“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
Gabriel received news that the entire plantation’s oakmoss stock had been bought out by the Yanceys.Jefford also said that Linda was personally in charge of this, so Linda appearing here wasn’t strange at all.Melanie glanced at Gabriel. From the loud fight they heard, she could already conclude that the Yanceys and the owner of Windborough Estate’s negotiation ended in failure...But...She didn’t believe that to be true.Because she was able to make out a few words. The two of them didn’t fight because of any business problems. It sounded more like a personal issue.“Whose car is that?”Linda couldn’t see the people inside. With a look, her subordinate quickly walked over to question the driver.Melanie and Gabriel gave each other a look and opened the car door and got out.“Miss Linda.”“It’s you two?”Linda raised her eyebrow with her hands in her pocket. Her figure was slender and arrogant. “What are you two doing here?”“We’ll be totally honest. We’re here for the oa
"Ms. Yancey." "Melanie? Are you already done talking?" Linda's voice over the phone was laced with undisguised sarcasm. Melanie remained composed, deliberately responding, "You guessed it again, Miss Yancey. We're about to leave the estate now. You shouldn't be far away, right? Since we ran into each other, how about having lunch together?" "Sure, I'll give you the address." Linda quickly hung. Soon, Melanie received the address of a restaurant on her phone. Gabriel was puzzled. "Are you looking for Linda to get the Oakmoss?" Melanie didn’t confirm or deny it. Gabriel still didn't understand. "She won't give it to you." Melanie smiled confidently at him. "Originally, it would have been impossible. However, I now have leverage. She’ll definitely give it to me, and she’ll even have to thank me." "Huh?" "In any case, I'll ask your clever subordinate to do something later. Then, we'll wait for the Yanceys to obediently deliver the Oakmoss to us," Melanie said firmly.
"I want to ask one more time. Are you sure you won't consider selling us even a little bit of the Oakmoss?" Melanie asked for the final time. Linda shot Melanie a disdainful look. "You can't get anything from the owner of Windborough Estate, let alone from me." "Alright, then." Melanie signaled for Gabriel's subordinate to take out a bag containing mud, and showed it to everyone present. "This was scraped off your bodyguard's car tire, commonly known as evidence," Melanie said. "Ultimately, the channel for Oakmoss lies in the owner of Windborough Estate. As far as I know, although you and him have reached an agreement, you haven't signed a contract yet, so there's still room for negotiation. What if the owner of Windborough Estate changes his mind and doesn't want to sell to you?" "How is that possible?" Linda's confidence was significantly diminished. She had probably realized what this bag meant. "In that case, I'll just say it straight." Melanie put down the evidence b