She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 1174

It was all just a cover for his true motives and intentions.

And now, he was actively engaging with Aria.

Or, more accurately—

He was making a move on the Gavin Lockridge Medical Research Institute.

From the moment Melanie found out that Dominic Hale had funneled massive amounts of Lockridge Group funds into building this facility, she had been itching to see it for herself.

To this day, Gavin Lockridge had yet to be reinstated.

Holden Lockridge was locked away in a nursing home.

Dominic had seized full control of the Lockridge Group and poured exorbitant amounts of money into constructing this lab.

And he had hired Aria as the Director of R&D.

Every single piece of this puzzle reeked of a massive conspiracy.

Melanie had to keep her guard up.

Now that Daphne Morrell's romantic drama was mostly settled, it was time to prioritize an investigation into the institute.

So, she had her secretary set up an appointment, using a lucrative project as bait to get her foot in the door.

The facility was massive and imposing, far more grandiose than her own clandestine lab.

The building stood three stories tall, its modern exterior resembling a newly constructed museum or science center, exuding a polished, high-tech elegance.

The first floor housed the main research and development center.

Melanie cast a casual glance around the room.

While she wasn't close enough to tell if the equipment was top-of-the-line, she could certainly see that every machine was brand new.

Based on what she had seen so far, this place didn't look like a mere shell corporation.

However, she still couldn't pinpoint exactly why Dominic had built it in the first place.

The other major takeaway from her visit today was running into Shawn.

She never expected to bump into him here of all places.

But she could make a pretty good guess regarding his intentions.

If...

If he planned to continue his toxic schemes, he absolutely needed a state-of-the-art laboratory fully equipped with the latest hardware to pull it off.

"What's on your mind, Angel?"

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