She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 919

The playful energy vanished, replaced by the sharp, lethal focus that Preston usually reserved for the boardroom.

"I don't have hard proof yet. The York family on Ruben Isle consists of five brothers. The one I met at the summit was the eldest, Tobias York."

"Tobias runs the business empire. The second brother is a prominent surgeon. The other three are ghosts—there's almost no public record of their existence."

"At the summit, I noticed Tobias casually flipping a Butterfly Knife. Just like Shawn Sterling."

"When I cornered him and asked if he knew a guy with silver hair, his answer was incredibly evasive."

"That's why my gut says Shawn Sterling isn't just a hired gun. He's a York."

Preston's dark eyes locked onto hers, his tone absolute.

It was barely even circumstantial evidence, but hearing him lay it out with such unshakable certainty made Melanie believe him implicitly.

It was a shared instinct.

She knew better than anyone that a man as calculated as Preston didn't believe in coincidences like two dangerous men sharing the exact same violent tell.

The Rosa Archipelago was a sprawling island chain, but Ruben Isle was the crown jewel, the epicenter of wealth and power.

And the York family's absolute dominance over the island's medical industry was something Melanie was well aware of.

As a powerhouse in the pharmaceutical world, York Biotech eclipsed the Royce Group effortlessly. They were the undisputed kings of Ruben Isle.

Every hospital, research lab, and medical supply chain on the island answered to them.

But beyond their corporate profile, the family itself was a total blind spot for her.

She had never had the time or the reason to dig into the bloodlines of a foreign island's elite oligarchy.

"Shawn Sterling..."

She whispered the name into the quiet room.

If the man who poisoned Elina Lennox really was Shawn Sterling, and the Yorks controlled the entire medical infrastructure of Ruben Isle, the connection suddenly felt terrifyingly plausible.

Add the shared obsession with the Butterfly Knife, and the coincidence became impossible to ignore.

"Looks like we need to book a flight to Ruben Isle," she mused.

"To hunt down Shawn Sterling?"

"No."

Melanie shook her head, her eyes narrowing with calculating brilliance.

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