She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 290

Evelyn’s hand trembled, and her phone clattered to the floor, startling Lila.

Lila’s already pale face grew even more terrified.

“Mommy… Do you think… Do you think Elina will tell her dad that I pushed her off the ship?”

“Shh!”

Evelyn gestured for Lila to be quiet, then immediately picked up her phone and deleted the recent conversation from her chat history.

At this point, since she had already started, she had no choice but to see it through to the end.

Evelyn’s eyes burned with a malevolent fire.

“It’s not your fault, Lila…”

And it wasn’t her fault either, of course.

Melanie and Dominic had forced her hand!

“Your aunt was the one who tried to harm you first… Besides, Elina is just a child. Who would take the word of a child seriously?” Evelyn muttered to Lila as if talking to herself, then held out her arms.

Lila immediately rushed into Evelyn’s embrace, and mother and daughter held each other tightly.

They were mother and daughter, bound by blood.

What was Melanie?

Just an outsider.

The accident had already ruined what was supposed to be a happy birthday celebration, forcing the cruise ship to dock early and leaving all the guests disappointed.

Then, as if to prove that when it rains, it pours, just as the ship was about to reach the shore, a fire alarm suddenly blared through the vessel.

Dominic and Evelyn burst out of their cabins at almost the same time.

Their eyes met instinctively. Without a word, Dominic scooped up Lila with one arm, grabbed Evelyn with the other, and started running.

Although the ship’s crew was doing their best to evacuate the guests in an orderly fashion, in a life-or-death situation like a fire, human instinct is to get away from the danger faster than anyone else.

Dominic was a prime example.

He bolted with Evelyn and Lila, completely ignoring the crew’s instructions.

“Wait, what about Melanie?”

Bryant wanted to temporarily hand Elina over to a crew member so he could go back and find Melanie.

“I’m sorry, sir, but this is an emergency. You must look after your daughter yourself. Besides, the floor with the infirmary has been sealed off. It’s too dangerous for you to go back.”

The crew member’s words were like a bucket of cold water thrown over Bryant, extinguishing his last glimmer of hope.

In the end, Bryant could only follow the crowd off the ship, holding Elina in his arms.

On the shore, Dominic had already disembarked.

He held Evelyn’s hand with one hand and Lila’s with the other, his eyes fixed on the gangway.

A dense crowd of people was rushing down.

Finally, among the throng of heads, Dominic spotted Bryant.

Bryant was holding Elina.

Melanie was not with him.

Dominic’s heart sank. Without a second thought, he rushed up to Bryant and asked frantically,