She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 294

Listening to the reporter’s question, Melanie’s gaze swept around the room, finally landing on Dominic.

Dominic was beaming, and it was clear his joy wasn't just because she had woken up.

“Mrs. Hale, did you know that Mr. Hale rushed into the fire without a second thought to carry you out?”

“Mr. Hale and Mrs. Hale are such a devoted couple.”

“The whole internet is jealous of you, Mrs. Hale, having a husband who loves you so much he’d risk his own life.”

“This is the gold standard of true love!”

The cacophony from the streamers and online personalities was giving Melanie a headache.

Seeing that Melanie had remained silent since waking up, her brow furrowing deeper, Dominic immediately moved to disperse the crowd.

“Ladies and gentlemen of the press, my wife has just woken up and needs to rest and recover. Please, could you come back for a group interview another day? My assistant will schedule a time with you all. For now, please head home!”

After clearing out the uninvited guests, only Melanie and Dominic remained in the room.

Melanie stared at Dominic.

He looked back at her, his eyes filled with tender affection.

When others were around, Dominic played the part of the doting husband.

Now that they were alone, he kept the act up.

This was why, in four years of marriage, Melanie had never discovered that Dominic had been cheating on her.

Cheating on her with his adoptive sister, with whom he had an illegitimate daughter who was almost five years old.

If Melanie had been awake then, Dominic taking credit for Preston’s actions wouldn't have scored him any points. Instead, it would have made her resent him and see him as a liar.

“I was the one who drove you to the hospital… and someone took a picture of us and posted it online.”

From this point on, Dominic began feeding her a mix of truth and lies.

In reality, it wasn’t a random bystander who had photographed them.

Dominic had specifically hired someone to take photos and short videos of him carrying Melanie into the hospital. He then paid for promotions with various online personalities, asking them to create video edits combining the cruise ship fire with a narrative of his deep love and devotion to Melanie. This was to further solidify his doting husband persona, and he complemented this campaign by buying trending spots and hiring online influencers to control the narrative.

After stirring up the story, Dominic's “life-risking rescue of his wife” became a viral sensation.

“People love a good romance story these days. We were already seen as a model couple online, so when someone posted that picture, it caused a butterfly effect. Now everyone is shipping us, saying we’re a rare and precious true love…”