“Are you still the same fragrance blending prodigy that I know?”Melanie got closer with a smile and looked at Gabriel in disbelief.“What? Even if I’ve changed my outfit, I haven’t forgotten who I am.” Gabriel couldn’t help smiling in return.Melanie didn’t waste her time and spent the entire day in a meeting. Gabriel didn’t stay idle and changed his style as well.He switched out his discreet and cold outfit. His hair was wilder and he even dyed his hair and wore a suit the color of avocado green... All so he could get her to smile.And he did it.Gabriel opened the trunk for Melanie and helped her with her things. Then, he opened the car door for her. He didn’t forget to ask, “Am I handsome?”“You are.”Melanie smiled again. “Those that don’t know might think that you’re going to debut as an idol.”Gabriel got into the car from the other side.Melanie looked at him. He had styled himself so well. Curiously she asked, “What happened to you? You want to have a new life?”“J
True.There were fewer perfumes that used oakmoss as a base. Many fragrance blenders used Patchouli or Vetiver to replace oakmoss. Some of the brands even used artificial oakmoss.However, that was not what Melanie wanted.“No.”She refused it without hesitation.“Only natural oakmoss essence has the earthy, natural, dense fragrance. The type that would make us feel like we’re in a tropical forest. Even when it’s less than 0.1%, it can be used as a stabilizer. The forest accent that it has cannot be replaced.”As she said that, Gabriel nodded to express his agreement.“Understood. I’ll do as you ask. We’ll think of some other way.” Her colleague on the other end of the line agreed with her.“I’ll think of something from my side as well.”Melanie hung up then looked at Gabriel, who was next to her.He was more familiar than she was with the fragrance market, so she told him about the situation. “Oakmoss isn’t exactly a rare fragrance, right? Why is it suddenly out of stock?”
As Melanie’s heartbeat accelerated, Jeffrey reached her side.When he got closer, he noticed how thin her face was and it made him feel hurt.He didn’t take care of her when she was in the final phase of her pregnancy or during the period that she was recovering. He even became the source of her being upset. The guilt was slowly creeping up on him again.With a frown, he spoke to her gently.“You lost weight.”“...”Melanie was stunned, and she subconsciously avoided him.She recomposed herself before saying with a sneer.“You’re alone, Master Jefford?”“Yeah.”Jeffrey nodded.“No wonder.”Melanie smiled. “So you’ve changed your way of flirting?”“Hm?” Jeffrey wasn’t sure what she meant.Seeing how he didn’t understand, Melanie could only feel disgusted.When his fiancee was around, he would avoid her. But when she wasn’t, he would come over to flirt with her. Her losing weight had nothing to do with him, correct?She took a step back, making some distance between them.
“I heard it’s someone from the Morgans...”The discussion was anything but discreet. They weren’t afraid of her hearing it.“But looking at how close she is with Mr. Gabriel, maybe it’s their lovechild?”“But if she really did give birth to a child belonging to the Morgans, then what bad timing. She must have wanted the child because of Morgan Group’s influence. But the moment she had the child, Morgan Group was on its last breath... Tsk tsk...”“She must be a black widow.”“...’When Gabriel heard that, he couldn’t hold it anymore. He slammed his glass down and wanted to argue with them, but Melanie held his arm and pulled him back.“Let’s have a dance!”Gabriel’s legs froze.He had never danced with her before, and she had just invited him. He naturally let her take control. Very quickly, the two of them got to the dance floor and started dancing.“You really don’t care?” Gabriel cared about her emotional wellbeing.Melanie blinked and she said, “So what if I care? They’re
The first dance ended.Gabriel chatted with the others while Melanie was a little thirsty. She went to grab a glass of juice and didn’t see Isla, who was standing some distance away.But the latter had been staring at her all the while, smiling in secret.“Melanie? I didn’t expect to be able to see you again!”Melanie raised her head in surprise. Only then did she see Isla.After a while, Isla’s face seemed to have changed. No wonder she didn’t notice it was her just now.Was it the hair?She scanned her face. As expected, the edge of her eyes, her nose bridge, and her lips had all been modified...“Why did you say you didn’t think you’ll ever see me again?”Melanie sipped a little fruit juice to moisten her throat. She wasn’t afraid of her.Isla’s unnatural lips gave a similarly unnatural cold smile.“I thought that after experiencing so much, you couldn’t handle it and decided to simply stay out of the country. But from the looks of how you dance with Master Gabriel, it se
Melanie was the partner that Gabriel came with. Their great dance just now had shown everyone the kind of relationship they had.For the past few months, everyone from Harbor City had complaints about Jones Enterprise and Melanie, but after that dance just now, no one dared to say anything more.But Melanie suddenly walked over to Master Jefford and left after saying a few words? What... did that mean?Everyone was making their own guesses.The organizer of the party was a veteran CEO in Harbor City. She walked up to Jeffrey with a glass of wine in hand and said, “Are you happy with tonight’s arrangement, Master Jefford?”“Yeah...”Jeffrey pursed his lips and nodded.The CEO said with a smile, “Before you came over, Miss Yancey called to tell me that this was your first time in Harbor City and that I must take good care of you...”“Is it, now...”Jeffrey’s eyes were cold.When he came to Harbor City, while Linda was openly arranging for people to take care of him, she had sec
Jeffrey bent closer, his wide chest getting even closer to Melanie as he asked, “Tell me. Is that jade ring with you?”Melanie frowned slightly as she took half a step back. Jefford still had the same disgusting attitude!Just now, she didn’t want to see his face. But after interacting with him, his attitude that was the complete opposite of Jeffrey’s helped her calm down instead!“Information... There has to be something in exchange for it.”She said sharply as she regained her composure. “With what?” Jeffrey raised an eyebrow as he really was interested.“If you can answer me one question, I will give you an answer as well,” she said.“Say it.”Jeffrey pretended to lead her to dance however he wished. Jefford’s “free spirit” was a camouflage that he used to protect himself with.In the beginning, after he got injured and lost his memories, all his memories were something that the Yanceys had told him after he woke up. He didn’t believe them, so he was forced to use this pe
“Are you alright?”Melanie had just left Jeffrey’s side and Gabriel already greeted her.Looking at how anxious he was, Melanie couldn’t help but smile. “You’re worried that he would eat me?”“I am.”Gabriel nodded seriously.Melanie raised her eyebrow and said, “It’s nothing. I simply wanted to use his reputation to strengthen the impression of my return, and ask him about something.”“Did you?”Gabriel knew that she was talking about the oakmoss.Melanie shook her head, but she also didn’t tell him about what he wanted to know. They would see who could afford to be more patient.“We’ll depend on ourselves,” Melanie said. “Sure.”Gabriel nodded. “We’ll leave soon. Have a good rest tonight... We’ll be flying off to Floravia tomorrow.”Melanie nodded in agreement.After drinking a gulp of the fruit juice that Gabriel had prepared for her to recover some of her stamina, she looked at Isla and her friends, whose eyes were green with envy. The same went for that so-called “un