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
Suspicion flashed in Professor Turner’s eyes as he asked, “What are the details?”The assistant then told him about what happened last night.During the test, both he and another assistant received an emergency call, and both of them picked up the calls for about two minutes at the same time. No one was in the lab when that happened.And the rule of the research base was that someone must always be in the labs at all times so that the accuracy of the results wouldn’t be tampered with.And out of carefulness, the two of them once again checked the analysis from yesterday one more time. They noticed that there was indeed something weird with the samples. They felt that someone might have intentionally tampered with it...“You’ve done well, both of you.”The professor nodded his head in acknowledgement. “Redo the test right now!’“Of course.”The assistant was just going to leave when the professor called out to him and said, “Wait! This needs to be done in secret. Don’t tell anyo
Melanie rolled her eyes and retorted, “Who said our alliance is firmer now? After this, I’ll have to be even more careful. Helping you is like committing suicide.”She then continued as she looked at the man’s confused expression. “When you were blinking, I thought your people were somewhere nearby and all we needed to wait for was for Harlow to be distracted so that we could capture him! That was why I took the risk and kicked him. But who could’ve known that you went there alone! You even used a helicopter to grab me away! Are you trying to get me killed making me fall to the ground?! You’re taking so many risks, and aren't exactly the best partner to work with.”“It’s called being brave,” Jeffrey corrected her.But she simply gave him a cold smile.However, Jeffrey’s eyes became filled with emotion as he asked her, “Why did you choose Gabriel at the time and not me?”She knew that the man wouldn’t let go of this.“Of course I’ll choose Gabriel. Even if I’m given another chance
“Are you mad?!”Melanie was both angry and helpless. She was thinking of taking care of him earlier!From the looks of it, Jefford wasn’t changing his lecherous behavior at all, even at the brink of death! He deserved everything that was coming for him!“All I need is to give your head a punch, and not even the gods will be able to save you!” She got up angrily, tidied up her wrinkled outfit, and left.She wasn’t going to watch a lecherous man like him through the night!Jeffrey smiled as he looked at her figure.He knew that he only needed to take things one step further and she would go back to her room to get some sleep.After Melanie left, Jeffrey quickly gave William a text. [Can I see Ermin tonight?][Boss, the madam will visit Master Ermin every night. She’s already gone over just now, and Master Ermin is already asleep. I’m afraid it may be difficult.] William replied.“Let him sleep. We can do this another time,” Jeffrey quickly replied.-Night. Melanie double ch