She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 200

Melanie glanced lightly at Dominic.

She had heard his muttered question.

Could it be… Dominic knew this new director?

Lifting her gaze, Melanie’s attention was drawn to the woman on stage.

Hazel stood there, head held high, with a commanding presence.

Before beginning her speech, her eyes met Melanie’s.

Melanie was taken aback.

As far as she could recall, this was the first time she had ever met the new director.

Yet the look in the other woman’s eyes was filled with intense dislike and disdain, as if Melanie had done something particularly contemptible.

Melanie was completely baffled.

When on earth had she offended this director?

She scratched her head, unable to figure it out, and decided to let it go.

Hazel retracted her gaze, silently appraising Melanie.

*So this is the mother of that rude, lying child from yesterday, and the wife of that shameless father.*

Hazel had seen Dominic arrive before taking the stage. She had asked a staff member, who told her Melanie was Dominic’s wife. That's why Hazel had given Melanie a few extra looks, followed by a cold smile.

Her speech today was titled “Disruptive Innovation Requires Breaking Resource Dependency.”

“Our domestic pharmaceutical companies are currently too reliant on imported equipment and reagents, lacking the courage to start from scratch…”

As Melanie listened to Hazel drone on, a wry smile appeared on her face.

Although Hazel’s intentions were good, Melanie found her ideas overly idealistic.

After hearing Melanie, Evelyn immediately turned and whispered in Dominic’s ear, “What is she doing? Doesn’t she know you can’t offend the new director? Why is she challenging her like that, telling her she’s too idealistic? She has no tact at all.”

Although Dominic didn’t respond to Evelyn, his brow furrowed deeper.

He truly hadn’t expected the shrew from the amusement park yesterday to be the highly anticipated new director of the Aldoria University research institute.

Yesterday’s incident had already put him on her bad side. Melanie’s words would only make the woman dislike them more.

Dominic sighed heavily and couldn’t help but glance at Melanie, his eyes filled with disappointment.

Just then, Hazel spoke again from the stage.

“Mrs. Hale seems to have given this a lot of thought! I heard… your company is developing a new anti-cancer drug. To be precise, your company has invested in Adrian Mercer’s studio to develop it.”

“Does Mrs. Hale believe that simply throwing a large amount of capital at the problem will easily solve a challenge that has stumped the industry for years? Your company primarily focuses on health supplements and services. What makes you think you can play in the high-risk game of primary innovation? Isn’t that also overly idealistic?”

Without giving Melanie time to answer, Hazel continued.