No one knew if Linda truly agreed with Jeffrey or was being strong-armed into agreeing with him. That famous photographer was quickly located and dragged over, and they all began discussing Jeffrey’s proposal.With Linda and Jeffrey physically present, the photographer had no choice but to agree with it.While Melanie and Adam were still partnering up during the next photographing session, the two of them had almost zero physical interaction.During the interval, Melanie would occasionally peek at that visitor who had come uninvited from her place on the stage. She would intentionally narrow her eyes, hoping that he would see her death stare.A few hours later, the photographing session ended.Jeffrey’s car was waiting outside.Melanie immediately got in and asked, “Where’s Annie?”“I had someone send her back to the hotel first,” Jeffrey said. He had already arranged everything properly so that they could have some private time to talk.“Isn’t it a bit too risky for you to come over t
“It’s a long story.”Jeffrey had a mixed expression on his face as he paused and said, “When you’re free later, I’ll tell you the story between my parents.”“I’m free now,” Melanie said. She wanted to listen to it.All she knew was that the Morgan Group had been under the control of Jeffrey’s grandfather. Only after his passing did Jeffrey inherit his authority. Jeffrey’s grandfather’s only son had two sons, and the oldest son was Stephen’s father. It was said that he was sickly and had been staying overseas for a long time for the sake of his health. As a result, his presence in the company was very lacking.However, the only son of Jeffrey’s grandfather, who was also Jeffrey’s father, was almost invisible. It was said that Jeffrey’s grandfather disliked him a lot, which was why he passed the power over the family straight to his grandson, Jeffrey.Jeffrey had never mentioned his parents to her, so Melanie was naturally very curious about it. She couldn’t wait to hear more about
The international judges all gave Aiden high scores, and the judges from the country didn’t give him any lower scores either.On one hand, Aiden’s perfume blending skills were top-notch. On the other hand, everything he did was within the parameters of the rules. He was very well prepared, so his score couldn’t be that low.“Contestant number eleven. Do you have any questions about your score?”“No!” Aiden intentionally said out loud and looked at the surrounding contestants with a smile, “I just didn’t expect that there would be such difference between my score and Ms. Melanie’s!”“I thought that Ms. Melanie is the best among all the young perfumers here...”“My apologies for making such a difference the first time in this exhibition match... I think this is what you call... Thanks for showing kindness?”Aiden then gave a sneer at the remaining contestants. While their scores weren’t revealed yet, they were not that famous compared to Melanie. He hadn’t even heard the names of t
“Pamela, you’ve written on your card that you only used seven ingredients, and you only used essences that you’ve extracted from flowers and herbs that you planted. Is this correct?” a foreign judge asked without pulling his punches. “Ah...” When Pamela opened her mouth, it was still that familiar strange voice. Melanie’s eyes moved. Her voice confirmed her suspicions! She was that warden from Mount Coloss! Could it be that she had recovered her memories? That she remembered her name? Just when Melanie was thinking about that, the entire scene was in an uproar. “She’s a mute!” “Is she deaf too?” The host immediately called for order. “Please remain quiet, everyone! On her registration form, she wrote down that she can’t speak, but she can still hear.” “Are there any friends and family of hers here that can translate what she’s trying to say?” the host asked again. Melanie turned around and looked backstage. At the edge of the stage, the siblings Shane and Pam we
“If you’re in doubt about the ingredients she used, she can leave all the fragrances she personally made here. You can do whatever analysis you want. All seven ingredients wouldn’t cost more than 200 dollars in total anyway—it wouldn’t even be enough to buy feed for our cattle!”Shane was feeling much more confident now. Not only did he translate what Pamela wanted to say, he even added his own wrath into his tone.Pamela once again explained that the cost of her fragrance was very low, and that was enough to shut up all the foreign doubters!“The perfume made by contestant number sixteen is quite fresh and fragrant. Smelling it is enough to make me feel relaxed. Its smell and the method used to make it are both simple, and on top of that, the cost is very low. All of this fits the criteria of this competition. It’s only natural for her to win the first place!”The judges from within the country summarized in time.Aiden bit his lip. The staff member that had given him the hand si
Melanie was getting suspicious.Suddenly, she saw something purple in the luggage that Pam had cleaned up. It was something that would make a clear sound when interacted with... Something that she couldn’t be more familiar with too...That was the hand-made wind chime that she’d commissioned for Elder Gibson!The person that Elder Gibson couldn’t forget...! She really was Pamela!“What is it?”Pam asked when she saw Melanie staring in a general direction, a stunned look on her face.Pamela was also looking at her.Melanie had a lot of questions inside of her, but she didn’t know how to ask her. All she could do was smile and say, “It’s fine...”Elder Gibson had booked a hotel for Pamela and her family. After seeing them off, Melanie couldn’t help but call Elder Gibson and ask, “I just saw that wind chime with Pamela from Mount Coloss... You know who she is?”“I knew that I couldn’t hide this from you...” Elder Gibson said after pausing a little. “But why did you phrase your qu
“One is when I first saw you. The other one is when I saw the bracelet you’re wearing,” Pamela wrote in graceful handwriting.Melanie furrowed her eyebrows.At this time, Pemela continued writing on the paper. “Who do your master think I look like? Who is that person?”Melanie pouted.When she stayed at Mount Coloss, the bracelet she had been wearing was from Madam Morgan. Elder Gibson had once told her that Madam Morgan and Yelena were best friends, so that would make sense.“Does the name Yelena York ring a bell?” Melanie asked, and even picked up a pen and wrote the name on the paper.Pamela looked at it for a while before shaking her head, her disappointment apparent.“It’s just something my master suspects. Even he himself isn’t that sure. Maybe it might not be the case,” Melanie reassured.After thinking over it a little, she asked again, “But you said that you feel like you’ve seen me before back when we first met?”Pamela nodded earnestly.That...didn’t make sense, th
“Mute, not deaf-mute.”Nathan prompted his subordinate irritably.“O-Of course.”“Two of our veterans from Tempest have personally met with Yelena. They said that other than her appearance, everything else points to her being Yelena,” Nathan said, eyes narrowed.“But... Didn’t they say that her appearance was different? Not to mention that Yelena has been dead for so many years... How could a dead woman be walking around?” His subordinate still doubted it.“Who said that she’s dead?”Nathan gave him a glare.“There are plenty of people that the Yorks said are dead but are still alive, correct?!”“Of... Of course.” His subordinate didn’t dare to retort anymore.-Melanie had just left the hotel when she received her mother’s call. “Melanie, I’m back! I’ve asked Nancy to prepare your favorite dishes! Will you come home for dinner tonight?”“Sure, I’ll head back home right now,” Melanie responded immediately.During dinner.Melanie asked, “Mom, there’s nothing urgent back at