. Amelia watched quietly, waiting for the expected signal.
Time slowly passed, with all parties playing their games. Then, the bidding ended and the morning session began.
The Brown Group's stock price was still falling. The Brown Group's phones were about to explode from all the calls.
Finn and Cleo watched all this, fuming with anger. "I knew divorcing Amelia would lead to this. He totally deserves it!" Finn said, slamming his cane against the floor
Finn let out a long sigh and said, "You still have to clean up his mess. Even if you're mad at William, you can't just ignore the Brown Group."
"William saw this coming and did it on purpose! I'm so angry!"
...
Meanwhile, in the shadows, someone's people began to act.
Buying up shares, lots of shares.
Then, when it was about time, he used a certain phone to call the other side.
On the other side, Isabella glanced at her hidden phone.
It rang three times, then the other party hung up.
She smiled.
...
At 9:35 in the morning, while countless investors were cursing William, Isabella started Ms. Taylor's live stream.
William was extremely hot right now, so Isabella's live stream, being closely related to William, immediately attracted tons of attention.
Rhys immediately rushed into William's office.
"Mr. Brown, Ms. Taylor has started streaming." Rhys was a bit panicked. He said anxiously, "This wasn't in our plan. Mr. Brown, what is Ms. Taylor trying to do?"
William frowned and immediately called Isabella.
But Isabella didn't answer, just continued her live stream.
Almost no one had expected Isabella to start streaming.
Not Amelia, Jeffrey, York, or anyone else.
Everyone's attention shifted to Isabella's stream.
In the camera, Isabella's eyes were red, looking pitiful.
She looked at the camera and said softly, "I didn't expect that the gossip between William, Amelia, and me would cause such huge fluctuations in the Brown Group's market value."
"This wasn't my intention." Isabella wiped her eyes and said, "I just saw the stock price and thought about it, then decided to come explain things clearly."
William looked at Rhys beside him: "Find her and make her stop!"
Rhys immediately got to work.
They had meetings all night, contacted countless parties, went through endless negotiations, balanced various forces, and even gave up some things.
They made countless backup plans and had a complete strategy.
They were the top of Shadow City's three giants. The company had many capable people. They couldn't just sit and wait. They had to have solutions.
Isabella hadn't been part of their plan, and her streaming now could very likely backfire.
On the other side, Amelia watched Isabella's stream, blinking, feeling confused.
"William, after I left the Brown Group, your response plan became having Isabella stream and play the victim?"
Even if standards had dropped, they couldn't drop this low, right?
Amelia was completely puzzled.
But she still chose to keep watching.
In the stream, Isabella finally steadied her emotions and continued: "Everyone knows I don't have long to live."
"So actually, whatever happens between William and me won't really hurt William's marriage that much."
She smiled sadly: "After all, I only have a few days left anyway."
"But since everyone is so interested in this gossip, today I'll tell you all clearly."
"Between William and me, there's nothing dirty like what you're thinking."
"Everything is because I..."
She choked up a bit, then continued: "I told William I was dying, but I really liked him so much. I asked him if he could spare half a year to keep me company. We didn't have to be together, just accompany me to do what I wanted to do."
"At first, he didn't agree. He emphasized many times that his feelings for Amelia were deep and he didn't want to betray his marriage."
"Later, because I really was dying, and... I had helped him with something before, that's why we have today's situation."
"He divorced Amelia because he didn't want Amelia to think he cheated."
"Actually, he doesn't have much feeling for me."
"After I leave this world, maybe they'll remarry. I don't know. Today's stream was my own idea. He doesn't know about it."
"I didn't want to come out and explain all this. After all, I only have five months left. But seeing the Brown Group's stock price fluctuate because of this, I feel so guilty..."
Isabella in the camera was coughing. When she took a tissue to wipe, everyone noticed blood stains on it.
But she immediately "quickly hid it," as if she didn't want people in front of the camera to see.
She smiled miserably and said: "Partners won't leave, there's no huge divorce settlement, and honestly William and I never even had sex. If the stock price fluctuates because of this gossip, it would really be..."
Just as she was speaking, suddenly—
The door outside was knocked on. Isabella looked to the side, puzzled.
Then the stream was cut off.
Rhys looked at Isabella, out of breath.
"Ms. Taylor, before you do something, you need to discuss it with us first!" Rhys was furious.
Isabella said "guiltily": "I'm sorry, I just wanted to help."
Then she pointed to the chart on the side and said: "Look, it did work a bit, didn't it? The stock price has started to rise."
Rhys wanted to roll his eyes. This was clearly their plan taking effect.
But he didn't dare say anything carelessly. He could only first have Isabella come with him to the Brown Group.
Yes, the Brown Group's stock price was starting to rise.
This was expected. After all, every listed company has people to handle such matters.
But after Isabella's performance, everyone now knew the so-called inside story.
Although netizens who didn't understand anything thought Isabella was quite pitiful, but...
"Hahaha!" Jeffrey laughed and said to Amelia, "Do you know? William has become a complete joke in the circle. I'm dying of laughter. When did his methods become so terrible! My stomach hurts from laughing."
Amelia also found it amazing.
The huge divorce settlement was clarified yesterday, so that wouldn't be a problem.
Actually, the reason the stock price had a panic drop was because of rumors that major partners were going to tear up contracts and other partners were all leaving.
But actually, Alvin just went to scare William yesterday.
Once a contract is signed, it can't be easily torn up. At most, they wouldn't renew later.
That's why Amelia told Alvin not to use her as an excuse.
The Brown Group had real technology. They were able to negotiate partnerships because they had broken through technical barriers.
So even if William was seen by the public as a bad man, that was just gossip. It would affect the stock price, but not that much.
Later, with proper maintenance, the stock price would rise.
But now it was different.
Isabella coming out to say all this was really embarrassing.
Without Amelia, William had become this bad?
This was what everyone in the circle was thinking.
And what many people hadn't noticed yet was that Isabella's performance left behind endless problems.