She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 797

At the sleek headquarters of Lockridge Health & Wellness, Dominic Hale sat behind his sprawling mahogany desk, entirely unable to wipe the smirk off his face. He had just finished listening to his assistant's latest briefing. Apex Organics had officially and permanently severed its supply of Type-L Bio-Fertilizer to the Royce Group.

"Worth every single penny," Dominic murmured to the empty room, a predatory gleam flashing in his eyes.

He was the mastermind who had just dropped a fortune to buy out the entire inventory of Apex Organics. The career leap had been monumental for him; Dominic was now the Vice President of Lockridge Health, primarily tasked with assisting Gavin Lockridge. Sure, the Lockridge Group owned a convalescent home and marketed a niche line of high-priced health supplements, but they didn't operate their own medicinal plantations. Logically, they had zero need for a specialized bio-fertilizer.

Yet, securing the funds had been painfully easy.

Gavin Lockridge was notoriously careless. He rarely read the documents placed in front of him; if his secretary handed him a pen, he simply signed. Knowing this, Dominic had casually slipped the exorbitant buyout contract for the Type-L Bio-Fertilizer into a stack of routine paperwork. Gavin's unsuspecting secretary had delivered the pile, Gavin had blindly scribbled his signature, and the deal was done.

Dominic's hands were completely clean. Even if Holden Lockridge eventually sniffed out the discrepancy, the paper trail would never lead back to his newly appointed Vice President.

The broader his smile grew, the more brilliant he felt. "I'm a genius."

Earlier that month, he had hired private investigators to dig into the Royce Group's current pipeline, specifically their dealings with Stellaris PharmaTech. The intel had been a goldmine: due to the staggering market success of their joint anti-diabetic medication, the two powerhouses were striking while the iron was hot. They were upgrading to a full strategic partnership to launch a new line of blood-sugar management supplements.

"Melanie... I won't let you climb the Whitmore social ladder," Dominic whispered, his expression twisting into something dark and obsessive.

"You're mine. You can only be mine."

He gritted his teeth, a surge of resentment washing over him. Fate had played a cruel joke. Melanie was his first love, the woman who had saved his life all those years ago, yet he had only discovered the truth after their divorce. Now, he was forced to go to war just to win back the woman who should have never left his side.