“Let me see his injuries.”Melanie pulled the woman up and approached the boy.She carefully examined the boy’s injuries. While they were all external injuries, they hadn’t been disinfected, so by now all his wounds were already infected and swollen. When she was little and went foraging for herbs with her grandfather, she’d also helped to bandage wounds for the hunters in the mountains. She could roughly remember how to deal with these wounds.Removing the bandages from the wounds was like reopening the wounds after the skin and flesh had regrown; it was extremely painful, but the boy simply endured it all as he clenched his fists. His tears wet his eyes, but he said nothing at all.“Does it hurt?” Melanie couldn’t help but ask.The boy shook his head. “No.”Melanie felt even more pity for him and immediately asked the woman that was taking care of him, “Why wouldn’t Harlow ask for a doctor to treat his injuries?”“Ah, miss... Please... Don’t say that...”The woman seemed to be extrem
“Look at this. How self-absorbed Leo is!” Melanie was paying a lot of attention to them when Harlow’s sneering voice came from behind, followed by the strong smell of alcohol around him. “He would draw himself at home all the time! A man like this loves himself more than anything and anyone. You better think carefully!” “Melanie?” When Leo heard the conversation, he quickly called out to her from the bedroom. Melanie used this chance to avoid Harlow and walk out of the study. The people that were around Leo were already gone. Harlow also left the study and immediately walked to Leo’s bedside. He bent over and looked at the injury on Leo’s arm. “Tsk, does it hurt?” Leo shook his head. “No?” Harlow didn’t let this chance to humiliate Leo slide him by. As he said that, he extended his hand and grabbed Leo’s arm right where his wound was bandaged. “See? your face is so pale! You’re already sweating too. Isn’t this quite painful? Ever since you were little, you’ve alway
Melanie moved very quickly. By the time that Leo managed to clean up, she had already taken what she needed and sat on the sofa waiting for him. “I need to thank you for just now. If it wasn’t for you, I’m the one that would’ve be injured,” Melanie said. “Don’t thank me. I didn’t manage to help much. Jeffrey’s the one that got injured for you.” When talking about Jeffrey, Leo stared right into her eyes. Melanie was left feeling awkward after that. “The butler said that the person who attempted the assassination is Charles’s underling, and that he’s here to get revenge,” Leo said. “But I’m not the one that killed Charles,” Melanie said. “After Charles was killed, you were the primary suspect. While the murderer has given up himself, Charles’s family believes that the murderer is simply following orders,” Leon explained to her. “So that’s why they believe that I’m the real culprit?” Melanie shook her head, speechless. “I don’t even know Charles. Why would I kill a strange
“Nothing special.” Melanie answered calmly. Joseph then stopped looking at her and looked down. “I owe both mother and son a lot, so I’ve been trying to find a way to compensate them all this while. I wonder if the gods will give me this chance.” After pausing for a while, he then looked at Melanie. “Well, aren’t you supposed to console me at a time like this?” “I thought that someone like you wouldn’t want to hear words that mean nothing,” Melanie answered. “All I can say is that... It will become true if you believe in it.” “Haha!” Joseph let out a laugh, his loneliness suddenly gone. “You’re getting more and more interesting, girl!” Melanie used this chance to ask him, “Is it because I’m interesting that you’ve been monitoring me?” Joseph obviously frowned and the atmosphere around them immediately cooled down. In the silence, Melanie refused to give up. She didn’t change the subject, because she had been seeking the answer to that question. The butler couldn’t he
Melanie followed the Yorks’s servant and headed outside. Halfway through, she asked, “My car is parked near the estate’s outermost gate. Is there some other closer route?” The servant hesitated for a few seconds and said, “Then please come with me.” After walking for a while on the tiled path, she realized the servant was taking her in the direction toward Harlow’s residence, just as she had predicted. She felt better afterward. While walking past Harlow’s residence, Melanie then said to that servant. “The gate is right in front. There’s no need for you to see me off.” “The butler ordered me to take you to your car safely,” the servant insisted. Melanie smiled and showed the servant her mobile. “I need to make a call. I can do this alone.” The servant instantly understood why. All the guests here were all wealthy, and many of the contents of their calls were highly secretive, so they didn’t like others to hear about it. She politely nodded and turned back. Melanie prete
“Alright.”The woman took the name card. “Where did you get all these medicines from?”“Your Master Leo got injured tonight, and this is the medicine that the doctor gave him. He also has an external injury, so the medicine should match this boy’s needs,” Melanie said honestly.“Master Leo is a very cautious man. He’ll find out about it...” the woman said, worried.Melanie blinked and said, “I’ve only taken a little from all this medicine. However, even if he finds out, thanks to his relationship with Harlow, he won’t mention anything.”The woman clutched the medicine tightly and sobbed. “Thank you! Really, thank you!”“Come on!” The woman walked over to the boy and patted him. “Say thank you.”“It’s fine.”Melanie extended her hand and patted the boy’s head. His forehead was still a little hot.Feeling the warmth from Melanie, the boy smiled at him sincerely and relaxed. Then, he mumbled, “Sad doggy... Sad doggy...”“What is he saying?” Melanie couldn’t hear him clearly.Th
“But after our interactions today, I feel like I’ve been overthinking it. Leo told me a few times that he’s treating me well just because he was trying to be a good host and treated me as a friend,” Melanie said as she tried to organize her thoughts. “Huh?” Annie was confused. “But from how he made himself run into you earlier and how he wanted to send you to the hotel... It was obvious that he’s courting you!” Melanie sighed. “I believed that too, but the feelings that Leo gave me today were different compared to the last few times. Today, he knew where the lines were and didn’t cross them at all.” Melanie tried to remember everything that had happened earlier. “Meanwhile, the others from the York family were still doing their best to make us into a couple. It felt like... Leo suddenly found out something and didn’t want to pursue me anymore, but the others from the Yorks still didn’t know about it. They weren’t on the same page.” “Ah, this is so complicated!” Annie pout
Melanie and Annie boarded the plane and returned home on brief notice. But what they didn’t know was that, in the first-class cabin all the way up front, Jeffrey and William were sitting side by side with their curtains drawn. “Boss, you’re already here. Don’t you want me to greet them?” William asked, confused. “She doesn’t need to know,” Jeffrey said with a frown. “Tell your men to surround and protect her at all times. Don’t let anyone suspicious approach her!” He knew she wouldn’t be happy if she knew he was tailing her, but all he wanted to do was to make sure that she was safe. - Harbor City. Melanie had rested for a day. Eliza returned home from abroad that night, and the mother and daughter had a heart-to-heart for the entire night. The next day, Melanie gave Annie a call. “Annie, when I went over to your place, I remember that the apartment below you was for sale. If you’re free, can you let me look at it? If the interior decor is alright, I want to buy it.”