She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 724

The entire office, men and women alike, were busy whispering about Melanie and Preston's breakup.

Melanie sat at her desk, with Philip standing off to the side.

Philip's gaze kept darting nervously toward the window.

“Ms. Royce, Mr. Whitmore has been standing out there for four hours...”

Melanie paused as she flipped through her documents.

“Why so formal? Isn't he your boss? If your heart bleeds for him that much, go stand out there with him!”

“I...”

“Get out.”

Left speechless by her glare, Philip practically scurried out of the room.

Originally, Preston had assigned him to Melanie's side to protect her.

But now that Preston's identity had been exposed, his own cover was blown right along with it.

Furthermore, Melanie had zeroed in on the Whitmore family as prime suspects in her mother's murder. As a result, she undoubtedly viewed Philip as Preston's personal spy sent to monitor her every move.

Philip let out a helpless sigh.

The news of Melanie's unilateral breakup naturally reached Elara Bennett as well.

Elara couldn't believe how the stars were aligning in her favor.

She had already arranged for someone to expose Preston's true identity to Melanie at the perfect moment.

She never expected Melanie to stumble upon the truth herself while in Lexington.

And then drop him immediately.

Just as she had hoped.

Elara sat in her office, laughing to herself until Gabriel Whitmore suddenly stormed in.

“Elara Bennett!”

Yet, despite thorough digging, neither he nor Preston had found a trace of any other company's involvement.

The data and records were scattered fragments. Even pieced together, they couldn't paint a complete picture of what the research actually entailed.

Gabriel wasn't one for convoluted conspiracies.

He figured that even if Stellaris had backed the research and Melanie's mother was involved before it got canceled, it had nothing to do with the car crash.

Accidents happened all the time. It was probably just a tragic coincidence.

But obviously, Melanie didn't see it that way.

Neither did Preston.

And if that research project was tied to the crash, it meant cold-blooded murder.

As a Whitmore, Gabriel couldn't stand the thought of his family having skeletons in their closet.

“Elara, you're the only one who has a grudge against her. Tell me the truth. Did you say something to her that you shouldn't have?”