She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 871

Every single day after that, whether Alistair Davenport was in Palisadia or Quarevia, working or resting, Elara Bennett had become his on-call companion.

Because she was now his fiancée, and the Bennett family had to rely entirely on the Davenport Group.

She had no right to refuse.

Every time she looked at Alistair's repulsive, aging, and heavy-set face, a suffocating wave of disgust washed over her.

There were countless times she wanted to find an excuse to escape.

However, Alistair seemed to see right through her. He always sent bodyguards, claiming it was for her protection, but in reality, it was to monitor and control her.

Elara felt like a prisoner being escorted by guards.

The most humiliating part was yet to come.

Alistair would give her money.

After every time he took her, he would toss a stack of cash at her.

He masked it by saying she was his fiancée, and as a man, it was his duty to provide for his woman. He told her to take the money and treat it as pocket change.

But in Elara's eyes, Alistair was clearly using the money to humiliate her.

It was barely a thousand dollars, a cruel reminder that she was no different from a woman who sold her body for a living.

Over time, Elara began to feel exactly like a high-class escort.

She loathed what she had become.

She hated Alistair with a burning passion.

But the person she hated the most was Melanie Royce.

If Melanie hadn't schemed against her and betrayed her, the Bennett family would never have fallen into such a miserable state.

And she would never have been forced into an engagement with a man like Alistair, enduring his endless abuse.

And today, in Palisadia.

She had actually seen Melanie.

Melanie wasn't alone.

Preston Whitmore was with her.

Elara found Melanie's hypocrisy absolutely sickening.

She constantly claimed to care about her biological mother's death from four years ago, yet she could still brazenly flaunt her relationship with Preston.

It was obvious that Preston's family was undeniably linked to her mother's death.

"What are you dawdling for? Get over here!"

Alistair grabbed Elara's hand and roughly threw her onto the bed.

Elara squeezed her eyes shut in agony as silent tears streamed down her face.

Why did she have to be ravaged by this old, repulsive man while Melanie got to live happily ever after with Preston?!

She clenched her jaw, the surging hatred in her chest finding no release.

Failing to get her hands on the security footage, Melanie felt a bit disappointed, as if her trip to Palisadia had been a waste of time.

As for whether the hostile gaze she felt earlier belonged to Elara, Melanie only pondered it for a brief moment before tossing the thought aside.

Right now, the fact that Elina Lennox had been infected with a virus was a much more pressing matter.

If it happened once, she couldn't rule out the possibility of a second or third time.

Melanie had warned Bryant Lennox to have the CDC monitor things closely and reminded him not to let his guard down under any circumstances.

Melanie and Preston caught the earliest flight back to Averin.

As soon as she got off the plane, she received a call from Everett Kingsley.

When she saw the caller ID, she paused, wondering for a second if she had misread it.