She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 733

"But I only love the food you make. No chef in the world can match your cooking."

Preston Whitmore had barely finished his compliment when Melanie Royce held up a hand, signaling him to stop.

"Cut it out," she snapped.

A cynical smirk pulled at the corner of her lips.

"Don't think a little flattery is going to win me back. I'm not that cheap."

"That's not what I meant." Preston immediately shook his head. "I'm not here to beg for us to get back together."

The moment the words left his mouth, a stormy darkness swept across her face. She looked far more displeased than before.

"Oh, so you're not here to win me back." She crossed her arms over her chest, her scowl deepening.

"Then why did you abandon the Whitmore family's luxurious mansion to come all the way to this rundown neighborhood? Why go out of your way to rent an unfinished, bare-bones apartment right next door to mine? What exactly are you after?"

Backed into a corner by her relentless questioning, Preston instinctively took a step back.

He saw the fierce anger radiating from her and the burning frustration in her eyes, yet he had no idea how to explain himself.

Deep down, he didn't actually believe they had broken up.

Her unilateral decision to end things was triggered by his secret—that he was the head of Stellaris PharmaTech. Judging by her visceral reaction, he knew she had already discovered that Stellaris was the company behind the research project that had caused her mother's death.

More than just asking for a second chance, he wanted to tear everything open, lay the absolute truth bare, and untangle the devastating knot in her heart.

And his own.

Yet every time he tried to explain, she shut him down.

It made him realize that she wasn't ready to have that conversation.

Perhaps the trauma of her mother's death was still too raw, making her instinctively avoid it.

Or maybe she was waiting until she felt emotionally stable enough to hear him out.

Or perhaps...

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