She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 497

"I've made a decision. I'm going to testify against Evelyn."

Melanie gasped in surprise.

"You really don't have to push yourself. The evidence we have is more than enough to lock her up."

As far as she was concerned, the two of them had once been married.

She still didn't entirely understand if his decision to marry a pregnant Evelyn was out of loyalty to Dominic or pity for her.

Regardless, they had shared a life together, and she wasn't sure if taking the stand against her would destroy him emotionally.

Catching the deep concern etched on her face, he offered a gentle reassurance.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I never had any feelings for her to begin with."

The absolute coldness in his eyes took her by surprise.

It was as if their entire marriage had been nothing more than an arrangement with a total stranger.

"Not only do I feel nothing for her now... I want her to pay."

Seeing the sheer venom in his expression, she decided to drop the subject.

As long as he wasn't torturing himself, that was all that mattered.

"Speaking of which... if she actually managed to marry you, why would she go to such psychotic lengths to kill you?"

It was a puzzle Melanie still couldn't solve.

The detention center.

Evelyn finally sat across from the lawyer Dominic had hired for her.

"Where is he? Why hasn't Dominic come to see me?"

She demanded, her eyes bulging with manic desperation.

She had withered away into a skeletal shadow of herself, her skin sallow and her expression unhinged.

The lawyer sat rigidly, exuding a chilling professionalism.

"As for your daughter, Lila... he is severing all parental rights and placing her up for adoption."

The cold, mechanical delivery of those words hit her like a splash of acid, twisting her features into something monstrous.

How did it end up like this?

How did it all go so wrong?!

"Ahhhh!"

She clutched her head, unleashing a blood-curdling scream that echoed off the concrete walls.

Everett...

Melanie...

Dominic...

Every single one of them deserved to rot in hell!