She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 1180

She had to lock down this deal—

It was the critical first step in utterly annihilating Melanie and the entire Royce family.

"If my tone earlier offended you, I sincerely apologize. Please be the bigger person and let this go."

She offered the groveling apology, but her eyes screamed murder.

Melanie merely smiled, offering no verbal reply.

This was perfect.

By making Aria fight tooth and nail for the contract, she had successfully convinced her that this was a hard-won victory, rather than a carefully placed Trojan horse.

It effectively killed any suspicion Aria might have had regarding her true motives, giving her free rein to poke around the facility under the guise of an ongoing business partnership.

Melanie put on a convincing show of being deeply conflicted.

Prompting Aria to lay the groveling on even thicker.

Finally, with an air of immense reluctance, Melanie agreed, promising to return in two days to officially sign the paperwork.

And with that, the metabolomics profiling for the new targeted drug was successfully outsourced to the Gavin Lockridge Medical Research Institute.

Stepping out of the building, she found the sky had grown oppressively overcast.

Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a scarf and draped it around her neck.

It was a pristine white, effortlessly complementing her coat, its fabric remarkably soft.

A gift from Preston.

For some inexplicable reason, she suddenly remembered the scarf Sebastian had lent her.

She had originally planned to find a time to return it.

But Preston had trashed it in a fit of jealousy.

If Sebastian brought it up the next time they met, how on earth was she supposed to explain that?

Pondering her dilemma, she made her way toward the surface parking lot.

Approaching her spot, she spotted her car.

And more specifically, the man lounging comfortably on the hood.

Shawn flashed her a brilliant, pearly-white grin, projecting his usual aura of sheer, unadulterated innocence.

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