She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 511

"Are you absolutely sure about this?"

Aria's eyes widened as she practically grabbed her assistant's arm in excitement.

The assistant leaned in close, lowering her voice like a spy.

"Boss, my best friend's buddy works at Stellaris. It is one hundred percent confirmed... The new extraction tech Melanie proposed has a massive, fatal flaw when applied in reality. The entire executive board at Stellaris is losing their minds over it."

Hearing the insider gossip, Aria was so thrilled she almost jumped for joy.

This was the absolute perfect, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

She had broken away to start her own studio for one reason: to work with Dominic on the inside and steal the Royce Group's exclusive nutrient formula.

Unfortunately, the sample vials she had managed to smuggle out weren't enough to reverse-engineer the data. And because Melanie's new extraction tech had supposedly solved the cold medicine's biggest hurdle, Aria had lost her only excuse to access the Royce Group's internal files.

But now, everything was perfect. Melanie's tech had failed. That meant the cold medicine project was desperate, and they would have to rely on Aria's Silver-Leaf Orchid Variant to save it.

That would give her absolute, unrestricted access to the Royce Group's core nutrient formula.

"Oh, Melanie... you really shot yourself in the foot this time."

Aria muttered to herself, a twisted, vicious smile spreading across her face.

The rumor spread through the pharmaceutical industry like wildfire.

Overnight, almost everyone in the business had heard that Melanie's extraction technology was a total failure, completely stalling the massive cold medicine project.

Worse yet, Melanie had been summoned to Stellaris PharmaTech headquarters to face the executive board.

Stellaris PharmaTech.

Vice President's Office.

"Sister— I mean, Ms. Royce, are you sure about this? I know we'll prove it was just a rumor later on, but right now, your reputation is taking a massive hit."

Gabriel stared at Melanie, double-checking her crazy plan with genuine concern.

Not only did he agree to lie for her, but he didn't even demand to know why she needed to fake a catastrophic failure.

His cooperation was so flawless it left her entirely shocked.

In the past, Gabriel had gone out of his way to help her a few times. She had honestly assumed he was trying to hit on her, or at least wanted something in return.

After all, he was famously known as a wealthy playboy who cycled through women constantly.

Even if his flings were entirely consensual and he paid his dates off generously, his reputation was still pretty messy.

Because of that, she had always kept her guard up around him.

Yet, he had never once asked her for a single thing.

Instead, he just granted her every request, leaving her both incredibly grateful and completely bewildered.

After thanking him one more time, Melanie walked out of Stellaris PharmaTech.