She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 510

Elara rolled her eyes.

"Four years ago... and a shelved project? What is it?"

She asked while lazily flipping through the file Marcus had handed her.

She had known from the start that Gabriel was in Quarevia for business.

She also knew the deal was a breeze and he had originally planned to fly straight back to Averin the same day.

That was exactly why she had lured him to the pool that night, using a bikini and a few drinks to keep him there. Her only goal had been to use him to drive a wedge between Preston and Melanie.

She had never expected that Gabriel was just as fiercely protective of Melanie as Preston was.

She had assumed that after their conversation went south, Gabriel would pack up and leave Quillborne City immediately the next morning.

Instead, Marcus informed her he had stayed.

Curiosity got the better of her. What exactly had kept him there?

She had ordered her people to track his every move. If he had just been out partying and drinking, she would have lost interest immediately.

But he had been sneaking around, actively investigating something.

That piqued her interest, so she kept her spies on him.

"It was an experimental cold medicine project..."

At the mention of 'experimental cold medicine,' Elara's eyes snapped up to Marcus.

If she remembered correctly, Stellaris PharmaTech, the Royce Group, and several medical universities were currently collaborating on a brand-new cold medicine formula.

And Melanie was the lead on the Royce Group's end.

Elara tilted her head, wondering how the two things were connected.

"Alright, you can go."

After dismissing Marcus, Elara lounged on the sofa and slowly flipped through the pages.

When she saw that Talia had died in a car crash in Quillborne City during the project's development, her hand gave a slight tremble.

"Melanie's mother... died in Quillborne City?"

Suddenly, Elara realized the actual reason Gabriel had stayed behind.

"He was investigating her mother's death?"

She muttered to herself.

Her mind flashed back to her conversation with Gabriel by the pool.

Her instincts screamed that digging into the death of Melanie's mother would give her the ultimate advantage.

Averin.

At Aria's botanical research studio.

Aria received the most incredible news she had heard in months.