“I choose Gabriel!” Melanie screamed, just when Harlow yelled out the final number.“Ha, ha, ha!” Harlow smiled wickedly. “Turns out that he’s your new lover!”Melanie was in great pain. She bit her tongue when she yelled out her answer. The taste of blood spread in her mouth, but she wasn’t sure if the pain she was feeling came from her tongue or her heart.She pursed her lips, trying to keep her emotions under control. She started negotiating with Harlow, “Keep your word, and let Gabriel go!”“Of course, I will! Let him go!”Harlow instructed his bodyguards, and two of them who were restraining Gabriel released him. Gabriel immediately turned and headed downstairs. The Frost bodyguards rushed over to where the flames weren’t so intense, and escorted Gabriel out.Harlow waved his gun before his face, and sneered, “Mr. Yancey, to think that I managed to witness your failure! Your failure in winning over a woman!”He turned to look at Melanie, and said mockingly, “Since you’ve ma
Harlow paused for a moment before sneering, “I almost fell for your trap! He’s the son of the Yancey family, while you are someone I have plenty of opportunities to deal with in the future!”Melanie’s brows furrowed.It seemed more and more that Harlow wasn’t just going crazy and killing people to vent his anger. Jefford’s status mattered to him, but was he doing this to help Linda or cause her trouble? Melanie couldn’t figure it out just yet.Harlow signaled for his bodyguards to take Jefford away with a wave of his hand.Seeing that her efforts had been in vain thus far, Melanie decided to take a step back and try again, “I’ll go with him!”Harlow’s eyes widened as he looked at Jefford with feigned surprise, “Tsk, tsk. So he’s your new lover instead!”Melanie ignored his mocking remark. “My choice hurt him, so I have to bear the responsibility of whatever happens to him. I want to go with him!”Melanie continued walking cautiously in small steps toward them as she spoke.Harl
Melanie didn’t see how Jeffrey managed to tie the rope ladder on his waist with just one hand. Jeffrey pushed Harlow to the ground the moment he brought her flying up. He grabbed the rope ladder hanging from the helicopter with one hand, and used the other to grab Melanie’s waist tight. The helicopter accelerated, and brought them up in an instant.Bam!Bam! Bam! Bam!Harlow finally realized what was happening. Together with his bodyguards, he aimed to the sky and started shooting at the helicopter. The shots from the guns could be heard everywhere.Jeffrey dodged the bullets easily and both of them started swinging on the ladder in midair.“Ahh!” Melanie shrieked.The rope ladder from the helicopter was already swaying a lot. Jeffrey’s movement from dodging the bullets made the ladder sway even more. Melanie’s entire body felt weak, and Jeffrey felt like the only lifeline she had in this world. She had to grab hold of tightly.She grabbed his waist as tightly as she could.
Bang!The burning building collapsed.The men that Linda had arranged rushed to the back gate, but realized that Gabriel had already left in the car. They quickly reported anxiously, “Miss... Gabriel escaped. Melanie and Master Jefford seem to have been taken away by Harlow York...”“Harlow York?”Linda exclaimed in shock. “Why was he there?!”“I’m not sure... We thought that they had left from the back gate a long time ago... but...” The bodyguard hesitated and said, “We found the corpse of a woman in that building...”“A woman?”Linda narrowed her eyes. She probably realized that too.Harlow... What an incompetent fool!She didn’t expect that he would let it all off on a woman after being upset by their failed negotiation!“Check and see if there are any maids that are missing!” she ordered.“Understood...”“You’re all fools as well!” Linda yelled again. “Doesn’t matter whether it’s Jefford, Melanie or Gabriel... Find them! If you can’t find them, don’t come back!”Linda
“He... Might be Jeffrey?!” Melanie asked in a stutter.Professor Turner raised his hand, signaling for her to calm down as he quickly asked his assistant to come in. Then, he said, “Take his hair and run a DNA test.”The professor quickly left, and Professor Turner then turned to Melanie. “I retained his complete profile from when I first treated him. We’ll know if it’s him with a comparison.Melanie pursed her pale lips as she nodded heavily.“But!” The professor emphasized the ‘but’ before leaving. “Don’t have too much hope.”“I know.” She nodded again.Only then did the professor leave. “Let’s go and visit Gabriel.”Melanie looked down and said, “You should go on ahead.”“You’re not coming?”“I’ll go over in a while.”After Melanie finished that, she then walked to Jefford’s side and quietly stood there.The professor wanted to say something else, but when he saw that Melanie didn’t want to say anything, he left without disturbing her.Melanie’s eyes were becoming sore a
Melanie looked down and realized she was still wearing a black tight outfit and sports shoes...She didn’t want to tell Gabriel at the beginning because she didn’t want him to worry, but since she couldn’t hide it anymore, she had to tell him. “To be honest, Jefford and I have kept in touch privately...” she stuttered.Then, Melanie told Gabriel about her partnership with Jefford, and Gabriel’s frown became deeper and deeper. “So... You two have met in secret so many times...’“I’m so sorry. I just didn’t want all of you to worry, so I didn’t tell you and Annie about it,” Melanie explained regretfully.Gabriel couldn’t help but let out a bitter smile. “There’s nothing to apologize about.”Then the two said nothing.After the moment of awkwardness, Melanie stood up and said, “Rest your throat and speak less. I’m going now.”“Are you going to visit Jefford?” Gabriel suddenly asked.Melanie turned around in shock as she pursed her lips. “The professor said he needs to remain under
Melanie’s ring finger on her right hand was very painful. She wasn’t sure when it was injured.While the injury wasn’t that bad, she still needed to get it patched up with a finger splint so that it could heal.After the doctor back in the base cleaned it up for Melanie, Annie quickly accompanied her back to Jefford’s ward, only to see William standing up straight next to Jefford’s bed, guarding him carefully. Melanie was somewhat surprised.“You’ve gone through so many surprises today. you must be tired. Come back with me and wait for news later. We’ll let William guard him,” Annie suggested, worried about her.Melanie turned around and said, “If he really is Jeffrey, then I must read his reports when I’m next to him! Even if he’s not him, he still got injured because he was trying to save me. No matter the reason or my feelings, I need to take good care of him.”“Feelings?”Annie was taken aback. “If Gabriel heard about this, he would feel even worse.”“I mean, he saved me,” M
“Why are you crying?”“Cough!”Jeffrey couldn’t bear to see Melanie cry, especially when it looked like he was the cause of it.He was struggling to get up, but the moment he stressed his body, he started coughing to the point that his oxygen mask shook.“Don’t move! I’ll get the professor!”Melanie got up and tried to leave, but Jefford immediately grabbed her wrist, and she once again fell next to his bed.“Don’t move. You can call someone over later,” Jeffrey didn’t want her to leave. He had been longing for such a warm moment.Melanie could only feel her heart melt when he looked into her eyes deeply. She couldn’t refuse him, and simply let him hold her arm and stare into her.He looked at the dark bags under her eyes, noting how swollen her eyes were. She didn’t cry just a moment ago, but she had been crying for a long time.Was it because she was worried about him?Jeffrey gulped and held her hand, asking, “Does your finger still hurt?”Melanie shook her head.The man