Melody Strikes Back by Myra Walker (Chapters 456, 457, 458, 459, and 460)

Chapter 456

“Of course, I can!” Averi agreed immediately and said, “But I don’t have pen and paper on me right now. I don’t have any tools to draw. How about this? I’ll draw for you when I get home. After I’m done, if you find out who almost killed me, please call me and tell me. My parents will definitely not let him off!”‘

Melody nodded. “Alright, we’ll let you know when the results are out.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the two of them exchanged contact information. Averi got into a car and left.

Melody watched the car leave and raised her hand to call James. “James, come over here!”

James immediately responded and walked over.

Seeing this, Janet’s expression turned even uglier.

She thought, ‘James used to only listen to Ken’s orders. Now, he only needs Melody to raise her hand and he would run over like a pug. How disgusting!”

Janet followed with a cold expression. She wanted to know what Melody wanted to say.

“Miss Fox, what are your orders?” James asked.

“Do you see that car?” Melody pointed at the car that had just left and instructed, “She’s the only person who has seen the arsonist’s face. She’s the most important witness. I need you to follow her and ensure her safety.”

“No problem!” James didn’t say anything else. He was afraid that the car would completely disappear from his sight. He didn’t even have the time to say goodbye to Ken before he drove after the car.

Melody heaved a sigh of relief and said, “Now we just have to wait for Averi to draw the portrait.”

“Yes.” Ken nodded and looked at her. “After such a big thing happened today, you need to go to the hospital for a checkup first and recuperate. Leave the rest to me.”

“I’m fine…” As it concerned Ulric, Melody quickly shook her head and said, “I must deal with this matter with you. If we don’t take down Ulric, I won’t be able to rest well!”

Seeing her persistence, Ken sighed helplessly and said, Alright, then we’ll deal with this matter together. However, you have to go to the hospital with me now to avoid any sequelae.”

“I’m a doctor myself. I know my body.” She still wanted to stay here and check the nearby surveillance cameras. She didn’t want to waste her time elsewhere.

However, Ken grabbed her arm and brought her to the car. As he walked, he said, “Looks like I have to take you there personally.”

“I’m really fine!” Melody shook off Ken’s hand.

However, in the next second, Ken gasped with a pale face.

Melody immediately felt that something was wrong. She frowned at Ken and asked, “Are you injured?”

“No.” Ken subconsciously placed his right hand behind his back.

Melody acutely sensed it and went forward to grab Ken’s right hand.

Ken was about to retract it when Melody ordered, “Don’t move!”

No one had ever dared to give him such an order, but he was secretly happy. Ever since he found out about his feelings for Melody, he accepted this kind of thing very calmly.

Melody pulled Ken’s hand and gently lifted his coat sleeve. There was a large area on his arm that had been severely scalded. There were already blisters of various sizes on it, and it looked painful.

Just now, she had casually flung him, and one of his blisters had been broken by her, and pus was flowing out.

Melody immediately blamed herself. “Why didn’t you tell me you were hurt?”

Ken said without changing his expression, “I’m a man. This small injury is nothing.”

“You’re indeed a man, but you’re a human with flesh and blood. If you don’t treat your injuries in time, you’ll get infected very quickly. At that time, you’ll have a high fever that won’t subside! Come to the hospital with me immediately.”

As soon as Melody finished speaking, she grabbed Ken’s other hand and was about to get into the car to go to the hospital.

However, just as she took a step forward, Janet stepped forward and blocked her path.

“Miss Fox.” Janet pretended to be sympathetic. “You just escaped death and need a good rest. How about this? I’ll drive you two to the hospital.”

When Melody saw Janet, she thought of the word “jinx”. She felt a little uncomfortable, but she could not directly reject her suggestion.

Just as she did not know what to say, Ken said calmly, “We need to keep someone at the scene. Janet, stay here. We’ll be back after we go to the hospital to treat our wounds.”

Janet’s eyes darkened and her heart was filled with unwillingness. “But…”

“It’s settled.” Ken did not give Janet a chance to refuse. He directly held Melody’s hand and brought her into the car. The car was driven by Ken’s men.

On the way, Melody received countless text messages. Most of the messages were thank-you messages from the people she had saved. One of them was from Samuel. [ Master, thank you for everything you have done today. When you’re done resting, contact me anytime.]

Melody replied: [Okay.]

At this moment, Zack called.

She jolted and hurriedly sat down to take the call. “Mr. Nelson, you…”

Before Melody could say anything else, Zack interrupted her and said, “I know you’ve gone to the hospital. Go and take a checkup first. As for the rest, come and find me after you’re done.”

Melody immediately panicked.

She gripped her phone tightly and asked, “Mr. Nelson, are you going back on your word? You promised me back then…

Zack chuckled and said, “Melody, you look down on me too much. I never go back on my word. But it takes time for me to resign from my current position, right?”

Melody’s eyes suddenly lit up. “Then, then I’ll wait for your news! When you’ve confirmed your resignation, I’ll personally go to your company and help you move your things.”

“That’s not necessary. Come to my house another day to see my grandfather. He keeps mentioning you.”

“Alright!” Melody agreed immediately.

After the call ended, she couldn’t wait to share the good news with Ken.

She originally thought that Ken would be as happy as her. When she looked up at Ken’s expression, she saw that his expression was dark, as if he was in a very bad mood.

Melody could not help but ask in confusion, “We’ve poached Zack. Why aren’t you happy at all?”

Ken said expressionlessly, “If I need you to exchange your life for Zack’s employment, I’d rather not.”

Melody’s expression froze. She did not know what Ken meant.

She thought, ‘Could it be that… in his heart, my safety is more important than poaching Zack, the business genius?’ For some reason, Melody’s heartbeat became chaotic at this moment.

She quickly clenched her fists and tried her best to calm her heartbeat.

After her heartbeat calmed down, she took a deep breath and thought, ‘Melody, don’t think too much about it. He only said that because he treats you as a friend. Don’t flatter yourself. This is not the first time I have thought too highly of myself. Ken and I… can only be allies at most. It is impossible for us to develop another relationship. Moreover,. I have already decided to not contact him again after I return the favor and help him finish what he is doing.’ The more she thought about it, the more upset she felt. She looked sadly at the scenery outside the car window.

At the same time, Janet stayed where she was in frustration, but her phone rang.

When she saw the caller ID, Janet’s expression suddenly stiffened.

Chapter 457

Janet reflexively turned her phone to silent mode and looked up guiltily to observe her surroundings.

Seeing that Sid was talking to the firefighters in the distance and did not pay attention to her, she heaved a sigh of relief. She tightened her grip on her phone and walked to an empty alley.

As soon as she entered the alley, Janet’s face immediately darkened. She held his phone tightly and scolded coldly,” Mr. Swanson, I’ve told you many times, right? Don’t call me casually!”

On the other end of the phone, Ulric was playing with a dagger.

He threw the dagger high into the air and caught it again. It was a shocking sight.

In front of him, a group of bodyguards was kneeling on the ground and trembling.

However, he did not even look at the group of people. His lips curled into a smile as he slowly said to Janet on the other end of the phone, “Since Miss Murphy has answered the call, doesn’t that mean that our call is very safe?”

On the other end of the phone, Janet took a deep breath, obviously suppressing her anger.

A moment later, Janet’s voice sounded. “What do you want to say? I have a lot of things to do here. I don’t have time to chat with you.”

Ulric finally became serious and said, “Today’s plan failed. It’s my fault. Miss Murphy, please calm down. Soon, I will carry out the second plan.”

Janet was stunned. She subconsciously raised her voice and asked, “Did you set the fire today?”

Ulric asked, “Didn’t you say that if you want to cooperate with me, the condition is… to get rid of Melody?”

Janet gritted her teeth hard, her chest heaving violently.” That’s right… but I didn’t ask you to bury so many people with Melody! Do you know that Ken almost died inside?” Ulric could not help but be stunned. “Ken was in there too?” “Of course! After the building caught fire, Ken rushed over here to save Melody. He was so close to losing his life! If we have to exchange Ken’s life for Melody’s, our cooperation will immediately be canceled!”

Ulric was stunned for a moment before he quickly regained his normal tone. His tone was filled with guilt as he said, “I’m really sorry, Miss Murphy. I didn’t expect my brother to go in to save her either. Don’t worry, I’ll be careful next time.”

“This better be the case! You have to tell me in advance before the next plan begins!”

“Okay, Miss Murphy.”

Janet was about to hang up when he suddenly thought of Averi.

She was afraid that she would be implicated if anyone found out the reason for the fire. She quickly reminded Ulric, “There’s a person called Averi Blevins who was trapped in the fire by your people. She saw what your people looked like, so you’d better deal with Averi immediately. Otherwise, if they find out about you, I’ll be implicated by you too!”

“Averi?” Ulric’s expression darkened as he looked up at his subordinates.

One of the bodyguards trembled and said with a pale face,” Mr. Swanson… I didn’t expect there to be someone on that floor. But I clearly locked her in the room…”

Ulric took a deep look at the bodyguard but did not say anything. He only continued to say to Janet, “Thank you for telling me about this. I will handle it.”

“That better be the case! Otherwise, if the collaboration is canceled, you will never know the secrets of Ken.”

After the call ended, the smile on Ulric’s face disappeared. In its place was a huge pressure that was about to come, making everyone present swallow their saliva.

He walked unhurriedly to the bodyguard who had just spoken, pulled up his pants, and squatted down.

The subordinate was trembling in fear. He raised his hand and slapped himself hard. As he slapped himself, he begged for mercy, “Mr. Swanson, it’s all my fault! Please give me a chance to redeem myself!”

Ulric raised his eyebrows and suddenly reached out to pinch his chin. “A chance to redeem yourself?”

His subordinate trembled and said, “Yes… I will definitely silence that girl called Averi!”

“You can’t even do such a small thing well. I won’t trouble you to do this.”

Ulric sneered. He stood up and wiped his hand that touched the man’s face with a handkerchief. Then, he threw the handkerchief into the trash can.

When that person saw this action, he was shocked and wanted to run out.

However, just as he stood up, he was pressed to the ground by the others.

Ulric’s trusted aide, Daniel, looked down and waved his hand. He ordered in a low voice, “Take him away and deal with him nicely.”

“Yes!” his subordinates responded and dragged the man who had peed his pants out

Daniel looked at the man’s back as he was dragged out and walked forward with lingering fear.

“Mr. Swanson, I’m also responsible for this matter. I didn’t manage to discipline the people under me well. Not only that… I even let the people from the Youth Center break into our computers and let them open the door and escape smugly. Please punish me!”

As Daniel spoke, he knelt down in front of Ulric.

Ulric glanced down at Daniel and said expressionlessly,” You useless thing!”

“I’m useless. I deserve to die.” Large beads of sweat appeared on Daniel’s forehead. He took the opportunity to say, “It’s just that I don’t deserve to die yet. I still want to continue working for you and share your burden…”

Ulric averted his gaze indifferently. “You should be glad that you’re still useful to me. However… if I don’t teach you a lesson, you’ll not learn from this.”

Ulric threw the dagger in his hand in front of Daniel. “Since you’ve been with me for so many years, you can punish yourself.”

Daniel his teeth, picked up the dagger and cut off his pinky. With a scream, blood gushed out.

Ulric did not even look at Daniel. He put on his gentle smile again and walked downstairs.

Downstairs, Mabel was sitting in the living room of this private manor and drinking coffee with a shy expression.

When she saw Ulric coming down the stairs, her heart was beating like a drum and she didn’t know where to put her hands.

Ulric said, “Mabel, I’m sorry. I had something to deal with just now. I’ll show you around now.”

“It’s okay. Your work is important,” Mabel shook her head and said sympathetically.

“My Mabel is so sensible.” Ulric’s eyes curved, making Mabel blush.

*****

On the other side, after Janet hung up, she quickly walked out of the alley.

However, when she reached the entrance of the alley, she was shocked because Sid was standing not far from the entrance of the alley.

Her heart was racing, and she had to pinch the web between her thumb and forefinger to calm herself down.

After putting on an impeccable smile, Janet walked towards Sid. “Sid, why are you here?”

As she asked, she quietly observed the expression on Sid’s face to see if he had heard her conversation with Ulric. If he heard it, then she could only disregard the friendship between them.

Chapter 458

A cold glint flashed across Janet’s eyes.

It was not that she did not treat Sid as a friend, but compared to Sid, Ken was the person she cared about the most.

She would ruthlessly eliminate anyone who would stop her from developing a relationship with Ken, even if this person was a good friend she had known for more than ten years.

Janet thought as she carefully observed the expression on Sid’s face.

Any slight change in expression could not escape her eyes. Sid threw away the cigarette in his hand and snorted in dissatisfaction. “What? You’re the only one allowed to slack off, but I’m not allowed to come out and smoke?”

Sid’s tone was as casual and cynical as ever. There was nothing unusual about it.

Janet was slightly relieved. She was also glad that she did not need to do anything to Sid. After all, Sid’s identity was different from Melody’s. He was from the prestigious Quant family. It was not that easy to get rid of him, and it could easily cause trouble.

Janet smiled and put her hands together in apology. “I’m sorry, I felt a little uncomfortable from the smoke just now, so I left to take a breather. I didn’t mean to stop you from smoking. Don’t be angry.”

Sid shrugged and got down to business. “I communicated with the fire department and told them our guess that the fire was man-made. The criminal police team is already on their way here. I’m afraid we have to let Ken and Melody check their bodies before making a trip to the police station.”

Janet pretended to have a headache and massaged her temples. “I’m afraid that even if the criminal police team investigates seriously, it’s useless. The building has collapsed, and the fire has burned all traces. I’m afraid it’ll be very difficult to find any clues.”

Sid patted her shoulder and comforted her. “Who knows, there might be clues left behind if we really look for it.

Besides, aren’t there still witnesses? I don’t believe that we can’t find anything.”

Janet nodded and said, “Don’t be too anxious. This kind of thing can’t be rushed.”

“I know,” Sid replied, “I’ll finish this cigarette first. You go over and wait for the criminal police team.”

“Alright.” Janet did not stay any longer and walked towards the crowd.

However, Janet did not notice that not long after she left, Sid walked to the back of a car and used the cover of the car to call James.

James quickly picked up. From the sound of it, he seemed to have gotten into an argument with someone.

Sid could not help but ask in confusion, “What happened?”

James sighed and said, “Mr. Swanson asked me to come back after getting the portrait, but that little girl’s parents are not cooperating. They don’t want their daughter to be involved in such a dangerous matter. My people are still communicating with them to see if they can spend money to make them compromise… By the way, why did you call me?”

Sid was silent for two seconds. He looked in Janet’s direction and said, “James, do you feel that… there’s something wrong with Janet recently?”

“Which aspect are you referring to?”

“In every way,” Sid sighed and said, “I don’t know if I’m thinking too much. Just now, I saw her sneak into the alley to make a call. I vaguely heard something like ‘cooperation, Ken’s secret’ and ‘dealing with Avery’.”

“What? You mean, this fire is related to Miss Murphy?” James’s shocked voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Calm down.” Sid swallowed his saliva and said, “I’m not sure if I heard wrongly. After all, I didn’t hear her complete words. We all know how Jane feels about Ken. She won’t do anything to harm Ken, so… I need you to investigate her secretly first. Janet and I meet every day because of the company matters. If I investigate, I’m afraid she’ll find out.” The matter involved Ken’s safety. James agreed without thinking. “No problem, leave this to me!”

Sid said, “Ken has always been direct with his own people. I’m afraid that if I make a mistake, it will backfire and cause the two of them to fall out. Therefore, you have to investigate Janet behind Ken’s back. Find out who she has been in contact with recently and if she has interacted with any suspicious people.”

“Alright, I understand.” James was about to hang up when he suddenly said, “By the way, I remember something. Miss Fox has urged me several times to bring Miss Murphy for a physical examination, but the prerequisite is that she can’t know that it’s a physical examination, let alone that it’s Miss Fox’s arrangement. Do you think this matter is related to your guess?”

Sid thought for a moment and said, “I’m not sure, because Melody also urged me to go for a physical examination… Anyway, don’t tell Melody about it first. The two of them have conflicts to begin with. It’s not good for her to know.” “Alright, I’ll deal with Averi first.”

“Go ahead. Remember, even if you can’t get the painting today, you must protect Averi’s safety.”

“Yes!”

At the same time, at the hospital.

Melody ran into Rodney Stanton as soon as she arrived at the hospital.

Rodney saw that both of them had varying degrees of injuries and immediately brought them to the inpatient department.

After a round of examination, there were no obvious external injuries on Melody’s body. It was just that she had inhaled too much smoke and her airway mucosa and lungs had been stimulated. She needed to clean up the smoke in her lungs.

Fortunately, her injury was relatively mild and was treated quickly.

On the other hand, Ken had burns of varying degrees all over his body. There was also a fracture in his leg. It was much more troublesome to deal with him than she was.

After learning of Ken’s examination results, Melody felt even more guilty.

She could not bear to watch Ken treat his wound. Instead, she stood in the corridor in a daze.

She had been with Ken for a few months. During this period of time, she had indeed caused him a lot of trouble.

Thinking of this, Melody was even more certain that she could not implicate him anymore.

The Swanson family was hateful, but Ken was innocent. She felt that she couldn’t drag innocent people down with her for revenge.

At that moment, her phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Ander.

Melody subconsciously thought that Lucas Morgan’s condition had worsened. After picking up the call, she hurriedly asked, “Ander, what happened? Is Lucas’s condition not good?”

“No, no…” On the other end of the phone, Ander quickly said, “Lucas is recovering very well. I called to tell you that he has completely recovered today and can already walk. I want to ask you if you have time to come over and check on Lucas again…”

Ander’s tone was very embarrassed. After a pause, he said apologetically, “I know you have a lot of things to do, and I don’t want to trouble you, but Lucas’s mother still can’t sleep every day. She has to guard Lucas every night. I think if you tell her personally that Lucas is fine, she might relax a little.”

“No problem.” Melody immediately agreed and said, “I happen to be in the Inpatient Department now. I’ll come over immediately.”

Melody hung up the phone and walked towards the elevator. She did not notice that Ken, who was treating his wound in the ward, caught a glimpse of her back view.

Chapter 459

Ken had noticed it when Melody walked to the door.

He thought that she would come in, but after waiting for a long time, she actually left.

He thought, ‘Am I so unimportant to her?’

Ken could not help but feel suffocated.

This feeling had appeared before, but it was not as strong as it was now.

“Mr. Swanson? Mr. Swanson?” Rodney shouted for Ken a few times before Ken came back to his senses and looked at Rodney.

Rodney could not help but ask in confusion, “What are you thinking about? I’ve been calling you for a long time, but you didn’t hear me. Could it be that… your hearing has also been damaged? Do you need to go for a checkup?”

“No need.” Ken knew that there was nothing wrong with his ears. He frowned and asked, “What do you want to say?”

Rodney quickly got down to business. “Your leg is fractured. Although it’s not serious, you still need to lie in bed and recuperate for at least half a month. Do you want to go home and recuperate, or do you want to be hospitalized? If you’re hospitalized, we can take better care of you.”

When Ken heard that it would take half a month, he immediately said without thinking, “I’m not staying in the hospital.”

Rodney had long guessed that Ken would say this, so he did not insist. He only said, “You have a lot of things to do. It’s indeed inconvenient for you to handle official matters in the hospital. However, it’s best for you to sit in a wheelchair and not move your feet much during this half a month.”

“I got it.”

“Okay, then I’ll put a cast on you now. Let me know if you feel uncomfortable during the process.” Rodney continued to speak, but Ken did not listen to a single word. He stared straight at the door, waiting for Melody to return.

*****

On the other floor of the Inpatient Department, when Melody went to visit Lucas, Ander, and Zoe Morgan were called to the office by the doctor on duty.

Therefore, when Melody walked to the door of the ward, she did not see Ander and Zoe. Instead, she saw a hot woman talking to Lucas.

Sensing that their relationship was extraordinary, Melody did not go in. She just stood at the door and waited.

However, the voice inside automatically entered her ears. The woman said angrily, “Lucas, what do you mean? What do you mean by breaking up? I don’t blame you for not contacting me immediately after you woke up, but you want to break up with me?”

Lucas said in a flat voice, “I’m sorry. After I almost died once, I’ve thought it through. I don’t want to live the muddle-headed life of the past. I want to study hard and study medicine in the future.”

“Study medicine?” The woman said in a high-pitched voice, ” If you had used any other excuse, I might have believed you. You said that you wanted to study medicine. Isn’t this excuse a little ridiculous?”

“Believe it or not, it’s up to you. My parents are coming back soon. Hurry up and leave. We’ll part on good terms.”

“Separate on good terms? I’m telling you, that’s impossible!” “You want me to get someone to kick you out?”

The woman took a deep breath and her chest heaved up and down.

She suddenly calmed down and said, “Lucas, do you know why I won’t break up with you?”

Lucas did not even look at the woman. His gaze was only fixed on the game on the phone screen. He said impatiently, “If you insist on revealing the truth, then I’ll do as you wish. You…”

In the next moment, the woman said, “I’m pregnant.”

Lucas’s hand paused and fell from his hand onto the bed.

He looked at the woman in shock. “Are you kidding me? When did I ever have sex with you?”

“I’m not joking,” the woman said seriously, “Just two months ago, on my birthday, you drank too much and slept at my house. It happened that night. I just found out that I was pregnant, so I didn’t care that your parents didn’t like me and immediately came to look for you.”

Lucas was even more shocked. “There’s such a thing? Why don’t I remember it at all?”

The woman became even angrier. “Lucas, are you still a man? If you don’t break up with me after you’re done having fun, what will happen to me and the child in my stomach?”

“Wait a minute!” Lucas pulled the woman’s sleeve and asked, “Are you really pregnant? Did you make a mistake?” “I’m not mistaken! How can I be mistaken about such a thing?” The woman bit her lower lip and said, “But I know that your parents definitely won’t agree to let me marry you, so I don’t plan to keep this child. But you have to compensate me!”

Lucas massaged his temples with a headache, his eyes filled with frustration. “It’s not that I don’t want to admit it… but I really don’t remember. And when I woke up the next day, wasn’t I sleeping on the sofa?”

“We did it on the sofa! Why? Do you want me to tell you more details? Fine, I’ll tell you! You drank too much, then you came up and kissed me, and then you took my clothes…

“Enough!” Lucas said awkwardly, “Alright, I am not that kind of person. I admit it. Tell me, what compensation do you want?”

“Very simple. I want 20 million dollars, and I want my brother to work in your father’s laboratory.”

“What? That’s impossible!” Lucas blurted out.

The woman’s expression immediately changed. “So, you’re going back on your word?”

“I’m not-“

“You can go back on your word! But I can guarantee that the headlines tomorrow will be about the son of a dignified big shot in the scientific research world wanting to break up with his girlfriend after getting her pregnant…”

“You… I’m not going back on my word, but your compensation is a little too much. How can I have that much money? Besides, I don’t have the final say in my father’s laboratory.”

“Alright, then I’ll go straight to your father!” As the woman spoke, she turned around and walked out the door.

However, just as she reached the door, she was stopped by a slender figure.

The woman subconsciously looked up at the person who stopped her and saw that she was extremely ugly. Her face was covered in red spots, and she looked especially terrifying.

“Who are you?” The woman frowned in disgust.

However, the other party did not give her any explanation. She pulled her wrist and placed two fingers on her wrist.

“What are you doing?” Looking at the other party’s face, the woman felt disgusted and tried to pull her hand back.

However, in the next second, Melody said calmly, “You’re not pregnant.”

The woman was shocked. Panic flashed across her eyes, but she quickly calmed down. “Where did this ugly monster come from to spout nonsense!”

Melody looked into the woman’s eyes expressionlessly and said again, “You’re lying. You’re not pregnant.”

When she first heard their conversation, she thought that Lucas was an irresponsible scumbag who had not inherited the good character of his parents.

However, the more she listened, the more she felt that something was wrong. That was why she entered and got involved in the matter between the two of them.

As she had expected, the woman was indeed lying. She was not pregnant at all.

“Get lost! It’s none of your business whether I’m pregnant or not! Who the fuck are you!”

Lucas also looked at Melody in confusion. However, compared to Melody’s identity, he was more concerned about whether his ex-girlfriend was pregnant.

Chapter 460

Thinking that he might be beaten to death by his parents after becoming a father by accident, Lucas did not care that he could not get out of bed casually. He staggered towards Melody.

His line of sight was blocked by his ex-girlfriend just now. Now, he could see Melody’s face clearly.

Her face was covered in red spots, making it almost impossible for Lucas to see her true appearance. But for some reason, Lucas felt like he had seen her before.

For a moment, he even forgot about his ex-girlfriend. With a puzzled expression, he asked, “Have I seen you before?”

However, when the woman heard Lucas’s words, she thought that Lucas was hitting on Melody. She immediately widened her eyes in anger and questioned, “Lucas, are you blind? How can you hit on such an ugly woman?”

Lucas frowned. Just as he was about to speak, Melody spoke first. “You have indeed seen me, but the few times we met, you were unconscious. Perhaps your

consciousness was still there at a certain moment, so you have some impression of me.”

Lucas suddenly remembered that his mother had told him that the person who saved him was a girl who was not much older than him.

He widened his eyes and asked, “You’re Melody?”

Melody nodded. “Yes, it’s me.”

Lucas was overjoyed.

He grabbed Melody by the sleeve and asked, “Are you sure she’s not pregnant?”

Melody replied, “Yes.”

Lucas let out a long breath. Then, he looked at the woman coldly and said, “Bonnie, you actually used this kind of thing to lie and threaten me?”

Bonnie Cress’s face turned pale. She felt guilty again.

However, she quickly adjusted her emotions and raised her neck. “I’m not lying! How can you determine that I’m lying just because of her words? Am I actually such a person in your heart?”

Bonnie concluded that Lucas’s biggest weakness was that he was easily soft-hearted. So, as she defended herself, she secretly pinched her thigh. The pain caused tears to flow out of her eyes.

However, what surprised Bonnie was that this time, Lucas did not soften. Instead, his eyes became even colder.

Lucas said coldly, “That’s right. Just based on her words, I’m sure you’re lying!”

“Why?” Bonnie blurted out. “Why would you rather believe a stranger’s words than mine? If you don’t believe me, I’ll go for a checkup now and show you the report!”

She thought, ‘In any case, something like a pregnancy report can be forged at will.’

However, Lucas sneered and said, “There’s no need for a medical report. Do you know who pulled me back from the gates of hell? It’s her! Melody’s medical skills are superb and much more accurate than instruments.”

Bonnie could not help but look at Melody in shock.

After sizing her up, she saw that Melody was about the same age as her. She immediately reminded Lucas, “You must have the wrong person. She’s so young, how can her medical skills be superb? Didn’t you not recognize her just now? How can you be sure that she’s the person who saved you just because of a few words from her? I think she is lying in the name of a divine doctor.”

After Bonnie finished speaking, she was afraid that Melody would ruin her plans. She picked up her phone and started calling the police. “Hey, I’m calling the police!”

Lucas was shocked. He quickly tried to grab Bonnie’s phone, but it was too late. Bonnie had already given the police her address.

By the time Lucas snatched the phone over, the call had ended.

“Bonnie!” Lucas’s eyes burned with anger. “What do you want? Don’t you think you’ve embarrassed yourself enough?”

“I’m embarrassed? How am I embarrassed? I called the police so that you won’t be deceived!”

“You-“

“Lucas.” Melody took a few steps forward and reached out to pull Lucas’s sleeve. She said calmly, “Let her call the police. The police can handle the matter of you being threatened.”

“But…” Lucas looked troubled. “My father’s identity is special. If word gets out…”

“So what if it gets out?” Melody smiled and said, “If she’s really pregnant, it will indeed affect your father’s reputation. However, if you break up as a normal couple, who can say anything bad about you?”

When Bonnie heard this, she became uncertain.

She gritted her teeth and pulled Lucas over. “Lucas, we’ve been dating for at least two months. Can’t you believe me? She must be a liar! Think about it, how can there be a miracle doctor so young? Aren’t the miracle doctors we know all very old? She wants me to call the police so much. Perhaps it’s your father’s competitor who wants to bring him down!”

At the mention of Ander, Lucas could not help but waver.

Bonnie quickly took advantage of the situation and said, “If you chase her away now and wait for the police to come, I can say that I’m fine. I definitely won’t blow things up. But if you don’t chase her away immediately, I’ll definitely tell the world that I’m pregnant! I can swear to God that I’m really pregnant. The child is yours! If this matter blows up, it won’t do anyone any good!”

Lucas’s heart trembled. What he was most afraid of was that the matter would affect his parents and they would not be able to deal with it in the end.

Thinking of this, Lucas made up his mind. He turned to Melody and said, “Miss, please leave first… I’m not doubting your intentions, but I’m really afraid that…”

Regardless of whether the girl was Melody or not, he had to prepare for the worst. He could not let Bonnie really blow things up.

Melody slowly frowned. She thought, ‘This Lucas is too soft-hearted.’

She took a deep breath and said, “Lucas, if you chase me away now, you’ll only fulfill her wishes. Do you know? She’s afraid that I’ll expose that she’s not pregnant at all, so she called the police and left you a way out.”

Lucas subconsciously clenched his fists.

He knew that Bonnie was most likely not pregnant and the woman in front of him should really be Melody.

However, he did not dare to bet on that one percent chance.

After dying once, he knew that family was the most important thing. He didn’t want to achieve anything and drag his parents down.

“I’m sorry… Please leave immediately,” Lucas closed his eyes and said.

When Bonnie saw this, she immediately said arrogantly to Melody, “Did you hear that? No one welcomes you here. Please leave immediately! Otherwise, when the police come later, I won’t let you off!”

Melody looked at Lucas with a deep gaze.

If it weren’t for Ander and Zoe, she wouldn’t have participated in this matter at all.

However, Zoe treated her as her daughter. During this period of time, Zoe sent her messages almost every day. Melody really could not let Lucas be deceived.

Thinking of this, Melody did not leave immediately. Instead, he stood there indifferently and said, “In that case, let’s wait for the police to come.”

“You liar, how dare you be so bold!” Bonnie was so angry

that her face darkened. She could not take it anymore and reached out to slap Melody.

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