She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 1192

To Aria, the photo had only one real use: destroying Melanie’s personal life.

"Melanie will do absolutely anything to get what she wants. Don't be naive enough to think she clawed her way to the CEO seat of the Royce Group on sheer talent," Aria sneered. "She uses her body and trades favors. First Shawn, now Gavin. Do you really think she gives a damn about you? She doesn't love you, Preston. You're just a backup plan. A glorified assistant she keeps around because you're convenient."

Aria laid it on thick, feigning sympathy to make her poison sound credible. She wasn't sure exactly how much of it Preston was buying, but the fact that he was still standing there meant she had hit a nerve.

After a long, suffocating silence, Preston finally spoke. "So... to everyone else, I just look like a convenient lapdog she keeps around?"

"Exactly!" Aria jumped on it, desperate to drive the nail deeper. "Everyone sees you as nothing more than her errand boy."

Aria fully expected Preston to explode in humiliation and rage. Instead, a slow, breathtaking smile spread across his sharply defined face. It wasn't a cold smile. It was a smile radiating genuine, unadulterated happiness.

Aria's jaw dropped. She stared at him, completely paralyzed.

"That's wonderful," Preston murmured.

"...Wonderful?" Aria echoed, her brain entirely short-circuiting.

"If I look like a convenient lapdog, it means I'm actually useful to her." His casual, completely unbothered tone left Aria utterly speechless.

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