chapter1492

There were two hospital rooms with angles that closely matched the painting.

One of them was the room Stella and Joshua were currently occupying.

Was it really a coincidence, or...

At that moment, Leonard was no longer sure.

...

With Aicken exposed and several moles among the shareholders identified, the stock dispute finally came to an end. Stella could at last breathe a sigh of relief.

Aicken was sent to prison for leaking trade secrets. Given the enormous sums involved, he was likely looking at a life sentence.

As for the other shareholders, they hadn't leaked anything themselves but had merely fanned the flames during the incident, so there wasn't much that could be done to them. But Stella didn't need to worry about that; Zane Vance and President Crawford would handle it.

After a period of struggle and negotiation, Israel accepted the four-percent share compensation and finally stopped causing trouble. However, he had no time for work these days, as he was too busy fighting nonstop with Violet Yancey. Whenever Stella was at the Williams family home, she could hear the sound of them throwing things.

As for the ten percent of shares Stella had acquired for free, the Williams family eventually gave up trying to get them back. Stella was actually quite impressed with her relatives' composure; they had let her get away with such a huge advantage without losing their minds. When Skyler and Jonathan Williams saw her, they could still speak to her normally.

Stella figured they probably believed that no matter how much she took now, they would find a way to get it back later. They likely saw the shares as being temporarily held in her custody, which explained their calm demeanor.

Joshua's contribution had been indispensable in turning the situation around so quickly. Just as Stella was turning over in her mind how to thank him, the phone on her desk vibrated softly.

She picked it up and saw a message from L.

"I was wondering, what was the creative inspiration for that sunset painting?"

Once the stock issue was resolved,

Stella had immediately replaced her

phone, computer, and any other devices that could have been compromised with viruses or surveillance equipment. She hadn't done it sooner because she had intended to play them at their ow game. Now that it was over, she had no desire to be monitored.

During that time, she had even told L directly that she was very busy and would be

in touch later.

Now that the dust had settled, Stella had time and replied.

"I just happened to see a beautiful sunset outside my window and decided to capture that perfect moment."

L's reply came quickly. "And the flower painting, was that also a beautiful scene you saw?"

Artists sometimes paint real

landscapes and sometimes create scenes from their imagination But the flower painting and the sunset painting were clearly both of real places.

Stella didn't think much of it and replied, "Yes, most of my works are based on real scenery."

...

In the hospital, Leonard stood by the window of the room, gazing at the sunset and murmuring to himself.

"Real scenery..."

He suddenly remembered the painting of a woman's back that he had given to Aurora. At the time, Simone had insisted that the person in the painting was Aurora.

If Summer was Aurora, she would never have painted a picture of Aurora.

At this thought, Leonard's expression shifted.

Perhaps Summer had just coincidentally been a patient here once? It seemed incredible, but such coincidences weren't impossible.

In truth, Leonard could have just asked Summer directly who the person in the painting was. But for some reason, at this moment, he found he didn't dare to ask.