“Melanie? Why are you alone here?”The voice was of someone who was graceful and lived a pampered life. Melanie turned around and was unsurprised to see Isla walking over.“You’re here alone, too?” Melanie asked.“My dad took me here,” Isla replied.Malanie blinked. Looks like Luis and Leo both were very close as well.“Did you just cry? Are your eyes swollen?” Isla asked her carefully.“I didn’t sleep well last night.”Melanie answered. Looks like she’d disguised herself pretty well. “Is my makeup ruined? I’m sorry, I’ll go to the washroom.”“Let me go with you,” Isla said and followed her.-The Mr. Price that Jeffrey had just met outside the York’s entrance was someone that had just signed a business deal with Morgan Group. They had agreed to come together to the Yorks tonight so that they could take a look at the first draft of the contract. However, William didn’t bring the contract with him at all.That was why Jeffrey yelled at him in fury in front of everyone just no
“Impossible.”Someone immediately denied that possibility. “Even if she didn’t die, she shouldn’t look so similar to the way she did back then. She and Jeffrey are around the same age, so she should be in her thirties as well...”“That’s right...”Everyone mumbled among themselves. “But that woman... She looks so much like her...”“Jeffrey is so obsessed with her!”Jeffrey put down his arm as they were surrounded by chatter, and Jane’s hand dropped. “Mr. Morgan, where are you going?”Jeffrey didn’t answer and immediately chatted with the person that came to greet him.Jane was very awkward as she secretly tightened her first. Then she remembered what Nathan had told her: as soon as she appeared in front of Leo’s home, Jeffrey would ask her to be his partner. That was why she had been asked by her manager to deliver the contract. Her managed, knowing that someone would definitely end up getting harshly scolded, had sent her out to take the heat, but she didn’t expect to really be
The party was quite huge. As the host of the party, Leo was busy entertaining his guests. Only when the melody started did the crowd start to move to the dance floor and he had some time to look for Melanie.“I’m so sorry for leaving you on your own.”“You’re being too polite, Mr. Leo.” Melanie gave him a courteous smile.“We’re not strangers. Just call me Leo,” he said.“I can’t get used to it so suddenly, but I’ll try,” she said as she maintained some distance.“Do you want to dance?”Leo looked at the dance floor that was slowly getting exciting. Melanie nodded and said, “Sure, I’ll take my leave for now...”Leo was speechless.His invitation was stuck in his throat as he looked at Melanie walking to the dance floor alone...Luis told him that Melanie spent the night at Morgan Group last night, but she went running out of there in the morning crying... Was she so upset that she was going to dance alone?On the other side, the company owners that were chatting with Jeffrey
“A... A keycard?”Jane was getting even more nervous.“What’s there to be afraid of?”Nathan said on the other end of the line viciously, “I told you on the first day you accepted this job that you’ll have to be prepared to sleep with Jeffrey. And more than once! What? Feel that you’re too good to be sleeping with him?”“No... It’s not...”Jane was starting to stutter. “It’s just that... His girlfriend is here... How can he... Come with me...?”“All you need to do is remove your clothes and wait inside the room. I’ll make sure Jeffrey loses himself the moment he sees you! You don’t have to worry about the rest! The room number is on the key card. Don’t get it wrong!” Nathan gave his orders and hung up.Jane calmed herself down. She turning back after cheering herself up.-A song had ended.Melanie felt somewhat lightheaded and instinctively held Jeffrey’s arm to calm herself down.“What is it?” he asked.“It’s nothing. I’m just feeling a little dizzy.” She let go of his ar
The footsteps at the entrance were very light. Jane felt her heart thumping, feeling terrified. In the end, she simply covered herself in the blanket.“Where is she?”Suddenly, there was a woman’s voice.Jane was somewhat suspicious while she stayed under the blanket. In the end, she couldn’t help popping her head out of the blanket. The woman that came in was standing right at the bedside, staring at her without much expression on her face.“Melanie Jones?!”Jane said in shock.“You know me?” Melanie asked with her eyebrow raised.Jane realized that she had misspoke, quickly sitting up as she tidied her hair and said without being forced, “I drank a little wine just now and wasn’t feeling well, so I came up here to rest.”“I didn’t ask why you’re here.”Melanie walked around calmly and looked at her judgingly with a smile. “Who are you?”“I’m Jane Kelley.”“Ah, I remember you. You’re that staff from Morgan Group that’s in the gossip with Mr. Morgan, right?” Melanie confiden
Melanie and Leo had just reached the staircase on the second floor when they saw Jeffrey coming up. The three of them glanced at each other for a few seconds before Leo asked, “You’re coming up here to get some rest as well?”Jeffrey cared little for his tone and immediately replied, “I heard that Miss Melanie isn’t feeling well, so I’m coming up to check on her.”“Looks like you care about Melanie a lot.” Leo’s voice was very cold.Jeffrey didn’t change his expression. His eyes stayed on Melanie’s face as he said, “Miss Melanie is my partner for the night. How can I not care about her?”Leo wanted to say something else, but a servant came up to him. It seemed like there was something urgent. He quickly said his goodbye before leaving, and only Melanie and Jeffrey were left on the staircase.“How did things go?” Jeffrey asked as he took another step forward.The two of them were at the same height as they were separated by one step. “We’re right.” Melanie nodded.Ten minutes a
Nathan’s cruel voice came from the other end of the line. He said to Jane in a holier-than-thou tone, “Do you remember what I taught you last?”“...I do.”Jane replied with a trembling voice.“You better memorize everything you need to say to Melanie later! This is your last chance! If you mess it up again, your family’s life will be ten times worse than now!” Nathan threatened her before hanging up.Jane held the phone, the nervousness in her heart suddenly mixed with anger. Was how her family was living not bad enough? Ten times worse? There was no difference than dying anymore!She hated this life where she needed to be threatened by someone when all she wanted was to be clothed and well-fed!All she needed to do was reveal the entire truth to Melanie, right?What was there to be afraid of?With those thoughts in her mind, Jane burst out of the door and ran barefooted, and she then saw Melanie at the staircase as she went up to the third floor.“Miss Melanie!” She was somew
“You’re smart. You must have already figured out who I’m talking about, right? That’s right! You’re that high school student, Miss Melanie!”When Jane finished everything she memorized from her script, even she got furious from it.“You said you don’t believe in coincidence, but the heart you have belonged to Mr. Morgan’s ex-girlfriend. Isn’t that a coincidence? Are you going to deny that coincidences exist in this world?”Jane let it all out as if she wanted to have her revenge. “Maybe I can’t get anything from him, but don’t worry, because he has never truly loved you either! Because the only person he ever loved was the woman who’s already dead!“That’s not exactly right. It’s not right to say that he had never loved you, because he did love that heart of yours... That heart that never belonged to you in the first place!”Melanie swallowed, stunned.Her reasoning skills and her courtesy helped her to stand in place, but only she knew that her legs were shaking.“You’re done?”