She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 689

Hearing Regina mention Preston, Melanie froze.

"Are you close with Preston, Regina?"

"Of course! He's my bo—cough! Cough, cough, cough!"

Realizing she had almost let the truth slip, Regina quickly grabbed her glass, pretending she had choked on her beer.

"I mean, we aren't in the same department, but he's gorgeous! A lot of people want to get to know him."

To Regina, it sounded like a perfectly reasonable excuse.

Melanie thought so, too.

Sure, Preston didn't hold a high-ranking position at Stellaris PharmaTech, but he was undeniably handsome.

With a guy looking like that in the office, anyone would naturally want to be on his good side.

Regina chewed on a piece of BBQ, staring thoughtfully at Melanie.

She couldn't understand it. Melanie was brilliant and absolutely stunning—why was Preston dragging his feet on making it official?

Not only had he not put a ring on it, but he was still hiding his true identity. What was the endgame here?

Was he testing her? Trying to see if she was just after his money?

Regina's lips twitched in mild disdain.

If that were true, it would just mean Preston didn't deserve her. It meant he couldn't even see the kind of woman Melanie truly was.

And yet...

Mr. Whitmore was a brilliant man. Surely he wasn't that dense.

Downing the last of her beer, Regina decided she was being too nosy.

It wasn't her business how the couple navigated their relationship.

She was better off spending her energy figuring out how to develop a more effective diabetes medication.

Melanie and Regina kept eating and chatting, completely immersed in their conversation.

They had moved on from Elara Bennett. Regina had vented her frustrations, but she wasn't a gossip and had no interest in spending the whole night trash-talking the woman.

Instead, they talked about pharmacology, research, and highly technical concepts that would have sounded like a foreign language to anyone else.

Regina had put back quite a few drinks, but she was far from being blackout drunk.

"Tell me something, Melanie... you only studied pharmacology for a year, right?"

"Yeah!"

Melanie replied casually.

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