She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 700

After staring Melanie down for an uncomfortable amount of time, Leila finally delivered her verdict.

"Melanie isn't ordinary at all. She's far more beautiful than you are."

Everett couldn't stomach Leila's blatantly blind insults and immediately stepped up to defend Melanie.

However, Melanie just casually waved him off.

"I'm perfectly ordinary. I certainly can't compete with Ms. Langley's natural radiance. You and Mr. Lockridge's adopted grandson make a truly perfect match. May you be locked together forever."

Melanie flashed a brilliant smile and even offered Dominic and Leila a slow, deliberate round of applause.

The smile on Dominic's face froze.

He had been so sure that the moment Melanie found out Leila was his girlfriend, she would be eaten alive by jealousy.

Even if she tried to hide it, there should have been some flicker of resentment.

After all, they used to be married. That wasn't a connection you just shrugged off.

And now, he had risen from the ashes as the adopted heir of the Lockridge empire, with a brilliant, stunning woman like Leila on his arm.

He refused to believe Melanie didn't feel a single ounce of envy.

Locking his intense, predatory gaze onto her face, Dominic stared so hard it was as if he were trying to burn a hole straight through her skull.

And yet...

There wasn't a single trace of jealousy to be found.

Dominic ground his teeth together, forcing himself to remain calm.

If he lost his temper now, everything he had painstakingly orchestrated would be ruined.

He had to remain utterly unbothered in front of her.

He wasn't the man he used to be.

He had the Lockridge empire backing him now, and Leila as his trophy.

In the eyes of the world, he was the ultimate winner.

"Aren't you curious how Dominic became my grandson, Ms. Royce?"

Hearing Holden's prompt, Melanie just smiled.

Her reaction was loud and clear—

She couldn't care less.

She simply didn't say it out loud because she didn't want to publicly humiliate the older man.

Holden wasn't blind; he knew she didn't care. But he desperately wanted to brag anyway.

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