The man had a bony face with very prominent cheeks. He had handsome features and his lips curved downward. His hair, brows, and sideburns were neatly trimmed, and even his collars were properly ironed.Melanie instinctively felt that he was probably the cleanest man she had ever seen in the past twenty-odd years.He was one of the Yorks’ heirs?Before coming to Medonia, she had read up on the Yorks. Because the Yorks had a hereditary heart condition, the family had always had few members.The patriarch, Joseph York, had one son and one daughter, but they both passed away when they were still young. They had left behind two young grandchildren for Joseph. One was said to be very violent, and the other quite hardhearted. She wondered which of these two he was...The high-ranking officer read the bloody report and called the police station’s laboratory, asking them to do the same test on the same sample.“Bring me the person that brought us the report with no silicon traces!” The hi
“I know that this isn’t Harbor City nor your territory, but I’ll accompany her.” Jeffrey consoled him with a whisper when he saw Cyrus getting agitated.“Accompany her?”Cyrus gave a cold smile. “Do you think you’re the aegis of Melanie or something?”There were some murmurs from the people around them who were watching, as well as Leo’s coughing every now and then.Melanie gave Jeffrey a look. When she saw the certainty in his eyes, she knew that he had made arrangements. She calmed down a little and walked over to hold Cyrus’s hand and said...“It’s alright, Master. Let’s go home... There’s no use throwing temper tantrums, right?”“What temper tantrums?! You’re the one that’s being forced to stay here, not me!”Cyrus pretended to be frustrated and pushed her hand away before he got back into his car with his crutch.When the convoy finally reached the banquet hall on the island, they saw Joseph waiting for them with a group of people behind him. When he saw Melanie get out of
“Leo’s the one that protected the key evidence with his men, which proved my theory right. Otherwise, the test result for the silicon would have been changed. I believe that I owe him thanks for that,” Melanie explained.“Oh?”Joseph turned around and gave Leo a glance. “You’re being attentive for once!”He paused a little before turning around and said, “But it’s all useless. The culprit surrendered himself while you were on your way to the station. Even without the test results, Melanie is innocent!”“You’re right. Cough.”Leo nodded gently, pushing the wheelchair from behind.Joseph turned around and looked at Melanie before saying, “There’s no need to thank him. You youths have your own rules, so you can talk about it on your own. For now, let us eat.”“Sure.”Melanie nodded while Leo gave her a faint smile.She suddenly realized that the atmosphere was a little awkward. She turned around and saw Jeffrey frowning very deeply.She wanted to slow down and wait for him, sens
The ending of a banquet was the start of another with a different reason.Melanie was getting tired of it, and for some reason Cyrus and Jeffrey weren’t with her.Joseph told his men to take her to a room for some rest and prepared several sets of outfit for her to change into, but she wasn’t that happy and simply went downstairs after fixing her makeup.The York’s old butler bent over while he was pushing Joseph’s wheelchair and said, “Sir, everything’s ready. Later, Miss Melanie will personally thank Leo. Leo will then take her to the next building. The atmosphere will be just nice.”Joseph’s lips formed a wry smile as he ordered, “Keep an eye on Jeffrey.”“He’s not here. Something seemed to have happened and he left the island to deal with it,” the butler said.Joseph nodded. “Then keep an eye on that dock and don’t let him return!”“Understood!”Melanie went downstairs and chatted for a while, and looked around. She then asked one of the servants, “Where’s your young master
Cyrus asked for a doctor’s visit and a checkup, and then released the news that he was sick.No one suspected anything because he was electrocuted back at the festival. The elder decided to stay indoors for the next seven days, and told all the servants to be quiet about it.Seven days later.Jeffrey sent Melanie and Cyrus to the airport to fly back to their home country. He had some other arrangements in Medonia, so he needed to stay for two more days.After checking in, Melanie and Cyrus waited in the VIP lounge for their flight. She didn’t expect to see Olivia and her family there.When Olivia saw Melanie, she quickly took out her makeup kit to fix her makeup.Once she was sure she was beautiful, she pretended to walk over and notice them before greeting them. “Ah, isn’t this Melanie? You’re taking this flight back home too?”Cyrus pursed his lips and said, “We’re not blind, you know. We saw you powdering your face in front of a mirror just now.”Olivia was speechless.Mela
“How can I not know when you’ve hired people to protect me?”Melanie raised her eyes before saying, “Not to mention that my master told me that I have a sense of smell no weaker than those from the Yorks. If they can’t have me, then we might end up as enemies. Naturally, I have to be prepared.”“I see...”Elize let out a sigh of relief, worried that the intelligent daughter of hers would notice something.“But visiting the Yorks isn’t a waste of time. I can see that the Jones Enterprise’s perfume department has recently signed two large contracts and they’re both overseas businesses that I’ve known from the Yorks’ festival. It’s worth it,” Melanie said, trying to calm things down.“Two contracts aren’t worth your safety,” Elize said with a sigh. “All I want is for you to stay safe. I’m not afraid of living a hard life.”Melanie smiled, hiding the sorrow in her eyes.“Oh, by the way, the Hans are back in town. Did you know that?” Melanie asked.Eliza nodded. “The Romeros want to
Melanie drove Quincy’s car and sent him home.In the car, she couldn’t help praising him. “It has only been so long, but you’ve really impressed me!”Quincy waved his hand. “When I formed the medical department overseas, not only did I handle research and development, I also managed the business side of things. I learned these things eventually. Right, how did you and Mr. Luis get to know each other? From what I heard, it seemed like a lot of things had happened during the Angle Family’s Centennial Celebration.”“Stop being so curious.”Melanie didn’t answer his question directly. “I can bet that you don’t want to know about it.”After pausing for a moment, she asked, “What about the cycling competition? How’s the preparation?”Quincy straightened up and said, “ Jones Enterprise will only be providing basic first aid and will only be deployed during an emergency. Of course, the preparation went smoothly. From what I see, the Hans aren’t really that professional and the Romeros ar
Mrs. Hans smiled happily when she heard what Olivia said. “My daughter has matured.” “Of course I have, especially after going through so much,” Olivia said smugly as she twirled a lock of hair around her finger. “I even found out that Mr. York has been a germaphobe since he was a child, and is a clean freak! A woman like Melanie, with a lawsuit on her hands, is definitely someone so filthy to him that he wouldn’t even glance her way! He’ll find her dirty!”Mrs. Hans’s eyes narrowed. “In that case, I need to pay a little more to cover up your records.”The mention of her being jailed overseas made Olivia grit her teeth in anger and shame. “It’s all Melanie’s fault! She’s always the reason why I get humiliated! Mom, don’t you worry. This time, I’m fully prepared to settle all scores with her once and for all!”“We’ll wait for your good news, then,” Mrs. Hans said, feeling assured with her daughter at the helm of things.-On Saturday night, Melanie told the driver to send her