"We're not together…"Kenneth's facial expression changed as soon as he saw Melanie.Melanie noticed there was a hint of guilt in his eyes. This was an unsettling feeling for her. "Then where is he? What happened to you guys?"Noticing that she was shaking, Annie and Carson, who had accompanied her to court, rushed forward to assist her."Eagle had a prior arrangement with Nathan. Once Nathan and Leo's plan at the York family's residence was thwarted, Nathan would press a button. Eagle would then receive a code to detonate a bomb. He'd blow us all up," Kenneth explained."Jeffrey was the one who noticed Eagle wasn't in the right state of mind. That's why he informed me to leave with Mr. Oliver. He… Stayed behind to persuade Eagle…" He added."What happened then?" Melanie's voice was shaking."All I knew after that was that the hotel blew up. I waited for him to contact me but he never did. Mr. Oliver and I have been on the run from Nathan's shadowy pursuits. I only managed to sn
Pleasantly surprised, Melanie turned around to see the man she had been looking for. She never stopped saying his name in her head. He stood right behind her.At that moment, she stopped thinking completely.Without even hesitating, she ran toward him and dove into his arms."Ughh."Jeffrey groaned in pain. He did not dare to press against her stomach. Instead, he arched his back to hold her."Where the hell have you been? Do you have any idea how I…" She cried so much that she could not speak."Alright, alright. Good girl. Don't cry. I've come back."Jeffrey kept rubbing the back of her head. "Eagle was too neurotic. I've nearly gone mad from dealing with him. I finally got him to regain some of his sanity today… That's how I had the chance to find you…""How did you know where to find me?" Melanie asked."Today is the day of Nathan's trial. I know you'd definitely be in the courtroom," Jeffrey said confidently.Melanie finally calmed down a little. After letting go of him,
Harbor Mall. At the car park, a silver Audi was shaking.There was a crack in the trunk.Melanie Jones was hiding in the trunk as she listened to the sounds of a man and a woman panting in the car. Her heart twitched painfully.Without telling her fiancé, Melanie had finished her work early to come home sooner. She decorated and filled the trunk with balloons. She then dressed up as a huge present and climbed into the trunk while holding her fiancé’s favorite limited edition tequila in her hands.Feeling hopeful, she eagerly awaited the sound of the car door unlocking but what followed were words of betrayal…“Bryan, today’s your birthday. Aren’t you worried that Melanie will come and find you?”“Hmph, your lawsuit is a pain in the ass. She’s in Paris and doesn’t even have time for me. How could she possibly come back here?”“Well, do you mean that I should create more trouble next time?” the woman said coquettishly.“You bad girl!” the man replied in a pampering tone.“Since
Stephen Morgan was the second young master of the Morgans. Although Stephen did not have the best reputation, he had the advantage of being the most popular influencer at the moment.Lately, Bryan had been trying extremely hard to involve Lena and Stephen in their latest project. However, Melanie had never thought that she would have a one-night stand with Stephen.Melanie’s eyes lit up before she took her phone from the bedside. She then switched on her front camera and started taking pictures of them…Even though she was betrayed by Bryan, she should not grieve for too long nor should she question his intentions mindlessly. She had to keep herself calm and cool. A horrible fiancé could not change her life. Instead, she should turn on him and get something out of it!Since Melanie had already gotten the things she wanted, she endured the pain in her lower body and quickly got dressed. Before leaving, she left a note for Stephen.“Clicked.” The door closed.The man on the bed ope
After a while, Stephen walked into the VIP lounge when he was done dealing with his fans. Seeing this, Melanie approached him and said, “Hi, there. I’m Melanie Jones.”“You’re Melanie Jones?”Stephen asked impatiently, “Where do I sign?”Melanie raised her eyebrows as she paused before asking, “Do you mind taking a closer look at me? Do you know me?”“Uhm…”Her stunning silhouette…The man removed his shades as he sized Melanie up from head to toe. “Well, you have a unique cane, and it successfully caught my attention. Do you find it interesting using it at night?”While Stephen was talking to her, he reached out his hand toward her cane. Seeing this, Melanie reacted with disgust and swiftly swung her hand at the cane, hitting the man’s hand.“Ouch!”Stephen placed his hand beside his lips and licked it. “You’re an interesting one, aren’t you? I like you!”Melanie squinted her eyes. She felt that this Stephen was completely different from the one she slept with last night. Ev
“Uncle, just admit it. I saw your future wife. She mistook me for you, and she…”“Tell me everything, immediately,” Jeffrey interrupted Stephen’s long-winded explanation as he said in a deep voice.“Cough…”Hearing this, Stephen dared not waste Jeffrey’s time as he told him what happened.Of course, he only told Jeffrey about the second half of the story. If Jeffrey knew that he dared to flirt with his woman… Stephen had a chill down his back just by thinking this.“Now, do as I tell you.”The voice from the other side of the phone was emotionless but terrifying.After Melanie left the airport, she took a cab straight to the hospital.The Joneses started out in the medical field. Although they had declined a little after Melanie’s father passed away, they were still the leader in this industry.With that, Melanie went straight to the hospital that she trusted the most and got an orthopedic specialist to examine her leg.The specialist told her that her leg injury was not that
“Ding.”Melanie’s phone rang. She looked at the message that her bestie, Annie Snow, sent from the second floor. [Everything’s perfect. Don’t worry.]Although the Snows were not the best in doing business in Harbor City, all of the famous families were afraid of them because they were the best private detectives. Therefore, with Annie’s assistance, she was a lot more relieved. Melanie then kept her phone as she wanted to sit in a corner quietly and execute her plan after nightfall. However, the voices around her started to grow and she could not help but get distracted by them.“Melanie’s a cripple. Why did Bryan want to marry her?”“How can you not know about it? The Wests want to get involved in the medical field as well, of course, they’re using her!”Listening to the crowd badmouthing Melanie and seeing her pale face, Lena had never felt so happy before.Lena purposely asked her friends to set the pace by joining in. She hoped they could make nasty remarks about her!Melan
Melanie knew that if the deals between Jones Enterprise and the other partners collapsed tonight, everything would be on her.Lately, Lena’s father, Daniel Jones, who was also Melanie’s uncle, had joined forces with the board of directors and threatened her mother to resign from her CEO position several times. It appeared that Lena must have been working with her father to have their hands on those pictures.If Melanie were to allow that to happen, she would have failed her mother, who was still giving everything she had to Jones Enterprise.At this moment, Annie ran into the ballroom and stood beside her, out of breath. She said, “Melanie, I’ve sent my men to control the backstage. Once my men are there, they’ll cut off the screen.”“Let it be.”Melanie raised her eyes and stared into the screen calmly.Annie asked anxiously, “Are you sure?”Melanie nodded in agreement. She took out her phone calmly and logged into her personal email account to retrieve some data before sending