She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 243

He disliked women who dressed provocatively and wore heavy makeup.

He found them tacky and cheap.

But Melanie was different.

Melanie’s dramatic and revealing Cleopatra costume was a display of regal confidence.

Her heavy makeup was a weapon, a sign of the authority of someone in a position of power.

Just looking at Melanie’s face, Bryant felt his own body temperature rise.

“I… I shouldn’t have been so narrow-minded and jumped to conclusions… speaking so rashly in public when I knew nothing about you, Ms. Royce… It was all my fault. My mistake… Ms. Royce, can you forgive me?”

Seeing Bryant’s eyes glistening as if with unshed tears, the corner of Melanie’s mouth twitched.

Wasn’t this a bit of a drastic personality shift?

Although Melanie had stumbled upon the Project NovaGate kickoff masquerade ball by accident, since she was already here, she had planned to find the person in charge, Bryant, and privately discuss the problems she’d discovered with the project.

She hadn’t expected Bryant to be so hostile toward her on Evelyn’s behalf, misunderstanding her again and again.

It was only when she saw Evelyn and Lila perform “Ode to Joy” that she had a flash of inspiration to use the piano to send a warning to Bryant.

It was also a way of getting back at him for all the unfair accusations.

She just hadn’t expected him to respond to it so strongly.

“Since you apologized so nicely, I’ll be the bigger person and let it slide,” Melanie said with a playful smile.

If Bryant had heard her say that before she played the piano, he would have thought she was narcissistic and rude.

But now, he only found her playful words to be charming and intelligent.

Bryant had a certain degree of confidence in his professional field.

Until now, he had only ever acknowledged Elias as his sole superior in the field.

As for that pharmaceutical genius from the IFPMA’s global pharmacy forum, Schrödinger's Pill, there was no point in even comparing himself.

That person was completely out of his league.

At the Biological Data Center, his superiors held him in high regard.

The unshed tears in his eyes were replaced by a burning intensity, and Melanie started to feel a bit overwhelmed.

Wasn’t the way Bryant was looking at her a little too intense?

Since she had delivered her warning, gotten her satisfaction, and received her apology, she figured it was time to make a graceful exit.

Just as she turned to leave, Bryant suddenly grabbed her hand.

“Ms. Royce, may I have this dance?”

Inside the hall, the lights sparkled and glasses clinked.

As a crucial partner for Project NovaGate—

Gabriel, the vice president of Stellaris PharmaTech, finally arrived.

He had made a late entrance because a business meeting ran long.

But the moment he stepped into the masquerade ball, his jaw dropped.