Leo signaled his subordinate to step forward to issue some orders for the team.Grace didn’t notice the vicious and dark look in Leo’s eyes, and mistakenly thought that he was interested in what she had to say. “Yes! You’re young and handsome, while Ms. Jones is elegant and beautiful. You two are a match made in heaven.”“Did I hear you wrongly? Were you actually praising me?” Melanie looked incisively at Grace.“We did have some conflicts in the past, but I’m just stating a fact now,” Grace said, not daring to look Melanie in the eye. She quickly changed the subject, and gushed, “Mr. York is the most handsome and suave gentleman in this entire banquet hall. I’m sure you won’t disagree with that, will you?”Melanie pressed her lips together, remaining non-committal.All of a sudden, Grace felt a cold gaze from the side, looking through her fake smile. She turned around, and immediately spotted Jeffrey.Alas! Although she wanted to salvage her image in Jeffrey’s mind, her life was
“I came to Harbor City on behalf of the Yorks, and have been so busy with work that I’ve had no chance to invite everyone to my house for a gathering. I’d like to take this chance to invite everyone here at Duke Wilhelm’s birthday celebration.”Leo walked toward Duke Wilhelm and his children, and went o, “I will send my men to personally deliver your invitation cards to you. As for the duke’s family, I will take this chance to hand them their invitation cards in person.”He took out the invitation cards and handed one to Duke Wilhelm first before giving out the rest of the cards to the Duke’s children. Grace was last in line of four children, and she waited expectantly for her turn. Her shameless flattery just now must have moved Leo! Leo was full of smiles as he gave out invitation cards in front of everyone, inviting their family to the Yorks’ residence for a gathering. That clearly meant that he was very pleased with her. That way, her father wouldn’t keep harping on her mista
William subconsciously straightened himself, a sense of awe for his president seated silently behind him overwhelmed him.His president managed to guess every single detail accurately.After Melanie reached home and took a shower, she found herself still restless. A thought suddenly came to mind. She called the custodian of the fragrance blending room from her company’s perfume department. “Mr. Shaw, pardon me for bothering you at this hour. You’ve been keeping an eye on the perfume blending room over the past few days. Did you find anything suspicious?” she asked Mr. Shaw, who was on night duty. “I think I did…”Mr. Shaw went on after pondering for a moment. “I had wanted to report it to you today. Every night, one or two suspicious-looking strangers would come to the level where the perfume blending room is located. Although they have their access passes, I find them unfamiliar. Miss, should I tell security to step up on entrance checks at night?”“No need for that, Mr. S
The next day, Melanie packed a light luggage and met up with Mr. Smith. The weather was excellent, and they went up Mount Coloss together. Mr. Smith’s assistant drove the car, which was filled with various professional filming equipment.When they arrived at their destination, Mr. Smith took a few scenic shots of the wilderness in Mount Coloss. “Didn’t you say you were partially inspired by the potpourri made by the family on the mountain in concocting the fragrance? Shouldn’t we go to their house and snap some photos? That’d be so much more meaningful than just scenic shots of Mount Coloss,” he said.“I think so, too.”Melanie smiled.“That’s why I wanted to invite you to stay at the family’s house for the night. I even brought two sets of perfume blending tools for the old lady. We have to get her permission first before we can take any photos, though.”“Don’t worry about that. I have my ethics, too.”Mr. Smith instructed his driver to turn back in the direction that Melani
The waiter served the dishes on the table, and left with the tray. The two women sat in the private room.Olivia served Lena some food and said with feigned casualness, “Did you hear? Melanie wants to hold a perfume exhibition in Willowfort.”“Is that so?”Lena’s hair stood on end at the mention of Melanie.Seeing the pure hatred in Lena’s eyes, Olivia feel reassured. She said with deliberate melancholy, “Yes, she is. She embarrassed my father’s company and claimed his credit, and came up with a perfume with the same name. Now, she even wants to hold a perfume exhibition. She really doesn’t know when to stop! She’s bent on making my dad’s life a living hell…”Olivia was on the verge of tears as she spoke, which made Lena frown. She reached out to hold Olivia’s hand, and said, “Melanie’s evil. She’s been that way since she was young. I know that best.”The thought of how Melanie plotted against them and humiliated them during that dinner with all the bigwigs of the industry made
Melanie felt uneasy. That night, she called her mother.Eliza was pretty close to Damon’s wife, Cynthia, and she knew some people in Damon’s company quite well. After updating her mother about the situation, Melanie requested Eliza’s help to secretly find out about Lena and her family’s situation in Willowfort.The next morning, Melanie received news from her mother just moments after she woke up. Her mother found out that Lena pleased Damon very much. His soft-hearted nature made him pity her plight right now. He allowed her to work in his company, going so far as to assign her the position of a department head.She also heard that Lena would be working at the office today. Melanie had a feeling that her meeting with Damon today would be fraught with challenges.Melanie prepared her materials, and hailed a taxi to Thousand Acre Exhibitions’ office building. On her way there, she gave Damon a call. “Damon, are you at your office right now? I’m coming over. I want to discuss an ex
“Fine.”Melanie kept her laptop, and stood up. Since Lena insisted on behaving this way, there was no point for her to continue with this.Before she left, she said coldly, “I’ll say this one last time. Even if you don’t believe the popularity of the perfumes I concocted, you should at least trust Morgan Group, right? Morgan Group is a full sponsor for this exhibition. If Damon’s company can be in charge of the exhibition, they’ll be able to add Morgan Group as one of its partners in its future promotional and marketing materials. That would make Thousand Acre Exhibitions’ value self-evident, wouldn’t it?”“Nothing and no one can persuade me!” Lena snarled.Lena had long heard about this from Olivia, but she was bent on rejecting Melanie. Even Morgan Group was not enough to entice her!“In that case, I have nothing more to say.”Melanie smiled as she grabbed her bag. She walked past Lena and out the door.The sight of Melanie leaving defeated made Lena gleeful. She immediately p
“Damon, you have to think this through!”Lena refused to give up, and even went over to hold Damon’s arm pleadingly.He shook her off irritably. “I should think things through, indeed. I was hesitant about that project your father proposed for me to jointly invest in. I’ve thought it through now. Tell him on my behalf that I definitely won’t throw my hard-earned money down the drain like that!”“Damon…”Lena continued putting up an act amidst her fear, tears streaming down her face. “Damon, Melanie has Jones Enterprise backing her up! My father and I have no one else to turn to. She might sound more believable than I do, but you can’t just trust her entirely and not trust me at all…”“Tsk, tsk.”Damon looked at Lena in disbelief, finally seeing for himself the extent of Lena’s pretense. “The Jones family has such a talented actress in its midst! If I hadn’t heard for myself your conversation in the meeting room, I would have been completely fooled by your acting chops! Pack