She Left She Thrived She’s Worth Billions novel Chapter 933

Her opening sounded polite and accommodating, but an intense feeling of dread instantly coiled in Holden's gut.

In the beginning, he hadn't taken Melanie seriously at all.

Granted, thanks to Genesis Serum and their sprawling botanical reserves, the Royce Group sat comfortably as a titan in the medical industry.

But their expertise was highly specialized, focusing purely on advanced botanical pharmacology.

Unlike the Lockridge Group, which had its fingers in countless industries and subsidiaries across the map.

Holden had never once imagined a day where the Lockridge Group would be aggressively squeezed out of the market by the Royce Group.

In his mind, Melanie had always been nothing more than a spoiled heiress who coasted on her family's name.

Despite technically working for her company, he figured she was exactly like Gavin—a lazy executive who left the actual heavy lifting to everyone else.

Especially after she had married Dominic; she was practically viewed as a lost asset to the Royces.

For a long time, Holden saw her more as a Hale than a Royce.

He had heard the rumors countless times—Nathaniel Royce strongly preferred his stepdaughter, Aria Royce, over his own flesh and blood.

He had even assumed that Aria would eventually inherit the empire, leaving Melanie with nothing.

After all, Aria's academic background eclipsed Melanie's, and she specialized directly in pharmacology.

And yet...

To his utter shock, Melanie ruthlessly divorced Dominic.

The first time she genuinely commanded his attention was during that brutal, highly publicized split.

Ever since then, the Hale Group had been in a horrifying death spiral.

Shortly after, rumors of a vicious internal power struggle within the Royce family leaked out, ending with Aria getting completely annihilated.

Now, the entire Royce Group answered exclusively to Melanie.

If she had only stuck to her basic pain relief patches, maybe he could have handled her.

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