Melody sat beside Leroy's bed, her eyes fixed on him. "I heard you were threatened by people from Sky Entertainment."As Leroy nodded, she asked the most important question. "Why didn't you tell me?"Jenson was equally concerned. "She's right. You should've told us—we would be able to help you with that."Leroy pursed his lips and lowered his gaze in silence for a moment. Eventually, he said, "I-I thought I could deal with it myself without troubling you, Mel. You've done so much for me and you're busy with work, so I didn't want to impose… I didn't know things would turn out like this, and I ended up bothering you to visit me."Melody only felt sympathy—he was hurt, but he did not complain and even thought he owed her. "Silly." She smiled as she gave his head a light pat. "You're now affiliated with Nolan Enterprise, and it's my obligation to keep you safe. No more of this silliness—inform the office right away whatever happens from now on, okay?""Yes, Mel." Leroy nodded repea
With the first thug pleading for mercy, the rest soon followed suit, even though they were all mocking Melody just a moment ago."Please be understanding, ma'am! Oof—we didn't know we'd offended you! We won't do it again!""Please spare me… I have a girlfriend! What am I going to do if you break my leg—ow!"Their screams echoed endlessly, with the bodyguards pummeling them at full force since Melody was not telling them to stop.Seeing that the thugs were terrified, she finally asked, "Who hurt Leroy's hand?"The thugs traded glances before all of them turned toward the scrawny man cowering in a corner. "It was Monkey! He did it—he went too far!"Melody's eyes flashed. "Break both his hands!"The bodyguard freed Monkey at Melody's orders, and he immediately turned pale as he screamed, "Please, ma'am! Forgive me this one time—argh!!!"In a split second, Monkey's wrists were dislocated and his elbows dislocated.He crumpled into a ball on the fall, sweating bullets over this hea
Melody was actually patiently feeding Leroy while talking about her thoughts on food. "The restaurant has had that fish soup on their menu for decades. I loved it as a child—try it."Leroy had a sip—it was fresh and sweet without any fishy scent to it.However, his gaze turned bitter in reminiscence. "My mom loved fish soup, but we were so broke it took us months to save enough and afford fish. And she'd never have it herself and saved everything for me, while she only drank the soup with bread. I can afford fish now, but she's gone."His mother's passing was the most painful regret of his life and left his chest hurting.Realizing his disgraceful state just then, he muttered, "I'm sorry, Mel. I shouldn't bother you with that rubbish…"Melody sighed. "It's not bothersome. Don't worry."Why would she find it bothersome? She had lost her mother too and could therefore empathize—the pain of losing a loved one never fades."Any normal person would miss their mother. It goes to show
As the door knob turned repeatedly but never opened, the nurses outside gave up. "It's locked? What a jinx. Let's take the other stairs."The sound of their footsteps soon faded into the distance, and Melody breathed a sigh of relief.However, she was soon incensed and viciously bit Christopher on the lips!The taste of blood unfurled in his mouth, and Christopher released her in pain.Smack! Melody promptly slapped him across the face!No one aside from his father and grandfather ever did that to him. And yet, Melody challenged his limits, but there was nothing he could do.Melody snapped in disbelief, "Bastard!"With that, she stormed off, not inclined to linger for another second.Christopher licked his lips and touched it—he was bleeding where she struck him.His eyes darkened like abysses.-Over the next month, the employees of both Nolan Enterprise and Bolton Enterprise were all working well above their usual performance and constantly wary against making mistakes.
Yvie laughed and whipped out her phone to call a man named Kevin Quinn. As soon as her call was answered, she purred sweetly, "Oh, Mr. Quinn. Can't you call me just because I wasn't calling? It hurts, you know…"A middle-aged man's voice boomed over the phone. "What are you saying? I've been busy at work—I'll give you proper love once I'm free.""Busy with what? That project with Nolan Enterprise and Bolton Enterprise?" Yvie asked innocently like a teenager even though she could be a mother at her age.It certainly creeped Talia out…Nonetheless, Kevin was completely unconcerned. "Exactly. Working with two corporate giants at the same time is leaving me burnt out. If only you were here with me, and that special massage of yours…"He trailed off meaningfully, and Yvie rolled her eyes since she could read between the lines.She had met him through sheer coincidence, and only stayed in touch with the man after their fling because she thought him influential. Despite his gentlemanl
Even Kevin was inwardly scoffing at Yvie for overestimating her abilities.Did she really understand that Christopher was the type of man who had encountered every form of beauty? He would never fall for some mere pretty face!Bringing her back to attention, he looked around to see that there was plenty of food around the table, but all the wine glasses were empty."Apologies," he said, chagrined. "It seems we've run out of wine. I'll order some right away."Wanda quickly volunteered with impeccable timing, saying, "Oh! I was just heading to the washroom—I could go ask for some. We can't keep our guests waiting, right?"Kevin nodded, surprised that Yvie's niece was that tactful. "Sure, go on.""Excuse me, Mr. Bolton and Ms. Nolan. I'll be right back," she said.She left without issue since no one was actually paying her any attention. As she gently closed the door, she headed to the kitchen as arranged instead of the washroom or the waiter's station…At the same time, Kevin did
Before Melody could react, she felt a familiar pair of lips on her, and she instinctively pushed him away.However, Christopher's body was boiling as he urgently seeked her. Melody did not dislike that faint, familiar sweet scent he had, and they were soon earnestly in each other's arms.From violent spit-swapping to weighted nibbling, the experience was perfect for either of them.As Melody's scrunchie loosened and freed her hair, the man lovingly held it in his palm and sniffed it."Melody… Melody…" he murmured, her tenderness easing the fire in his body.All those days of wistfulness… and finally, release.Numbed by alcohol, Melody let go of all her worries just then and wrapped her arms around his muscular neck…It was a long night beneath the gentle moon.-Melody had no idea what time she fell asleep, only that her hips were sore and she felt like a truck had run over her.The morning light was a little blinding, and she turned around with much difficulty when she final
Talia saw stars from the slap and almost lost her footing, but Natasha spat, "You reap what you sow! Who do you think you're fooling?!"Christopher was surprised that Natasha showed up out of the blue, but he snapped sternly, "What are you doing, Natasha?! Stop it!"He had come to realize how stubborn and unreasonable his sister was. And if she dared to do this in front of him, who knew how much worse she got when he was not around!Beside him, Talia bit her lip but did not appear angry at all.She simply appeared at a loss. Her tears were welling up in her eyes as she looked a little afraid, and the red palm print on her cheek made her look especially miserable. And instead of snapping at Natasha, she reasoned with Christopher. "I'm fine, Christopher. Don't get upset with Natasha…"Natasha rolled her eyes in frustration. "Don't try to drive a wedge between us. Do you think I'm so stupid that I can't tell you're pretending, bitch?!"Her heart was screaming from the indignation