She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 715

Their eyes met. Melanie realized Preston was looking at her with absolute, unwavering sincerity.

His dark, magnetic gaze was filled with nothing but pride.

"You did the right thing... I loved watching you own the room with your brilliance."

Melanie's cheeks flushed at the unexpected, serious praise.

"Brilliance? Barely... I don't know if I'd call it that," she mumbled, suddenly shy.

As far as Preston knew, her background in pharmacology was incredibly brief—she had switched majors after her first year of college. She assumed he was just saying sweet things to comfort her.

But the way he looked at her... it was almost as if he knew exactly how masterful she truly was.

"Whatever. None of that changes the fact that you're lying in a hospital bed because of me," Melanie sighed, the guilt creeping back in.

She was genuinely terrified of Preston's family finding out he might need a skin graft. She vividly remembered the last time he was injured in the Marlowe District. His mother had flown out to confront her personally.

Though that conversation had ended with his mother tentatively accepting her, getting her son severely burned was a surefire way to destroy that fragile goodwill.

Melanie buried her face in her hands. She was deeply committed to Preston. She fully intended to marry him one day, which meant she desperately needed her future mother-in-law to actually like her.

"What's wrong, honey?" Preston asked, straining his neck to look at her stressed expression. "Still blaming yourself?"

"Preston... what if your mom hates me for this?" Melanie looked up, her expression so anxious and pitiful it made Preston's heart race.

"Don't worry. My mom could never hate you."

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