“He has been waiting... for us?” Melanie repeated.“Correct. The Master has ordered us to prepare supper for Mistress Yelena and Master Leo. They have been waiting for a long time,” the servants answered. “Please come with us.”The servant turned and led the way. Melanie and Jeffrey exchanged a glance. They figured that Joseph knew everything...Otherwise, even if Joseph had something to discuss and waited for one of them, how did he know that they were together and even which exit they used?The servants led them to the dining room on the first floor.Only to see Yelena and Leo were sitting at the sides while Joseph was sitting at the host’s seat. When he saw that they had arrived, he simply looked at them and said coldly...“Sit!”The two exchanged another glance before sitting down as well.Then, the servants hurriedly prepared the dishes.The mood was extremely awkward.Melanie wanted to break the silence and asked, “Why aren’t you asleep at this time?”Before she headed
“We’re already in this together! Is there a point to you sneering at me like that?!” Leo narrowed his eyes viciously.“I’m not sneering, I’m praising you!” The person on the other side pressed it even more.Leo’s fists became even tighter. He had just wanted to say something when he heard someone knocking at the door.“Someone’s here!”With that, he hung up in a rush before walking over to open the door and asked in shock, “You’re still not in bed, Melanie?”“I forgot to give this back to you...”Melanie came in and took out the wiretap that Leo had prepared for her and put it on top of his cabinet. “I used it when I heard Harlow and Linda fighting. It’s quite thrilling. Alright, I won’t disturb you anymore. Night.”After that, Melanie turned around and left.Leo looked at the wiretap and his eyes darkened. She was... testing him again?-Deep night. Finally, everyone was silent.The old butler walked into the bedroom that he had temporarily set up for Joseph and reported, “
Melanie’s smile was enough to stun Jeffrey.If it wasn’t because of the cheers from the people watching at the gate, he didn’t even know that he had momentarily lost his composure.The woman already took her seat in the passenger’s seat, and he walked over to the driver’s seat and gave her a stack of medical plasters. They had a strong herbal scent.“What are these?” Melanie couldn’t help but ask.“Medical plaster. For your wrist,” He said as he started the car.Melanie was shocked. “How did you know about my wrist...?”When she fell in the hidden passage, she was concentrating on the mechanism that opened the hidden door. She didn’t feel pain at all.Only when she went back to have supper did she feel the pain around her wrists. Could it be that he had seen it when she was instinctively rubbing it?“They said that it’ll take at least three months to heal a sprain like that. This plaster’s very good. If you put it on as instructed, you’ll suffer less than that.” The man said as
In Medonia, a private jet streaked through the sky.In the private jet, Linda was frowning deeply as she sat on a leather couch, an empty wine bottle in front of her.After what happened last night, all the factions in the Yanceys had come to her to ask for an explanation.How was she supposed to explain it?She was getting a migraine from all of this!She couldn’t go to Delfino, nor could she stay in Medonia, so she decided to fly her private jet to a place where no one could find her so she could wait out the storm.“Miss, are you going to leave just like this? Aren’t you going to placate the shareholders? It took you so much effort to get them on your side,” her trusted advisor asked, worried. “The only reason they supported me was because I managed to find their weakness! Now that something has happened to me, they’re even more anxious than I am! Those who know what to do will help me deal with the commotion in the company,” Linda said in disdain. Her eyes remained closed.
Looking at how anxious the man was, Melanie could only wave her hand apologetically. “My legs are numb...”“Then we can wait a little,” Jeffrey said as he helped her down. They were in no rush.Melanie thought that Jefford would use this chance to tease her, not expecting him to be so considerate all of a sudden. He didn’t seem like himself at all suddenly.“The movie’s over?” she asked.He nodded.“Then... What other arrangements do we have?”Originally, she didn’t care much about this so-called date. But after sleeping for two hours, she suddenly felt sorry for Jefford. That was why if he had more cliches planned, if he were to tell her right then and there, she would force herself to go through with it and work with him.However, Jefford simply said, “That’s all. It’s getting late. Let me send you back. Go to bed early tonight.“I see.”Melanie clicked her tongue.His sudden gentleness made her feel even more regretful about what happened.Before they left, Melanie saw th
“Ah, it’s so boring for someone as high-class as you to worry about something like that.”Melanie laughed as she was tickled by how annoyed he sounded. She relaxed and teased him instead.The thing that Maximilian wanted to tell her must be very important. Perhaps even more important than the conference that she was preparing, so of course she had to make some time to go over.How could the date that Jefford arranged be more important than this?“I’ll inform you of the location later. About lunch today, where are you? I’ll pick you up right now,” Jeffrey said.“It’s fine. This place is a bit far, so I’ll get a cab over.” Melanie refused his offer.But after she received the address and arranged the workflow, she noticed an eye-catching sports car at the gate before heading to the back door. Jefford was sitting in the driver’s seat, waiting.“How did you know I’m here?” Melanie said weakly as she got into the car.“The flyers for the York’s conference are being widely distribute
That’s right.She even had a son already!Melanie bit her lips and couldn’t help herself from thinking that.All of them were planning to get her and she had enough of it!“Is that what my grandma wanted?” Jeffrey asked as he tried to hold back his laughter.Maximilian nodded. “I’m fully onboard as well. You’re now allies. Marriage is something stronger than a mere alliance.”As if worried that Melanie would reject the plan, Maximilian even started to make a cost-benefit analysis for her. “The reason you came to the Yorks is to get support for Jefford, right? I heard everything about how you beat the Laddin Group, but till now they haven’t officially promised you anything, right?”Melanie frowned and thought about it.Joseph only told her that she had some authority over choosing the successor of the York family. But from how things looked right now, Harlow had already lost any chances of fighting back. Leo would naturally inherit all of the York family’s inheritance.But she
Melanie’s thoughts started to go wild.Jefford’s words instantly drew out the thing she buried deep in her heart.She had only married once in her life.There was no proposal, no wedding. She wasn’t even part of the process of getting their marriage certificate...If Jeffrey was still alive and remembered how they got married, would he be regretful about it too? That he didn’t prepare anything worthy of remembering for her?That was why sometimes even if the ceremony was not something important, it played a huge role for memories’ sake.The atmosphere was getting somewhat strange.Melanie cleared her throat as she joked, “As expected of the one with plenty of lovers. In the end, you still fell for someone too.”“Ha...”Jeffrey gave a helpless smile. “That’s why before I fall in love again, I have to make some proper preparations. I won’t make her and myself have any regrets.”“This ‘her’ isn’t me, alright. You don’t have to prepare anything. Save your strength. Use it when yo