She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 737

Elara offered a subtle smile, her gaze silently cheering Melanie on.

It was a look dripping with inevitable victory.

Melanie returned the smile.

In that suspended moment, hundreds of eyes in the auditorium zeroed in on her.

A hush fell over the expansive hall.

Everyone was waiting for Melanie to speak, expecting a breakdown of the Royce Group's contributions to this medical breakthrough.

"Ladies and gentlemen, before we dive into the technical details, I want to talk about one specific concept. Trust."

The moment she dropped that word, Gabriel's stomach plummeted.

"In reality, trust is a profoundly fragile thing. It takes a thousand acts of good faith to build, but it only takes a single lie to shatter it completely."

As she delivered the line, Melanie's eyes met Elara's once more.

They shared a knowing look.

Meanwhile, Gabriel was absolutely certain Melanie was taking a public swipe at Preston for lying and betraying her.

"Oh, man, this is bad. This is going totally off script!"

Gabriel muttered to himself, clenching his fists as he shifted anxiously in his seat.

A few rows over, Elara was practically glowing with smug satisfaction.

She discreetly glanced at Frederick Whitmore and Marjorie Kent sitting in the front row.

She had subtly manipulated both of them into attending today's launch.

If Melanie didn't ruin Stellaris right in front of Preston's parents, the fallout wouldn't be nearly as devastating.

Elara knew perfectly well that Preston wouldn't care if Melanie burned Stellaris to the ground.

If Preston actually cared about his legacy or his family, he wouldn't have recklessly blown up their engagement back then.

But even if Preston didn't care.

Frederick and Marjorie absolutely did.

If Melanie publicly accused their company, tanked their stocks, ruined their reputation, and dragged them into a federal crisis right in front of them, there was no way in hell they would ever let her join the Whitmore family, no matter how hard Preston fought.

Between a blood feud over her mother and the ironclad veto of his parents, Elara couldn't wait to see how Preston planned to salvage this relationship.

Elara sneered inwardly.

They had humiliated her. There was no way she was letting them ride off into the sunset!

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