She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 591

Nathaniel froze.

His eyes widened as he stared at Melanie in absolute bewilderment.

In all these years, that thought had never once crossed his mind.

When he crashed through the ice, his only thought was survival.

He remembered thrashing wildly in the dark, his body shutting down rapidly from the freezing temperatures.

He legitimately had no memory of how he was pulled out.

Even now, trying to grasp the details was like grabbing smoke.

And yet, despite the blackout, a firm 'fact' was planted in his brain:

Gregory saved him.

"I... I don't know... it was so long ago... but..."

Nathaniel stammered, his eyes drifting over to Gregory.

"It had to be him who pulled me out..."

Hearing Nathaniel's wavering defense, Gregory let out a subtle breath of relief.

"Melanie..." Gregory sneered, a tight, artificial smile stretching across his face.

"I know ever since Dominic cheated on you, you've had a vendetta against our family. I admit, Dominic was a jerk to you, but business is business."

"You can't just drag my name through the mud because my son broke your heart!"

"I already apologized for the formula issue. I explained myself. Everything we did was just us trying to find some fairness... and we've paid the price for it."

"And you? You're not just forcing us into a brutal corporate bloodbath, now you're trying to erase the fact that I saved your father's life! Melanie, you can't be this ruthless."

"Look at your father. He just said it himself... He remembers. I saved him."

"Do you happen to remember exactly how many times over the years Gregory has recounted the story of him saving your life?"

Nathaniel tilted his head, utterly confused by the question.

"Why does that matter?"

Preston didn't answer. He just stared at Nathaniel. The sheer, suffocating pressure of his gaze forced an answer out.

"I don't know, too many to count..."

Nathaniel was actually downplaying it.

For the first few years after the accident, Gregory brought up the rescue every single time they saw each other.

"When a piece of information is constantly repeated, our brains naturally develop a sense of familiarity with it. The mind mistakes that cognitive ease for truth. In psychology, it's called the Illusion of Truth Effect."

"Human memory isn't a video recording; it's a reconstruction. Suggestions or false information introduced after the fact can seamlessly overwrite the original memory. That is known as the Misinformation Effect."