She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 452

"Dad, I found all the information online! With all the fake news out there, even AI is unreliable now. How was I supposed to know the people I contacted weren't the real local pharmaceutical association? And the mutated Dendrobium... the entire industry was talking about it! How could I have known it was a hoax?"

Aria wept pitifully, tears streaming down her face, looking like the picture of devastated innocence.

"Do you really think... a college student like me has the connections to collude with armed militant groups in MD? My sister gives me way too much credit."

As she spoke, she shot a subtle, venomous glare in Melanie's direction.

After all, planting the fake news about the mutated plant and hiring people to impersonate the MD association members had all been Evelyn's doing.

Even if she had to take the fall, she would only be blamed for poor background research.

Kidnapping and murder had nothing to do with her.

Seeing Aria crying her eyes out, Nathaniel let out a heavy sigh.

"Forget it. Thankfully, Melanie is fine, and Aria didn't do it on purpose."

Nathaniel reached out and patted Aria's shoulder in comfort.

"You're still young and new to the corporate world. You don't have enough experience, so it's inevitable that you'd be misled by online information."

Hearing Nathaniel's reassurance, Aria secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had dodged the bullet.

The only tragedy was that Melanie had somehow survived a hellhole like MD.

The more Aria thought about it, the more frustrated she became, grinding her teeth in secret.

It was all that useless Evelyn's fault! Who the hell did she hire? They couldn't get a single thing right!

"Dad, Aria might lack experience, but a professional failure of this magnitude has to be punished. Otherwise, how are we supposed to manage this company moving forward?"

Melanie spoke up calmly from the sidelines, her posture relaxed.

Aria glared at her.

She knew Melanie wouldn't let her off the hook that easily.

Nathaniel looked at his eldest daughter.

"Are you out of your mind?!"

Ten years?

How many decades did she have in her life to waste?!

"Dad, you can't agree to this! I'm about to graduate college. You promised me you'd give me a real position at the company once I got my degree..."

"Working at the bottom is still joining the company. Dad isn't breaking his promise."

Melanie cut her off, flashing Aria a razor-sharp smile.

That smile felt like a physical slap to the face. Aria was so furious she wanted to lunge across the table and claw Melanie's eyes out.

But she couldn't.

The conference room was dead silent.

There were several people present, including the delegation members who had just barely escaped MD with their lives.