Daniel felt that he was going to lose himself. He quickly turned around to leave this moment, which was one that he had been dreaming of.When Lena saw that her father was leaving, the only clown left in this huge private room was her. While no one was paying attention to her, she knew that everyone was secretly laughing at her.She didn’t have the will to stay here anymore, so she quickly opened the door in a hurry and tried to run.However, before she could make it out of the room, some light flashed at her from a distance away, which caught her attention.She suddenly realized what it was: that wasn’t sunlight—it was a flash from a camera!Someone had been secretly recording this!Lena had no words, but she was so angry and nervous that she quickly took out her mobile to try to contact the media, wanting to cancel the exposé. What was she going to do if the Morgans forced Jeffrey to marry Melanie?But on the other side of the line, her friend in the media refused her request.
“Yes.”Cyrus nodded. The light in his eyes dimmed a little.“Then she...?”Mr. Azul became interested again as he scanned Melanie from head to toe.“Her last name is Jones,” Cyrus explained.However, Mr. Azul refused to let it go. “How’s your health?” he suddenly asked Melanie.The question came out of nowhere, but Melanie was still able to answer politely. “I’m fine, thank you.”While she wasn’t in the best of health when she was little, she was no different than anyone else after the surgery eight years ago.“That means you aren’t...”Mr. Azul sighed and mumbled, “Normally, even if the Yorks manage to live past 20, their health will be affected. Even we who are further away from the main family tree, do have some illnesses as well.”“I thought so too when I first saw her,” Cyrus said with a sigh.Just as they were chatting, they saw Jeffrey walking in from the outside. He was wearing a smile as he looked at Melanie. “Congratulations.”“Thank you.”Melanie paused and aske
That wasn’t even mentioning how Grace needed to grab on to Gemma tightly, especially since Gemma was her final chance. She had no better avenues left.After Grace had received the wrong information last time, which caused the Duke of William to make a wrong decision, which in turn caused the William family’s products to be boycotted, thus incurring huge financial losses for the family business, the Duke didn’t love Grace that much anymore.The Duke had plenty of children, and Grace was just one of them. If she wanted to regain the Duke’s favor, she would need to go through the Fowlers to regain the support of the national market.Grace would never let go of such a good chance, not when she could impress Gemma and use Grant to retaliate against Melanie at the same time.“Right. Last time you said Melanie turned your brother down. Is he feeling any better?” Grace asked while they were eating.“I thought you know the kind of person my brother is. He can be quite obsessive, and he had
Evening.Melanie reached the agreed-upon gathering point, which was a campervan station.Annie and her friends were all waiting for her, and Grant had arrived as well. He’d brought along plenty of food items; as soon as he saw her, he immediately stuffed two whole bags of food into her hands.Melanie felt a little awkward but accepted the bags anyway. She also introduced Grant to her friends before they all drove off in their campervan and headed to Mount Everton.Melanie was driving while Annie was sitting in the passenger’s seat, munching on the food that Grant had brought to them as an offering. As she ate, she praised him, saying, “I won’t lie, the things he bought are quite tasty.”Melanie gave her a look. “Then later, I’ll let him know that you ate everything and thought that everything was delicious.”Annie let out a laugh. “You sure you want to sleep with me in the same campervan? You’re not going to give him any chance? He’s a bit awkward, but he’s quite cute.”“If you
Grant was never here for the meteor shower—he simply wanted to see Melanie.But for the whole night, Melanie had been standing with her friends, so he didn’t even have the chance to speak with her.As a result, after the meteor shower, Grant went back to his campervan in disappointment.For some reason, when everyone was checking and parking their vans, they made sure that Melanie’s campervan and his were the farthest from each other; his was at the front while Melanie’s was at the back.He then remembered how Melanie had been quite cool toward him, and couldn’t help but feel somewhat upset. However... As he held the little box in his pocket, he somehow regained a little bravery...At this time, someone knocked at the door. “Grant! Grant!”That was Melanie’s voice!He had just been about to muster up the courage to go see her, but he didn’t expect her to come here by herself.Grant was so excited that he almost jumped up from the sofa to open the door. The first thing that Me
Outside the campervan.In a hidden place a large distance away, two black cars were stopped there. Their dark colors helped blend them into the darkness of the night.A bodyguard wearing all black walked over to the last car and politely said to the person behind the door. “The doors and windows are all locked. They can forget about opening it from the inside.”“And the mobile?”Grace raised her eyebrow, wanting to make sure that everything was alright.“Don’t worry, miss,” The bodyguard said confidently. “Grant’s mobile is with us, and I’ve set up a signal jammer near his campervan. Even if Melanie has her mobile or any other communication devices, she won’t be able to ask for help with them. I can guarantee that Melanie won’t be able to get out of Grant’s campervan tonight!”“Good!”Grace’s lips curved into a smug and venomous smile.-Inside Grant’s campervan, Melanie quickly calmed down and told Grant what she saw earlier.“So... The reason you came looking for me is beca
“Do you know how hard a diamond is? And that it can be used to cut glass?”Melanie stood up and said, “While we don’t have a hammer, we still have cups, plates, a water bottle and my phone. We can use these to hit the van window, but the window is very touch; without something hard to act as a focal point, it won’t work.”“I understand now!”Grant was regaining some of his confidence after listening to her. He then did as Melanie said and used the diamond to carve out a cross on the window, and then kept on increasing the depth of that cross.After a while, Grant looked at the crack on the glass and said, “It’s almost ready. We can try to hit it with something.”Melanie stopped him. “Wait.”“What for?”“We’ve just been locked in here, so Grace’s people must be observing us from the surroundings. Wait for a little. We can continue once they believe that we’re out of options.”Grant nodded. “You think of everything.”And then, the two of them sat down, both feeling embarrassed i
Melanie was stunned for a second.She felt that her emotions were running faster than her brain was. It was the first time that she had ever felt something sting her heart like that.Jeffrey thought that she must’ve really been shocked by him, considering how she was looking at him with wide eyes and a tense body. He couldn’t help but say in a gentler manner, “It’s fine. That snake isn’t venomous...”“Yeah.”Melanie pursed her lips tightly and grabbed onto his powerful arm instinctively.Jeffrey was also stunned for a second. This was the first time that he’d ever had a woman lean on him so much. He stopped for a little before holding her up.Even through two layers of fabrics, she could still sense his strong, beating heart and warm chest. He was making her feel so safe that she instinctively wanted to get closer, and she threw her arms around her neck as she stayed in his arms.Jeffrey smiled instinctively and said, “Let’s go. I’ll take you to the hospital.”Melanie suddenly