She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 182

Emilia glared at Evelyn for as long as she remained silent.

Suddenly, Evelyn opened her arms and hugged Emilia tightly.

Emilia froze.

“I’m so sorry, Emilia… I’m truly sorry…” Evelyn’s voice was choked with tears as she spoke.

“I never thought Melanie could be so vicious. To think she’d set you up to be violated like that and blow the whole thing up. If it weren’t for her, you wouldn’t be in this position. It’s all Melanie’s fault!”

Initially, after the incident, Emilia had been full of regret, feeling she shouldn’t have let Evelyn use her as a pawn.

But hearing Evelyn’s words now, she once again felt that all her misfortune was Melanie's fault and had nothing to do with Evelyn.

“Emilia, don’t worry. You’re my best friend. I could never abandon you… Your demands are perfectly reasonable. I’ll meet them. And… I’ll help you get your revenge. Sooner or later, Melanie will pay the price!”

Evelyn’s sincere and resolute promise moved Emilia. She hugged Evelyn back, sobbing uncontrollably.

“Thank you, Evelyn… I have no one here. I can only rely on you.”

“Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid. You have me. I’m your support. You can think of me as your family.”

“Evelyn, you’re so good to me…”

“Emilia, give me two days to prepare. I need to arrange for you to go abroad and get the money.”

“Okay, I’ll wait for you, Evelyn.”

After sending Emilia off, Evelyn returned home. Lila was already asleep, and Dominic was away on a business trip. There was no one else in the house.

Evelyn sat on the edge of the bed, holding her phone in silence for a long time before contacting someone.

***

Two weeks later, Melanie heard that Emilia had gone missing.

Daphne’s words made Melanie, who had been about to drink the soda, put the bottle back down.

“Smuggled? Smuggled where?”

“Nowhere good,” Daphne said, shaking her head with a grave expression.

“On the surface, the ship was transporting illegal immigrants, but in reality… everyone on board, men and women, they were all cargo. They’ll be sold off in the Delta. The men are forced into hard labor or running scams, and the women…”

Daphne didn’t finish her sentence.

She didn’t need to. Melanie knew exactly what she meant.

Women sold to the Delta faced an even more miserable fate: forced prostitution, forced surrogacy, organ harvesting…

Melanie took a sip of the lychee soda, but suddenly lost her appetite for it. Even the taste of the soda seemed to have changed.