She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 474

Melanie actually laughed out loud when she heard that.

Human imagination truly knew no bounds.

Still, standing on stage in his sharp, formal black suit and bowtie, Dominic did look dashing.

Coupled with the fact that Aria's dress closely resembled a wedding gown...

The two of them looked less like corporate partners and more like a bride and groom posing for their wedding photos.

Melanie simply shrugged.

She thought they made quite the pair.

Originally, after she completely ruined Dominic's reputation and drove his company to the brink, she assumed he would hate her guts.

And since their divorce was finalized, she assumed they had zero ties tying them together anymore.

Which meant there were absolutely no obstacles left standing between Dominic and Evelyn Hale.

Yet surprisingly, Dominic had ended up discarding Evelyn entirely.

When they were married, he had acted like a devoted saint for Evelyn, moving Lila's registration under her name and bringing both Evelyn and Lila to Averin to take over her life.

She had genuinely believed Dominic and Evelyn were true love!

But the moment the divorce was finalized, Dominic didn't even spare Evelyn a second glance.

To Melanie, a despicable jerk like Dominic was a match made in heaven for someone like Aria.

"Ms. Royce, are you feeling a little bitter right now?"

A few of the nosiest socialites sauntered over to Melanie.

"Regardless of who was at fault in the divorce, watching your ex-husband hook up with your sister has to sting, right? Don't tell me you aren't jealous."

"It's not just the romance—her sister is eclipsing her professionally, too!"

"Well, what do you expect? The moment she takes over a project, it crashes into a bottleneck she can't fix. She has to beg her sister to bail her out."

"You can't really blame her. Her sister is just too brilliant."

"If I were Dominic, I'd pick Aria too! When the Hale and Royce families form their second alliance, we'll see who gets kicked to the curb!"

Melanie's eyes were filled with absolute shock.

She was stunned that Preston had crashed Aria's grand opening, but she was even more stunned by his devastatingly seductive look.

It felt incredibly obvious that he had dressed this provocatively on purpose!

"Wow, who is that?"

"He's gorgeous! Is he an actor?"

"Wait, who did he just call 'Honey'?"

"Is he married? Who is his wife?"

"Whoever she is, she must have saved the world in a past life."

The crowd broke into feverish whispers, their eyes practically glued to Preston.

Ignoring everyone, Preston strode purposefully toward Melanie.