Chapter 185

Melanie was anxious. They had arrived for quite some time, but Eloise was not there.

"It's all right. I'm sure she's late because there's something she needs to attend to first," Nathaniel comforted her in a soft voice. However, he was not confident in his mother's attendance, either.

After all, Eloise did not want to meet Melanie, and Nathaniel was the one who insisted on this meet-up.

Just as he was about to leave the private room to make a call, the door opened, revealing Eloise's personal assistant. Once Eloise entered the room, her assistant left and closed the door to be on the watch outside.

Eloise wore a gray Chanel suit, and her hair was recently permed. With just a glance, Melanie could recognize Eloise's earrings and bracelet. They were both from the latest jewelry collection this year. She felt envious of Eloise.

Even though Eloise was a middle-aged woman, she only looked around thirty-five years old because of her skincare routine for the past decades. She maintaine