She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 1012

'That's right, that's right... keep praising her, I love hearing it.'

Gabriel's reactions were always so exaggerated that Marjorie couldn't help but laugh.

Following that, her gaze shifted to Preston. The reason she and Frederick praised Melanie was partly because Melanie truly was outstanding, and partly for Preston's sake.

As parents, they felt guilty toward Preston for letting him suffer so many years of hardship. So now, whatever they could do, they wanted to compensate him as much as possible.

For instance, giving Preston full authority to run Stellaris PharmaTech.

For instance, letting Preston be with the girl he loved.

Gazing at Preston for a long time, Marjorie asked earnestly, 'Preston, tell me the truth, why exactly is Melanie refusing to get back together with you?'

In Marjorie's eyes, even if Preston wasn't completely flawless, he was at least infinitely close to perfection. Aside from being a man of few words and not as outgoing as Gabriel, whether it was looks, background, capability, or wealth, wasn't he the cream of the crop in every category?

Marjorie knew Melanie had been jealous over Elara, but surely she shouldn't hold onto that jealousy forever, right? The Whitmore family had clearly already severed all ties with the Bennett family.

His thin lips moved slightly. Preston hesitated for a moment before speaking. But it wasn't to answer Marjorie's question.

'Dad, Mom... before I took over Stellaris, did the company ever run a project for VitalBreath Fortis?'

Frederick and Marjorie froze, looking at each other in surprise. Wasn't this topic jumping a bit too far?

'I'm not entirely sure about that. You could check the archives; there should be records in the system.'

Frederick's answer was exactly what Preston had expected. Because according to normal procedure, that was indeed what he should do. And he had already done exactly that.

However, there were no corresponding records in Stellaris's archive system.

If there was absolutely nothing wrong with that VitalBreath Fortis project four years ago, the records should have been preserved. Even if it had been halted halfway, there would be a termination record. After all, projects getting shelved wasn't a rare occurrence.

As soon as Preston asked, he saw Frederick shake his head.

'No. Before you were brought back to the Whitmore family, I was on overseas business trips year-round. Back then, Stellaris was directly managed by your grandfather.'

As soon as Frederick finished speaking, Gabriel raised his hand high. 'I can vouch for that! Back then, the top boss at Stellaris was definitely Grandpa. He was a lot more spry back then than he is now.'

'...Grandpa...' Preston murmured the title faintly. It should have felt incredibly intimate to him, yet it somehow felt foreign.

'What's going on, getting so serious all of a sudden?'

Pushed gently by Marjorie, Preston snapped out of his thoughts.

Their eyes met. Marjorie felt a sudden tightness in her chest and smiled awkwardly.