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
“Do you really need to ask something so obvious?”Jeffrey calmly answered, “If there’s a need, then allow me to respond seriously. Yes, I’m currently courting Miss Melanie!”“Wow!”Everyone in the crowd gasped.There were very few scions who would openly inform that they were courting someone, unless they were too deeply in love and they found it quite urgent.They didn’t expect that Jefford was so urgent and didn’t even care to hide it.As everyone started to pay more attention, more people surrounded them. Melanie quickly dragged the eye-catching man to the side and said to the person behind her, “Everyone simply needs to pay more attention to the perfume. Don’t let the flowers steal everyone’s attention from it!”“Now that you’ve dragged me over here, they’ll become even more curious,” Jeffrey joked with a smile.As soon as Melanie turned around, she saw many people following them. She guessed that they wanted to see them kiss each other in some forgotten corner.She was go
Annie sent an invitation for a video call. Melanie patched it through, and she immediately called out to her.“Why aren’t you asleep yet? After calculating the time difference, it’s already one in the morning there!”“I shouldn’t have given you a like if I had known,” Melanie said with a smile.“Tsk, tsk. What did you encounter? Why are you smiling so obscenely?” Annie asked.“Endless Love’s launch conference had just ended, and it was a great success. Didn’t I tell you and William already?” she answered, using it as a shield.“Oh, honey. You can use that excuse to lie to someone else, but not me!”Annie pouted on the other side and said, “You’ll at most give a confident smile with the conference’s success, but your smile just now is so obscene, like the type you give when you’re falling in love!”“Ha.”Melanie let out a cold smile. Despite the distance between them, she was still able to get it so accurately.“Quick!”When Annie realized that she didn’t refute her words, she
“Alright, time to go to bed!”In the end, Annie wasn’t going to wait for Melanie’s answer. Instead, she urged, “I’m hanging up now! As your best friend for so many years, I’m praying that you’ll one day be able to get a real and fulfilling love life that only belongs to you!”With that, Annie hung up.Melanie weakly forced a smile.A bitter smile.Speaking of which, this was already the second time that she talked about marrying another man. Why was none of it genuine?Not to mention that... She was marrying a man that looked so much like the one before...Could this be fate?-The next day, Melanie had just woken up when she answered a video call from Annie in a hurried tone. “Melanie, I’ve just received news that Gabriel’s going to Medonia. He should be there already.”“What is he doing here?” Melanie asked.She had spoken with Professor Turner the night before yesterday and Gabriel was there as well. She didn’t hear anything about him coming over to Medonia.“He heard th
Gabriel’s hands froze, and he turned around...When he saw Jefford who was about half a head taller than him, there was only shock in his eyes. While he was stunned, Jeffrey helped Melanie put her bag into the compartment.“Why are you...?”Melanie looked at the man that came uninvited suspiciously.“If I don’t come and see you off personally, how can I be assured that you’ll be able to return safely?” Jeffrey gave her a proud smile.“Fian... ce?”When Gabriel saw that Melanie didn’t feel strange at Jefford’s words, even the tone of his question changed.Melanie pursed her lips, trying to find words to explain it. Jeffrey simply raised his brow and answered, “Melanie’s too busy and hasn’t had the time to inform her friends and colleagues yet. I’m going to propose to her. We’re going to get married soon.”Gabriel instantly turned and looked at Melanie, with eyes slowly filling up with red, waiting for her answer.Melanie knew that Gabriel was waiting for her to refute, since