Melody Strikes Back by Myra Walker (Chapters 451, 452, 453, 454, and 455)

Chapter 451

The hammer was not an ordinary hammer. With a strike, no matter how hard the glass was, it immediately shattered. There was the sound of glass shattering, and fresh air immediately entered.

This undoubtedly made the three of them, who could not breathe properly, feel like they had met rain after a long drought.

Averi’s eyes lit up. As she cried, she held Melody’s hand tightly. “It’s broken! It’s broken! We can survive…”

Melody nodded slightly. She did not lose herself in happiness. Instead, she and Ken firmly secured the long rope made of curtains.

“Done.” Ken exhaled and looked at Averi, who was the youngest. “You go first.”

Averi did not know why, but she felt that Ken’s gaze carried a strong sense of oppression.

She was a person who valued looks. Ken was clearly the most handsome man she had ever seen, but she did not dare to covet him at all.

This feeling was very strange to her. However, now was not the time to think about this. Averi did not refuse. She nimbly climbed to the window according to the method taught by Ken and descended along the rope bit by bit.

The people below also noticed this situation and immediately sent people to help. Soon, Averi landed smoothly.

“It’s your turn.” Ken looked at Melody. There were thousands of things he wanted to say to her, but now was clearly not the time to talk.

Melody shook her head. “No, you go first. Your life is more valuable than mine.”

Ken frowned. “Melody, don’t waste time. Go down now. I promise you that I will get out of here unscathed.”

Melody clenched her fists tightly. Time was life. She also knew that she should not delay. She could only follow Ken’s instructions and climb up to the window before descending bit by bit.

However, when she was less than six feet meters away from the ground, the rope suddenly loosened and she quickly fell.

“Watch out!” James immediately rushed forward and caught the falling Melody.

However, the huge impact caused James’s arm to crack, it was fractured.

“James, are you alright?” Melody got up from the ground and immediately went to check on James’s injuries.

“I’m fine, but Mr. Swanson…” James looked at the rope in a daze.

The rope was broken into two from the third floor.

The fire on the third floor swept over the rope and it instantly turned into gray smoke.

Melody thought, ‘It is Ken’s escape route. Now that the passageway is gone, what is Ken going to do?’

Melody’s heart tightened. It was as if an invisible hand was holding her neck tightly.

She could no longer control her eyes and cried out. “Ken…”

She knelt weakly on the ground, her expression blank, her eyes completely devoid of light.

“Mr. Swanson!” James was also extremely anxious. He took a step forward and was about to rush inside.

When Zack saw this, he immediately went forward and hugged James. “Calm down! If you go up now, you’re courting death!”

“Let go! I’m going up, even if it kills me!” James struggled hard, and Zack almost lost his grip on James several times.

He quickly turned around to seek Melody’s help, but he saw that Melody seemed to have lost her soul. Her eyes were unfocused as she looked at an unknown place upstairs.

“Damn it!” Zack sighed and shouted, “Are you all lost?

Come and help!”

Only then did James’s subordinates react. They hurriedly rushed forward to help hold James tightly so that he would not rush in. At that moment, the fire trucks finally arrived.

After Zack handed James to the bodyguards, he immediately went up to the firefighters and said, “There’s a person trapped upstairs. He’s on the sixth floor!”

“What?” The firefighter was shocked and immediately wanted to go in to save her.

But not long after, the sound of an explosion came from inside. Melody was shocked and recovered from her despair.

“What happened?” She grabbed a man who was in charge of contacting the firefighters inside.

The man said with an ugly expression, “The fire reached the cafeteria of the Youth Center and the gas tank exploded. The stairs on the fourth floor have all collapsed. Our people are retreating.”

Melody’s eyes suddenly widened.

She grabbed the man’s collar and said, “Give me your clothes. I’ll go in and save them myself!”

“Young lady…” That person said with a complicated expression, “Even if you go in, you won’t be able to go up at all. The only passageway is broken. Moreover, I don’t know if there will be a second explosion… My condolences.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another loud bang. There was actually a second explosion.

This explosion put the entire building in danger as if it was about to collapse at any moment.

“Not good! The load-bearing wall has been blown up!” the man’s face darkened as he shouted, “Everyone, evacuate immediately! The building is about to collapse!”

A person said, “What? The building is going to collapse!” Another person shouted, “Run, run!”

When the passers-by who had gathered around to watch the commotion and the people who had escaped at the beginning heard this, they immediately ran far away, afraid that they would be implicated.

Melody was determined to go in.

She thought, ‘Ken has placed himself in a trap to save me. If something really happened to Ken, I would feel guilty and blame myself for the rest of my life!’

The firefighters came out one after another. Seeing a figure running towards them, they immediately went forward to stop her. “Miss! It’s dangerous inside!”

“Let me go!” Melody used all her strength to push away the person who was blocking her way.

However, just as she pushed one away, the others stopped her again. A group of people carried her out of the building.

“Let me go! Ken is still inside!” However, no matter how much Melody shouted, everyone only dragged her further away.

At this moment, a shrill female voice sounded, “My son is still inside. Please save my son!”

The middle-aged woman knelt on the ground and cried uncontrollably. That cry made one’s heart feel like it was missing a hole.

Melody felt even worse when she heard that. She also wanted to cry, but her tears seemed to have condensed into a lump. She could not even cry.

The firefighters’ eyes were filled with shock as they found out that there was actually a child inside.

They walked forward to apologize, full of self-blame. “I’m sorry, ma’am. There’s nothing we can do.”

Averi recognized the woman and took a few steps forward to comfort her. “Madam, don’t be too sad.”

The woman’s eyelids twitched. She grabbed Averi’s arm and shouted at Melody, “Why did you only save her? Why didn’t you save my son too!”

Averi was stunned. She was so frightened by the woman’s almost twisted face that she didn’t dare to move.

Melody was also stunned. She did not expect this woman to say that.

In the next second, the woman actually pounced on her like a lunatic and grabbed Melody’s neck. “Give me back my son! Give me back my son!”

Chapter 452

Melody’s hands were held down by the firefighters to prevent her from rushing into the fire, so she could not avoid the woman who rushed over immediately.

The woman was very strong. For a moment, Melody thought that her neck was about to be snapped.

However, her heart was filled with Ken, who was still in the fire. She had no intention of struggling.

She thought, ‘Yes, it’s all my fault. If it wasn’t for me, why would Ulric set fire here? Perhaps I shouldn’t have been born in the first place, then I wouldn’t have harmed these two lives.’

Melody gently closed her eyes. She had completely lost all will to live.

She wanted to pay for these two lives in this way.

When the firefighters saw that the woman was choking Melody, they quickly went forward and pulled the woman away. “Madam! Calm down!”

When Zack saw this, he quickly said to James, who was on the verge of breaking down, “Mr. Deeds, Miss Fox has been bullied. Quickly go and take a look!”

However, James acted as if he could not hear Zack’s words. He still struggled to rush into the fire like a madman.

Seeing this, Zack could not care less about James. After handing James over to the bodyguards, he turned around and ran towards Melody.

After running over, he pulled the woman away and said angrily, “If it weren’t for her, not only your son, but everyone would have died inside! You still want to choke her?”

The woman’s face was pale and hideous. “My son is gone. It has nothing to do with me whether the others are alive or not!”

This sentence made everyone feel bad for Melody.

Samuel strode forward and waved his hand to get two adjutants to tie the woman up.

When the firefighters saw this, they subconsciously wanted to go forward and persuade him, but they were frightened by Samuel’s gaze and did not dare to say anything else.

“Let go of me!” The woman struggled with all her might, trying to break free of the rope.

Samuel exhaled heavily and walked to Melody. “Master, is your neck hurt?”

Melody shook her head reflexively, but her gaze was fixed on the building.

She thought, ‘Ken has promised me that he would come out safely, but he has broken his promise… The feeling of carrying a human life is worse than death.

Samuel thought that Melody was angered by that woman. He sighed and said, “That woman was too anxious. Don’t take her words to heart. We know everything you’ve done for us. If it weren’t for you, all of us would have been trapped inside. Even if we weren’t burned to death, we would have suffocated to death by the smoke.”

Melody did not say anything, but her eyes slowly turned red. She had never believed in gods, but at this moment, she was begging the heavens to give her a miracle and let Ken come out safely.

At this moment, the building that had its load-bearing wall blown off became even more unstable.

Not far away, a firefighter immediately raised his voice and shouted, “Retreat! Retreat! The building is about to collapse!”

The bodyguards closest to the building immediately stalled James and sped towards Melody.

With a loud bang, the building that was originally on the verge of collapse fell rapidly.

The loud sound made everyone’s eardrums tremble violently.

In less than seconds, the building was broken in half. The dust and black smoke caused by the fire covered the sky as if it had been hit by an atomic bomb.

For a moment, the world fell into a gray fog.

Suddenly, a piece of gravel flew towards Melody.

At this speed, the stone could directly pierce through Melody’s body.

However, Melody did not move. She just stared at the collapsed building in a daze, as if her soul had already dissipated with the collapse of the building.

James, who was closest to Melody, was shocked. He reflexively pushed Melody away.

With a dull thud, both of them fell to the ground. This fall made Melody’s entire body ache.

When she recovered from the pain, she quickly got up from the ground and looked up at the Youth Center again. She only saw ruins and gray clouds floating in the air. The former Youth Center was nowhere to be seen.

Melody’s face instantly lost all color and turned as pale as paper.

In the next moment, she bent her knees and knelt on the ground.

She clenched her right fist and slammed it on the ground.” Liar! Ken, you liar! Why must you let me come down first? Do you think you’re so great and deserve to die inside? I’ll never believe you again!”

Tears flowed down her red-spotted face as if she would not stop until they were dry.

When James saw Melody like this, the pain in his heart was indescribable.

Just like the woman who wanted to strangle Melody, he felt that if it wasn’t for Melody, Ken wouldn’t have been left inside.

At this moment, a sports car stopped not far from her. A man and a woman quickly ran towards Melody.

“James!” The woman spoke first. “Where’s Ken?”

James slowly looked up and realized that it was Janet and Sid. For a moment, he did not know how to tell them about Ken’s death.

He moved his lips, but no sound came out of his throat.

Janet immediately felt that something was wrong. She grabbed James’s shoulder and asked, “Speak! Where is Ken?”

Sid’s expression was also extremely ugly. Then, he questioned, “Where is Ken, James? Don’t be silent. Say something!”

James’s Adam’s apple bobbed. Just as he was about to speak, tears flowed out of his eyes.

“I-” James had barely uttered a word when he collapsed to the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

Janet’s heart felt empty, and the bad feeling became stronger and stronger.

She was about to continue questioning James when she caught a glimpse of Melody who was also kneeling on the ground.

She glared at her and walked to Melody in a few steps. She grabbed her wrist and asked, “Where’s Ken, Melody!”

Two streams of tears streamed down Melody’s face. She could not tell if she was feeling guilty or sad.

“He-” The moment the word left her mouth, it was as if a fishbone was stuck in her throat.

She swallowed hard, closed her eyes, and said, “He’s in there… and he hasn’t come out.”

Janet’s heart stopped beating for a moment.

She tightened her grip on Melody’s hand. Even when she left red marks on it, she had no intention of stopping.

When Sid saw this, he quickly went forward and pulled Janet away. He lowered his eyes and asked Melody,” Melody, tell me clearly. What do you mean by Ken is inside? Why is he inside? He was clearly in the company not long ago.”

Melody wiped away the tears on her face and said with a trembling voice, “In order to save me… he was trapped inside. Now that the building has collapsed, he hasn’t come out yet… He, he should be dead…”

Only God knew how much pain and self-reproach she felt when she said this.

“Nonsense!” Janet pushed Sid away and said sternly, “You must be lying to me, right? How can Ken die? Do you know how powerful he is? He will never die in such a place. Tell me the truth!”

Chapter 453

“I’m sorry…” Melody lowered her eyes as tears streamed down her face.

She had never cried so much before, nor had she cried in front of so many people.

However, at this moment, all the toughness and pride seemed to have turned into smoke along with the building.

Janet looked at Melody’s expression and then looked at James, who agreed and was in a daze. Her expression suddenly changed drastically, and her pupils quickly shrank to a point.

“You’re telling the truth…?” She confirmed for the last time, but her voice was unbelievably hoarse.

However, Sid laughed at this moment. “Janet, why do you believe what she said? That’s impossible. They must be joking! Ken has always been someone who takes one step and thinks ten steps. How can such a person put himself in such danger?”

Melody half-knelt on the ground and said with a pale face, Sid, James and I are not joking. Ken really didn’t come out…” Sid’s smile froze on his face. “Melody, this joke is really not funny. Please stop. Otherwise, I’ll really be angry.”

“Mr. Quant…” James said with the same hoarse voice, “Mr. Swanson really did not come out. We have to think about what to do in the future as soon as possible. Ximber Tech is Mr. Swanson’s work. Even if he goes… I hope that you can continue to operate it well. As for the Swanson family, I will apologize to them.”

Sid’s face instantly turned pale. What he thought was a joke turned into reality. He couldn’t accept it at all. He was almost petrified on the spot.

He never thought that Ken would die. He even felt that Ken was a god who was omnipotent and could always bring him light.

But now, these two people were telling him that Ken was already dead. He could not accept it.

“I don’t believe you!” Sid straightened his neck and said, Unless I see his corpse, I will never believe what you say!”

James clenched his fists and said, “Mr. Quant, you should know that we can’t joke around like this… The most

important thing now is to think of a way to deal with what happens next.”

Melody’s eyes stung. Although she felt as if her heart was being grabbed by a large hand, her rationality told her that James was right. Ken was dead, but the living still needed an explanation.

Melody took a deep breath and said, “James, this has

nothing to do with you. If Ken didn’t save me, he wouldn’t have died inside. It should be me who makes the apology. He died because of me. No matter what the Swanson family does to me, I will accept it.”

“Shut up!” Janet took a few steps forward and raised her hand to slap Melody’s face.

With a crisp slap, Melody felt a burning pain on her cheek. She tightened her grip and subconsciously wanted to retaliate, but in the end, she let go. She felt that she deserved this slap.

After she reported Ken’s death to the Swanson family, what she was going to suffer later was definitely not just a slap in the face.

“I’m sorry.” Melody lowered her eyes and bit her lower lip.

“What right do you have to say sorry? Do you think that this matter will be over just because you say sorry?” Janet said with bloodshot eyes, “Ever since a jinx like you appeared, nothing good has ever happened to us! Now that Ken is dead, do you still have the cheek to live? Die!”

As Janet cursed, she became more and more manic. She clenched her fists and gathered her strength to smash Melody’s face.

When James saw that Melody had no intention of dodging, he hurriedly flew over.

With a muffled bang, James used his face to block the punch for Melody.

In an instant, blood gushed out of his nose.

Janet was shocked, but she was even angrier. “James, what are you doing? You’ve been working for Ken for as long as we have. Now that Ken has been killed by her, why are you still helping her? Are you crazy? Or did she use some method to steal your soul?”

“Miss Murphy.” James frowned deeply. “How can you say that?”

“Isn’t that so? I can’t wait for her to pay with her life for Melody. What about you?”

James said, “I-“

Sid suddenly said, “Stop arguing! All of you, stop arguing! Look! Isn’t that Ken?”

A few of them were stunned at the same time and quickly turned to look at the ruins.

The black smoke and dust that filled the sky dispersed, and the ruins gradually became clear.

As a gust of wind blew past, their vision gradually became clearer.

In the grayness, two figures, one big and one small, vaguely appeared. The sunlight lengthened their shadows to the bottom of Melody’s feet.

Another gust of wind brought the tall figure into focus, revealing its true form which was hidden in the smoke. The tall man was wearing a tattered windbreaker. Even though his body was covered in black dust, the advantage of his naturally smooth skin was still obvious. The rolled-up sleeves revealed smooth and extremely masculine lines, and the veins on his arms could be vaguely seen.

Melody’s back instantly stiffened, as if she was frozen. She did not move, leaving only her eyes shining as she looked at the man.

She thought, ‘It is Ken!’

At this moment, Melody suddenly had a new understanding of the phrase “I can recognize you even if you turn into ashes”.

There was clearly a choking smell of smoke around her, but she kept feeling that she was enveloped by a comforting fragrance.

The gray smoke that filled the sky seemed to have turned into the color of light.

She thought, ‘So miracles really do exist.

Melody’s heart trembled. She finally heard her own heartbeat again and felt alive.

“Mommy!” The child beside Ken shouted, breaking the silence.

Melody finally recovered from the extreme surprise.

“Ken…” She opened her mouth, but tears poured from her body faster than the sound.

Ken also quickened his pace and walked over.

Melody subconsciously wanted to run over to Ken, but Janet pushed her away and warned in a low voice, “Jinx, you have no right to go over! If you really want Ken to be well, if you really have any conscience, please stay away from Ken!”

Janet glared at her and ran towards Ken. Then, James and Sid also rushed towards Ken.

Only Melody was left. It was as if her feet had been sealed by Janet’s words. She could not move even half a step.

When the Fox family people called her a jinx before, she scoffed at that.

But now, when she thought about how Ken almost died inside, Melody suddenly felt that she might really be a jinx. As soon as she was born, her mother died. After she came to this life, she returned to Silverlake with the sole purpose of destroying her former enemies. Her existence seemed to have nothing to do with warmth, hope, or happiness.

Chapter 454

For a moment, Melody began to wonder if she was really an ominous jinx like what Janet and the Fox family said.

Melody’s eyes stung again, but this time, she did not cry. Instead, she secretly made a decision. After repaying the favor she owed Ken, she would no longer have anything to do with him.

At this moment, the little boy brought out by Ken ran towards the middle-aged woman. “Mom! I finally see you!” The two of them were next to Melody, and the middle-aged woman was the woman who wanted to strangle Melody to death and make her pay for her son’s life.

The woman only came back to her senses when the boy hugged her neck and started crying. She hugged the boy tightly. “Son… I thought you were dead. God bless you, God bless you!”

The woman was crying and laughing at the same time. Her expression was even crazier than when the building had collapsed. But this time, it was because of joy.

However, the little boy was more rational than his mother. After hearing his mother’s words, he retreated from his mother’s arms in a different manner.

He shook his head like a little adult and said, “Mom, you’re wrong. It’s not that the heavens are protecting me. It’s that man who saved me.”

The little boy pointed in the direction of Ken and continued, That man could have ignored me and run out directly, but he heard my voice and ran back to save me. In the end, we jumped down from the building before it collapsed. He is even injured because of this!”

While the little boy was talking, Janet, Sid, and the others had already run in front of Ken.

Janet was so happy that she cried. She held Ken’s hand and checked if he was injured. She said with a sobbing tone, “Ken, I knew you wouldn’t die in there. Don’t do such a risky thing for a mere Melody in the future. Without you, we would have no leader and become a pile of loose sand…”

Sid nodded and said, “Ken, Janet is right. You were too rash this time. What if something happens to you?”

James was speechless. He just kept crying.

Ken retracted his hand from Janet. “Don’t worry, I know what to do.”

He was talking to Janet and the others, but his eyes were searching for Melody in the chaotic crowd. In the next second, he found Melody.

He saw Melody standing at a distance away from him. As the smoke had not completely dissipated, he could not see her expression clearly. He only thought to himself, ‘This girl is really heartless. Seeing that I narrowly escaped death, she still does not even come up to greet me. Forget it. If she doesn’t come over, I will go over myself. Anyway, she is only a few steps away.’

Just as Ken was about to head towards Melody, the little boy he rescued was brought over by his mother.

Before the tears on the middle-aged woman’s face dried, she pulled the little boy and knelt down in front of him. Hero, thank you… Thank you for saving my son. He’s the lifeblood of our family. If he’s gone, I don’t want to live anymore. It’s all thanks to you. I can agree to whatever repayment you want…”

Janet saw that the woman was carrying a Hermes rare leather bag. She had wanted this bag for a long time but had not been able to buy it. It could be seen that this woman’s identity was extraordinary.

Noticing this, Janet was about to remind Ken that it was best to ask for that woman’s contact information when she heard Ken say softly, “You don’t have to thank me. I didn’t intend to save your son.”

The woman could not help but be stunned. She did not expect Ken to say such a thing. For a moment, her face was green and red, and she did not know what to say.

Janet quickly gave Ken a look, signaling him to pay attention to the bag on the woman’s back.

However, Ken did not even look at Janet. Instead, he raised his hand and pointed in Melody’s direction. “If you want to thank someone, thank that person called Melody.”

The woman subconsciously looked in the direction of Ken’s finger and saw that the person Ken was pointing at was the girl who was strangled by her.

She asked with a complicated expression, “Why should I thank her?”

“Because…” Ken paused and said, “I suddenly thought that if I were her, I would definitely choose to go back and save this boy, so I went back. And she did do that.”

When Sid, who was not far away, heard this, he stepped forward with a cold expression and said, “If she hadn’t risked her life to go upstairs and repair the control panel of the door today, not only your son but everyone in the Youth Center would have been trapped inside. They would have either been burned to death or suffocated to death. And the person you thanked so much wouldn’t have been able to enter the building at all. But how did you do it? Just because you didn’t see your son being rescued, you almost strangled her to death!”

When Ken heard this, he immediately frowned.

He thought, ‘There was actually such a thing! If I had known that such a thing had happened, I would not have saved this woman’s son.’

He was not as kind as Melody. He did not care if this child was dead or alive. He went back to save him purely because he knew that Melody would do that.

The middle-aged woman’s face alternated between red and white. She was extremely embarrassed.

The little boy pushed his mother away unhappily and said with a frown, “Mom, if you don’t apologize to that lady, I won’t talk to you anymore!”

The boy’s childish words made the woman feel even more ashamed.

She gritted her teeth hard, guilt surfacing in her eyes. “I understand. I’ll apologize to her now.”

As the woman spoke, she turned around and walked towards Melody.

Melody did not hear Ken’s conversation. When she saw the woman coming over, she subconsciously took a step back and put her hands in a defensive posture.

When the woman saw Melody’s actions, she blamed herself even more.

After a moment of hesitation, she took out a business card from her bag and handed it to her with both hands.

Melody took a glance and realized that the woman was the chairman of a listed company.

She asked suspiciously, “What do you mean?”

The middle-aged woman said guiltily, “Young lady, I’m really sorry. I was too anxious at that time, so I did that to you. You can choose not to forgive me, but I have to apologize to you. I’m sorry, and… thank you. Thank you for risking your life to open the door to the Youth Center. My son will only have a chance to be saved because of that. If there’s anything I, Jade Buckley, can help you with in the future, just ask. I’ll definitely do my best to help you.”

Melody subconsciously refused. “There’s no need. I didn’t save people to let others repay me. I just wanted to have a clear conscience.”

The woman was slightly stunned. Her admiration and guilt for Melody intensified.

She stuffed her business card into Melody’s hand and quickly signed a cheque for her. She said firmly, “You don’t want a repayment, but I can’t be an ingrate. I owe you a huge favor. Just take it so that I can have a clear conscience!”

Chapter 455

Melody glanced at the check and realized that the number on the check was very high. She definitely couldn’t accept so much money just like that. She felt uneasy.

Melody was about to refuse again, but the little boy recognized her. “Are you Shane Sherman’s aunt, Melody?”

Melody was stunned. “You know him?”

“That’s right…” the boy nodded and said, “I’m from the same kindergarten as Shane. We’re good friends. He showed me your photo and praised you like a fairy…”

At this point, the boy was a little embarrassed because he had said to Shane that Melody was very ugly. But now, he was able to come out because of Melody who he had belittled.

This made him even more embarrassed. He was anxious for his mother to give the check to Melody

“I really can’t accept it…” Melody returned the item to them. Then, she raised her hand and pointed at Ken who was walking towards her. “If you really want to give money to express your gratitude, then give it to him. He was the one who brought your son out.”

“That won’t do! He said it was all you’re doing.” As the woman spoke, she forcefully stuffed the business card and cheque into Melody’s pocket again. Then, she picked up her son and ran away.

It was so fast that Melody did not even have time to react.

“This…” The corner of Melody’s mouth twitched as she held the business card and cheque in her hand. She had never seen someone who insisted on giving others money.

At this moment, Ken had already arrived in front of her. Melody immediately felt uneasy.

She suddenly felt that she did not know how to interact with Ken anymore.

However, Ken’s expression was natural. He said with a hint of blame, “Little heartless thing, you don’t care if I’m dead or alive, right?”

Melody knew that Ken said this because she did not welcome him when he came out.

However, there were some things that she did not want to explain anymore.

Anyway, she had already made up her mind to slowly distance herself from Ken after she returned the favor.

Just as Melody did not know how to answer Ken, Ken took the check and business card from her hand. “One hundred million? That’s generous.”

Melody was worried about what to say. She quickly followed Ken’s topic and said, “You were the one who saved her son, so you can keep these two things.”

“What are you thinking about?” Ken gave her a sidelong glance. After returning the item to her, he said, “Do you think I’m here to snatch your money?”

Melody quickly explained, “I really didn’t mean that…”

“Keep it,” Ken said seriously, “Other than you, no one else is worthy of receiving this money. If you really don’t want to accept it, then return the check to them after this matter is over. Let them have a few days of peace of mind.”

Melody nodded and got down to business. “You’re right. The most important thing now is to find the person that caused this fire.”

“Yes.” Ken nodded and looked at Averi who was rescued by Melody.

Averi was on the phone. Judging from her expression, she should be reporting to her family that she was safe.

The two of them could only wait in place for the time being.

During this period of time, people would come over from time to time to thank Melody.

In less than a few minutes, her hands were filled with business cards.

The others were not like that woman who always carried a check. Hence, they only exchanged contact information with Melody and said that they would definitely repay her for saving their lives. As long as they didn’t offer her money, Melody could accept it.

Since she wanted revenge, she had to constantly strengthen herself. Connections were the most powerful force.

When Janet, who was not far away, saw this scene, her heart burned with hatred.

She thought, ‘Ken walked out of the building without even looking at me. His heart is filled with Melody! I really don’t understand what kind of charm Melody has to make Ken pay so much attention to her. Speaking of looks, Melody’s face is so ugly that she could scare people to death at night. In terms of academic qualifications, she is not even half as good as me. Even regarding family background, the Murphy family can easily defeat the Fox family, not to mention that Melody is just an abandoned girl who has been chased out by the Fox family.

Janet clenched her fists tightly. She took a deep breath and turned to James. “James, I don’t know what you’re thinking about Melody, but don’t you think it’s strange? Before Melody appeared, when did Ken encounter such danger? First, he was assassinated on the cruise ship, and now he was in a fire. Could all of this be a coincidence?”

James frowned. “Miss Murphy, what do you mean by that? Are you suspecting that this was all part of Melody’s plan?” “Haven’t you thought of that possibility at all?”

James was silent for two seconds and said, “I can’t say for sure about other things, but I followed Miss Fox the entire time during her time at the Youth Center. I know very well that this matter definitely has nothing to do with her. After all, if Mr. Swanson is unwilling to enter the building to save her, this fire will not affect him. If Miss Fox really wants to harm Mr. Swanson, she can use other methods.”

Janet’s expression instantly turned even uglier. “Didn’t you think that the reason why she used such a roundabout method was just to kill Ken without making herself look suspicious?”

James could not help but look deeply at Janet. “Miss Murphy, like you, I suspected Miss Fox before. However, I’ve been following her and observing her in secret. She’s not the kind of person we thought she was. Perhaps after you put aside your misunderstanding of her, you’ll start to admire her.”

“I think you’ve really been played by Melody!”

“I-“

Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Sid hurriedly went forward to mediate. “Stop arguing!”

“Mr. Quant, I don’t want to quarrel with Miss Murphy.” James paused for a moment and said, “From the time you met Miss Fox, what kind of person do you think she is? Anyway, I think… if she wanted to harm Mr. Swanson, she would have done so long ago. Why would she make such a big fuss? Moreover, Miss Fox also suspects that Ulric was the one who did what happened today. The reason why she went to the Youth Center when she knew that there might be danger was to find out the truth.”

Sid sighed and said, “You’re right, but Janet’s guess might not be completely wrong. It’s not a bad thing to be more careful.”

As he spoke, he thought for a moment and said, “How about this? Since one of you trusts Melody and the other doesn’t, we might as well find an opportunity to test her.” “How?” Janet and James asked at the same time.

Sid rolled his eyes and said, “You’ll know when the time comes. I’ll make the arrangements immediately.”

As they were talking, Averi finally ended the call.

Melody and Ken immediately went forward.

“Averi.” Melody was the first to speak. “You said you remember the face of the person who locked you up. I wonder if you can draw it for us now?”

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