Not long after, the car arrived at the gate of the castle.The guards came forward for a routine inspection."We came here to trim and decorate the garden on Miss Alice's order," Melody said with a smile.The gardener told her that Alice would hold a birthday party in the castle tomorrow night, and the garden needed to be decorated.Just when she thought she could enter smoothly, the guard suddenly shouted, "Stop!"Melody frowned and looked at him."I've never seen you before. You're not the previous gardeners, right?" the guard asked doubtfully.Hearing that, Melody breathed a sigh of relief and calmly explained, "Yeah, we're new. We've just started serving the royal family."However, the guard was very cautious. He observed them up and down, and the suspicion in his eyes didn’t fade even after he scrutinized their uniforms."Wait here for a moment. I'm going to Miss Alice for confirmation."He was about to leave."The birthday party will start tomorrow night. We don't have
Every time Christopher took a step closer, Alice could feel her heart beating faster. She coughed a few times, pretended to be calm, and said, "I grant you permission to attend my birthday party with me tomorrow. "Although she liked Christopher, pride was engraved deep in her bones.Her servants were shocked by her words.A servant cautiously reminded her, "Your Highness, he's just a gardener. I am afraid he's not qualified to attend your birthday party."The folds between Christopher's eyebrows deepened a bit.Not qualified?He smirked, his eyes filled with disdain and ridicule. However, Alice found it ridiculously attractive. She had never seen such a wild, free man.Her heart beat faster.She pursed her lips and looked at the servant, dissatisfied. "It's my birthday party. It's my call. I'm doing this to make myself look approachable."The servants didn’t dare to speak anymore.Alice straightened her back proudly, raised her chin, and looked at Christopher. "How about com
"The garden is ahead," the guard said, then left.After Melody and Christopher confirmed that the guard was gone, they returned to Melody's room using the same route.After thinking for a while, Melody said, "No secret room. Maybe it's not the royal family."Christopher thought of the way Alice looked at him, and was disgusted. "Then we don't have to stay anymore. Let's leave tonight."Melody shook her head. "He must be someone powerful. Maybe he'll be there tomorrow night."Seeing her denial, Christopher sighed helplessly. "But you don't recognize him.""My parents said that he smelled like flowers. I'll find him through the smell."Melody's fingers on the table curled up subconsciously. Suddenly, a warm and big palm suddenly covered the back of her hand.She raised her gaze upward, and met Christopher's gloomy eyes."I'll stay with you," he said.The skin on the back of her hand was hot, as if it had been exposed to fire.Melody bit her lower lip. She withdrew her hand, an
[Miss Nolan, we could find a lot about her. She once had a close relationship with a mysterious man, and she has a secret room in her house.]Melody's eyes fell on the lady not far away.Only rich and noble people were invited to the birthday party. How could the background information of an influential person be so vague?A mysterious man, and a secret room in her house.Melody seemed to have found a clue to the bizarre incident.She put her phone back into her bag, and looked around to see what was going on with Christopher. She soon met his resentful gaze.Thinking he had tried so hard to please Alice for so long, she walked toward him. As soon as she got close, she heard Alice dismissing everyone.The guests knew Alice wanted to be alone with Christopher, so they left obediently.Alice smiled sweetly, her cheeks flushed red. "I don't know your name yet." "His name is Edward Mcbride, and my name is Dayna Mcbride." Melody joined the conversation, and quickly made up two pse
[Lisa, see you in the secret room later. Alone, as usual.]Lisa, who was waiting outside, heard the notification. She glanced at Karls, who was talking to Alice, and quietly walked to the corner to read the text message.Her expression changed.Was it him? But why did he use an unknown number to send the message?Wary, she dialed a familiar number.In the secret room, Melody received a call from his subordinates."Miss Nolan, the person Lisa just called is at Mr. Philip's house."Melody's pupils shrank, her eyes filled with disbelief and shock.Beside her, Christopher's face turned ugly. His hands clenched into fists, and his eyes were a dangerous glare. "Got it. Where's Philip now?" Melody asked."Just a second, Miss Nolan."There was a sound of keyboard tapping from the other end."He's on this island now."Melody was stunned for a moment. She was confused. Was Philip involved?A warm chest was suddenly pressed against her back. She turned around, and met Christopher's
Philip's eyes darkened. Upon hearing Melody’s question, pain and struggle could be seen on her face.If possible, he wanted to keep this secret forever, but now, it was impossible to hide it anymore.He looked at Melody seriously, and said hoarsely, "Mel, we're cousins."Melody was stunned.Melody took a step back, and looked at him in disbelief, "What did you say? You're my cousin?"Linette never told her that!Philip saw Melody move away from him. Although he had been mentally prepared for it, his heart still ached when he saw Melody's reaction."It’s true," he said. It was too shocking for Melody.Philip looked at her shocked face; he was about to say something, when his phone rang. When he looked at the screen, disgust flashed in his eyes.He glanced at Melody. After answering the call, he switched it to speakerphone."Philip, where are you?!" Cyril's furious voice came from the receiver. "I let you approach Melody to harm her, not to protect her! I'm your father, so yo
Karls was still thinking about Lisa, and was a little absent-minded. He didn’t come back to his senses until Alice touched him."Huh?" He looked at Alice, confused.Alice shot him a helpless look, and explained everything to him again.Karls left it to Alice to decide. "Go ahead if you think it's workable." Karls and Alice left after they agreed on the cooperation.Melody turned around, and met Christopher's eyes."Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked, puzzled."Why did you suggest the cooperation? Is there anything wrong with the materials?" he asked doubtfully.Melody recalled the information Irwin provided. The former supplier had reached an agreement with Organization V. Not only would they stop supplying the materials to Nolan Enterprise, but they would also restrict other suppliers from supplying the materials to her company.So, she needed a new partner to import the materials.She told Christopher briefly about that.Christopher frowned. "A mysterious org
Christopher immediately stood up and left the room, intending to inform Melody about that.They met at the corner."My family is in danger!""Your family is in danger!"Both exclaimed in unison.Melody had run here all the way; her hair was messy, and she was panting hard. Before she had time to think about it, she immediately took out her phone to call Vincent.Christopher also called Luke, and instructed him to send more guards to protect the Nolan family.Melody curled her fingers together nervously. "Vincent, is everyone okay? Are you hurt?" Vincent's voice came from the receiver, mixed with the background sounds of other family members talking. "Don't worry. I had a bad feeling about the culprit, so I brought everyone to a safe place."Melody was relieved. Fortunately, they were safe."Thank God." Melody breathed a long sigh of relief and cast a reassured look at Christopher, who also looked nervous."After we evacuated, our home was attacked by men in black. The culpri