She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 803

Holy shit!

Melanie’s mind reeled in absolute shock.

He actually had the nerve to demand that much!

Reflected in her eyes, Preston's flawlessly sculpted face remained entirely unbothered.

His gaze fixed on Dominic carried a chilling, calculated scrutiny.

Three billion dollars...

Melanie figured that to a man like Preston, three billion dollars probably felt like thirty bucks.

Dominic was equally dumbfounded, hesitating a beat before he finally shouted.

"If you didn't want to partner with me, just say so! There's no need to throw out an extortionate number!"

"Didn't you say you were paying the penalty fee yourself, VP Hale? Now that I've quoted the price, you're suddenly reluctant to part with the cash."

Preston's icy tone instantly shut Dominic up.

"If you can't bear to part with the money and can't afford the cost, why make such grand promises only to humiliate yourself?"

With that, Preston turned and led Melanie out of the private room.

Back in the room, Dominic seethed with rage, practically pacing holes into the floor.

"I'm telling you, Melanie, you're going to regret walking out that door!"

After shouting his lungs out, Dominic sat alone in the room and waited.

He assumed that with such a severe threat, Melanie would inevitably come crawling back.

Right now, aside from him, she had absolutely no one else to rely on.

Yet, he waited and waited for nearly an hour, and she never returned.

"Damn it!"

Dominic cursed, his frustration boiling over.

As far as he was concerned, this entire disaster was entirely Preston's fault.

If Preston hadn't opened his mouth and demanded three billion, he might have actually had a chance to negotiate.

Dominic let out a heavy, exasperated breath.

"It's Melanie's fault too, refusing to do things the easy way..."

Muttering to himself, his eyes darted around before he pulled out his phone and dialed his assistant.

After leaving Lockridge Manor & Gardens, Melanie couldn't resist glancing back.

The Lockridge Group's estate was somewhat famous in Averin; from the outside, it looked incredibly majestic and glittering with opulence.

However...

Every single dish served inside was a cheap, pre-packaged microwave meal.

"So, I'm really worth three billion dollars?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Preston shook his head decisively.

"Three billion is just the price to do business with you. Your actual worth is immeasurably higher than that."

Hearing Preston say that, the smile on Melanie's face grew even brighter.

"I know you're just sweet-talking me, but I'm still pretty thrilled to hear it."

That was Melanie's honest truth.

Anyone who found out they were valued at over three billion dollars would be grinning from ear to ear!

Once they got back into the car, Preston didn't hear Melanie bring up the fertilizer or Dominic again.

In reality, he had been waiting for her to bring it up.

Waiting for her to give him the green light to step in and help.

Apex Organics cutting off the supply of Type-L Bio-Fertilizer wasn't a fatal blow to the Royce Group, but it would heavily impact their upcoming blood-sugar-regulating supplement collaboration with Stellaris PharmaTech.

Melanie could easily tell that Preston wanted to assist her.

The fact that he didn't intervene directly meant he was waiting for her consent.

Among all the existing fertilizer plants on the market, none could currently replace Apex Organics.