Jeffrey reacted fast as he lunged over from opposite Melanie and handed her an orange.She developed a love for the smell of oranges when she previously suffered from severe morning sickness.As he had expected, the moment the refreshing citrusy smell of the orange hit Melanie’s nose, her nausea faded. She lifted her head and said with a wave of her hand, “I don’t like it.”Leo arched his brow as he put down the smoked fish, and surveyed her from head to toe. “You don’t look very good. Why are you retching? Are you ill?”Melanie held her breath as she tucked her hair behind her ear, and nodded as calmly as she could. “I’ve been suffering from gastroenteritis recently,” she said.“Why don’t you take a rest? I’ll find you later and continue with the proposal?” Leo said with feigned concern.“Sure. I’ll go and grab my medicine.”She stood up, and Jeffrey held her steady as she walked to the washroom.She knew that there were people keeping close attention to her along the way. S
“Silence her?”Linda sneered. “Harlow York, what else are you capable of aside from murdering women and children? Weren’t you trying to propose to her just a second ago? Don’t think you can do anything you please just because I’m not making a move on you now! I remember every single wrong and foolish thing you’ve done!” Linda then pointed at her heart before turning her head away in disgust and walking off.-Yelena’s birthday banquet ended in three hours after she claimed to be tired.Right now, Joseph hung to her every word.However, Melanie knew Yelena was in fact worried that she would be too tired, which made the banquet end early.She sat in Jeffrey's car, and left the York estate.In a secluded spot in the York estate, someone’s phone rang.“Melanie left. How did the testing go?” Nathan asked darkly through the phone.“I can almost confirm that she’s pregnant. Help me get rid of her as planned!”Nathan paused for a moment before saying, “As long as you agree to my
“I can’t bear to see her like a sitting duck, either.”Professor Turner smacked the couch, and stood up. “I’m talking about another research base of mine, which is even more hidden and secluded than this one. Do you understand now?”“Pardon me, I was too anxious.”Jeffrey’s knitted brows relaxed as he apologized to the professor.It was rare of Jeffrey to apologize to someone else. Melanie looked at him, amazed that the savior effect was strong enough for Jeffrey to behave like this.“Since things have come to this point, let’s not delay things any further and move out tomorrow morning!”Professor Turner turned around, and pressed a button. Very soon, his research assistant appeared. The professor relayed his instructions to prepare for the move overnight while keeping everything a secret.The next morning, before the sun was up, everyone in the research base started moving their things out. They split themselves up into three groups, and the first two groups of people had suc
“We have instructions to protect both her and the baby!” the chief yelled fiercely at the doctor.”“Her heart isn’t in a good condition. If we forcefully keep the baby, we might lose her instead…” the doctor said, clearly in a difficult spot.The masked man next to him started to panic, and asked anxiously, “Chief, what should we do?”“We’ve been told that the key is her heart. The priority is to protect the woman, then the baby!” the chief eventually said.The baby…Melanie’s heart pounded hard in her chest before she went out cold.-Jeffrey took a flight to attend an important finance meeting. After the meeting ended, he hopped on another flight back to Medonia almost immediately. He promised her that he would be back tonight.But when his plane landed, he received a call from a bodyguard from Morgan Group that the island where the research base was located caught fire. A group of armed men had abducted them all amidst the chaos.Jeffrey’s breath caught in his chest as the
When Melanie regained consciousness, her first instinct was to touch her belly. That was when she realized that both her arms were cuffed to the sides of the bed. She was unable to move.She tried hard to lift her head; she saw the bulge in her stomach, and subconsciously heaved a sigh of relief.She decided not to struggle so vehemently again; firstly for the safety of her baby, and secondly, her struggle seemed to be in vain anyway.She felt subtle tugs of pain in her stomach, and forced herself to calm down to think.Melanie could hear waves crashing against the boat from inside the room. Before she fainted, she heard the masked men talking about taking her into a boat. She must be in one right now.The masked men seized the professor, her mother, and Yelena and even claimed to want to kill them all except her. They even said that they received instructions to leave her and her baby alive.Who would care so much for her and her baby?It couldn’t possibly be the Yorks, nor cou
Jeffrey looked at the woman that was tied to the bed. Her limbs were thin, her face skeletal, her hair scattered, and even the sight of her being visibly pregnant even though she was lying there... All of this made his heart tremble uncontrollably.“You came as expected, Mr. Morgan,” the bald man spoke.“So this is how you’re taking good care of her?!” Jeffrey asked, his eyes showing his lust for blood.“Don’t be so angry, Mr. Morgan!”The bald man came closer and gave the people behind him a look. His lackey, who had his face covered, began to search Jeffrey’s body.“He’s clean, boss. Except for this.”The lackey extended his hand, showing a stick containing 12 pieces of bubble gum.The bald man frowned and took them all, before unwrapping one and started chewing it. “I didn’t expect that you would like this!” And then, he carefully put the remaining gum into his pocket.Jeffrey ignored him as he walked over to Melanie, moving the lackeys that wanted to stop him with his arm b
Melanie looked at the pair of eyes that used to make her believe him so easily. The sorrow slowly crept up on her, and her eyes felt somewhat wet.Was it not him? He who wanted to protect her, her heart, and her child? He who also wanted to kill her mom, destroying the truth that she had been trying to tell her?If he didn’t come, then he would simply be suspicious. She could never be sure.But if he were on this ship and became part of this drama where a prince saved the princess, it had to be because he wanted to gain her trust, take her to Delfino to give birth, and pin all the crimes on his enemies. They would still be in love, and she and her child could live the rest of their lives in peace with him...“It isn’t me,” Jeffrey said, his voice firm.“Then what are you doing here? And alone, too,” she shot back.“It’s because Nathan’s main base is in Delfino. I’ve already set up defenses with Delfino’s customs. Without my orders, this ship can never pass customs,” Jeffrey expla
Jeffrey turned and looked at the tears in her eyes after all the suffering. He couldn’t say anything anymore. He stood up and turned around, but didn’t turn to look at her.He would explain everything to her once the ship was docked tomorrow and she was safe....The bald man left the room that imprisoned them.His subordinate couldn’t help but praise, “Boss, the master really does have a lot of foresight! Melanie has fallen for his schemes! And here I was worried that Melanie would suspect Jeffrey seeing that he made it so vague!”“That’s the smart part of his plans!”The bald man explained in his hoarse voice. “The master said that the key to success of this plan is the human mind! He knows Melanie well; she’s smart and self-confident, that’s why we can only reveal crumbs of clues for her. That’s why we’ve used William Moore’s AI generated voice. She would only believe the conclusion when she herself comes up with it. If we gave her too many clues, she might become suspicious i