Envy was a powerful feeling, one that Liam had seen what could generate.
Many people, hundreds of them, had seen how much money had flown into Grace's pockets. It was an absurd sum, one that she couldn't just send away.
Moreover, the business practice had come at the expense of other parties who couldn't wait for the opportunity to do something about it.
Even Liam's value had been fully established, which wasn't all good, especially with the rumor of his romantic entanglement with Grace.
Since Liam had preferred to oppose a branching expert over parting ways with Grace, chances were that they were inseparable. No one but her could manage that money-making machine.
There were still ways to make things hard for Grace. Her business didn't run in a vacuum in the end. However, a simpler alternative existed, one that would be an overall loss for the cultivation world but that would also prevent her rise to power.
