She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 1201

"Liar!"

Melanie glared at Preston, her eyes wide.

When the two of them had been dating, their passion had certainly never been lacking.

Now, he was suddenly playing the role of the disciplined, ascetic gentleman.

Reading the blatant disbelief on her face, Preston easily guessed what was running through her mind and let out a wry smile.

"We are entirely different from Daphne and Sam."

Melanie actually agreed fully with those last three words.

Every time she and Preston had found their release together, it had been a natural progression, built entirely on mutual desire.

With Preston, she had always felt profoundly respected and cherished.

But Daphne and Sam...

Melanie scratched her head in intense frustration.

"Why does Daphne always have such terrible luck when it comes to love?"

Watching Melanie stress over her friend, Preston's thoughts were focused elsewhere entirely.

He didn't care about Daphne's love life in the slightest.

The only romance he cared about... was Melanie's.

Was the death of Melanie's mother four years ago... truly connected to the Whitmore family?

The Lockridge Group.

Dominic Hale received one piece of excellent news today, alongside one piece of catastrophic news.

The bad news—

Thomas Lockridge was back.

And he had returned specifically because he had successfully secured the Solvane Port Operating Rights.

Granted, the current Lockridge Group was heavily under Dominic's control.

However, the conglomerate was a massive empire. So far, he had only managed to buy off the executives who weren't fiercely loyal to Holden or Gavin Lockridge.

Most of the family members had only aligned with him for sheer profit.

But at the end of the day, his last name wasn't Lockridge.

Thomas's last name was.

With Thomas returning, there was a massive risk that the family members Dominic had temporarily bought off would immediately defect to Thomas's faction.

If that happened, his years of meticulous plotting and cutthroat maneuvering would instantly go up in smoke.

Still, despite his anxiety, Dominic refused to alter his master plan just because of Thomas's sudden reappearance.

Since Holden had never intended to let him inherit the family empire anyway.

Then his only choice was to rip it from their hands.

Holden had forced him into this.

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