She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 183

Although she had no solid proof, her intuition told her that Emilia had been tricked by Evelyn.

That ship... there was no reason for Emilia to have boarded it willingly.

In Averin, the only person Emilia could rely on was Evelyn.

Melanie guessed that Evelyn must have promised Emilia a sum of money and arranged for her to live a good life abroad.

But in reality...

Seeing Melanie's furrowed brow, Daphne reached out and smoothed the crease between her brows with her thumb.

"What, you feel sorry for her? If you ask me, she brought this on herself. She's as dumb as a rock."

Daphne's blunt words made Melanie smile faintly.

"I don't feel sorry for Emilia."

Even if Emilia wasn't the mastermind behind what happened, she was the knife Evelyn used to stab her.

This was the path Emilia had chosen.

She had brought it all upon herself.

Melanie was just surprised that Evelyn had managed to contact a smuggling ship and trick Emilia onto it without anyone knowing.

With Emilia sold off to an overseas trafficking ring, there was no one left who could prove Evelyn was the real culprit.

"Maybe... Evelyn is more complicated than I thought..."

Melanie murmured to herself while sipping a lychee-flavored soda.

***

At the Hale Health Center.

Evelyn was in her office.

Dominic had returned from his business trip and was at home with Lila for the evening.

Evelyn pretended she had to work late.

On one hand, she had promised Dominic that she would cooperate with Melanie to make the new project a success, which would help the new company go public.

So, on the surface, her hard work was for Dominic's benefit.

On the other hand, with Dominic around, it was inconvenient for her to contact people.

So, having Dominic stay home with Lila while she "worked overtime" at the company gave her the private space she needed.

That was good...

Melanie let out a long sigh.

Ever since they returned from the resort, she had been stopping by the Eclipse Noir Club for a while after work.

Melanie didn't want to admit she was deliberately avoiding Preston.

But in truth, she was.

That night at the resort, although Preston had been drugged and was, in her eyes, practically a patient, the fact remained that they had kissed.

And it had been an incredibly intense kiss.

Every time Melanie recalled that stormy kiss, her lips would tingle, making it even harder to face Preston's devastatingly handsome face.

So, it was better to avoid him and spare herself the awkwardness.

Just as Melanie was tiptoeing toward the master bedroom, a deep, magnetic male voice came from behind her.

"Have you been avoiding me lately?"

Before Melanie could turn around, Preston wrapped his arms around her from behind, locking her firmly in his searing embrace.