She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 189

“Does Melanie not have a right to have one or two male friends? This isn’t the 1800s.”

Camilla fell silent, unable to do anything but roll her eyes repeatedly.

In Gregory’s view, since Melanie hadn't cheated and wasn't pregnant, the key issue was how to resolve the negative impact of the rumors on their two family companies.

At that moment, Melanie took out her phone to check the trending topics, and her eyes widened in surprise.

It was gone!

All the negative news about her had completely vanished, without a single trace left behind.

Seeing that Gregory was still discussing countermeasures with Nathaniel, she knew this couldn't be the work of the Hale or Royce families.

If they had the power to wipe all the news from the internet overnight, their stock prices wouldn't have been affected in the first place.

Then who was it?

Melanie blinked her long eyelashes.

She could sense someone was pulling strings behind the scenes, but she couldn’t for the life of her figure out who it was.

The unanswered question was driving her crazy.

***

Stellaris PharmaTech.

“Mr. Whitmore, everything you instructed has been done. The person from the baby store has identified Evelyn, and all the trending topics have been removed.”

“Good.”

Preston, wearing white silk gloves, crossed his fingers and nodded.

On the monitor in front of him was the photo Evelyn had secretly taken of him and Melanie leaving the hospital.

His face was blurry in the picture, but Melanie’s was clear.

Preston’s expression was grim, his brow furrowed.

Getting too close to her… would it bring her trouble?

***

They say the public has a short memory.

The buzz came quickly, and it faded just as fast.

Evelyn couldn’t stand it anymore and was about to speak when Dominic cut straight to the point.

“Were you the one who paid to get those rumors trending online, spreading stories that Melanie was cheating on me and pregnant with another man’s child?”

Evelyn’s face went pale.

“Dominic, what are you talking about?”

“I’m not an idiot, Evelyn.”

That day, the delivery guy had confirmed that Evelyn was the one who bought the baby supplies and sent them to the company. And the rumors spreading online were so detailed, it was obvious someone was behind them.

Seeing that Dominic no longer trusted her, Evelyn remained silent.

Her silence was a confession.

Dominic sighed in utter disappointment.

“Evelyn, why do you keep targeting Melanie? I’ve told you before, she’s not an obstacle between us, she’s an asset…”

“And look what happened. The parent company’s stock dropped, the new company’s reputation is damaged. Is this what you wanted? You’re just dragging me and the company down!”

“If you insist on going against Melanie like this, then don’t blame me when our new company fails to go public, and don’t blame me for not marrying you.”