Melody Strikes Back by Myra Walker

Seeing that Russell and Mable’s relationship had eased so easily, Yolanda was secretly pleased. She echoed, “Mabel learns all kinds of subjects. There will always be some subjects that she can’t master. I will supervise her. Don’t you still have a meeting at your company? Don’t waste time here.” 

Russell raised his wrist to look at the time and said, “Then I’ll go to the office for a meeting. I might be back late.” 

Yolanda eagerly helped him get his coat and watched Russell leave. 

As soon as Russell left, Yolanda stopped smiling and looked at Melody coldly. “You’re quite lucky, but don’t think that you can get Miss Hanson’s favor just like that.” 

Melody said expressionlessly, “Are you done, Yolanda? I’m going to see Grandma.” 

Yolanda’s lips twitched. “That’s true. Only Maria cares about you the most here. You need to visit her more often. However… do you really think that victory is in Wilmot’s hands?” 

Melody raised her eyelids and said with a faint smile, “I didn’t expect you to be so worried about me. I will definitely work hard to find the mastermind behind this! I believe Yolanda will also want to know who is behind this, right?” 

Yolanda’s expression froze. “What are you talking about? I don’t understand!” 

Melody patted Yolanda’s shoulder and said in a low voice, “The heavens are watching. There are no secrets in this world.” 

Yolanda’s face darkened, but she quickly revealed a mocking smile. “You’re indeed a smart person, but so what? I only need a phone call to make one of your supporters collapse. What about you? Speaking of which… Wilmot can allow you to mess around to sign the bet agreement. Looks like he’s really stupid to believe a fool like you! But it’s too late for you to regret now. The bet has already begun. Let’s see what you’ll do in a week!” 

Melody clapped her hands. “Yolanda, you have surely impressed an idiot like me! However, it’s still uncertain if my backer will fall. Why don’t we wait and see?” 

Yolanda snorted and said, “Then we’ll see! You’ll know the price of the bet very soon!” 

Melody raised her eyebrows. She did not waste any more time with Yolanda and walked towards the backyard. 

Yolanda gritted her teeth as she looked at Melody’s back. 

She thought, ‘Just you wait! Once Wilmot falls and Maria dies, let’s see if you can still be so arrogant!‘ 

Thinking about Maria, Yolanda immediately remembered about the poison. 

After instructing Mabel to go out for the dance class, she quickly restrained her expression and went upstairs to get the black market’s pass. Then, she took a taxi and left. 

As soon as Yolanda went out, Melody received a report from James. “Yolanda is out. Do you need me to follow her?” 

The corners of Melody’s lips curled up. She could guess why Yolanda went out. 

She said calmly, “Don’t let anyone follow her. It wasn’t easy for the fish to take the bait. Don’t scare it away.” 

When James heard this, he recalled the black market stall owner he had seen at the cafe last time and instantly understood what Melody meant. 

He held his phone tightly and said, “Miss Fox, I have to remind you that you’re also breaking the black market’s rules, so I hope you can tell Mr. Ken about this yourself.” 

At the mention of Ken, Melody couldn’t bring herself to laugh. 

She hummed coldly and called Ken after hanging up. 

At Serenity Villa, Susan was asking Ken, “Mr. Ken, what do you want to eat for dinner? I’m going out to buy groceries now.” 

Ken looked up from the document. “Isn’t there oatmeal left over from lunch? Heat it up. I’ll eat that tonight.” 

Susan looked surprised. 

She thought, ‘Did something happen to Mr. Ken’s career? Since when did he need to eat leftovers for dinner?‘ 

However, she did not dare to ask further. After agreeing, she went to heat up the oatmeal. 

The next second, Melody called Ken. Ever since Melody left, Ken had felt that something was wrong with Melody, but he could not tell what exactly 

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was wrong. Now that Melody called, he immediately put down the document and answered the call. 

“Hello?” His voice was calm and emotionless. 

Melody did not beat around the bush and went straight to the point. Then, she asked, “Will I break the black market’s rules?” 

After Ken heard this, he said casually, “The offline black market is not important. Just don’t burn it down.” 

On the other end of the line, Melody was stunned. She did not expect Ken to agree so readily. 

Ken did not hear Melody’s reply. He held his phone tightly and asked, “What? Are you really going to set fire to it?” 

“No, no…” Melody quickly said, “That’s not what I meant. Thank you.” 

In the next second, the two of them spoke almost at the same time. 

Ken asked, “Are you free tonight?” 

Melody said, “I got to go.” Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Melody paused and asked, “What do you need tonight?” 

Ken said. “There’s a dinner party that I need to bring a female companion to.” 

Melody subconsciously asked, “Doesn’t Miss Murphy have time?” 

After she said this, Ken was silent for two seconds before he said, “She has just returned to the country and is not used to the environment. She will stay at home to rest during recently.” 

Melody asked, “Rest?” 

She didn’t believe that. 

Melody pursed her lips and reminded him, “If Miss Murphy is not well, you can find someone else, right? With my look, if you bring me to the banquet, I’m afraid I’ll become the laughingstock of the Silverlake tomorrow.” 

Ken asked, “You have time to help Wilmot make a bet, but you don’t have time to go to a banquet?” 

Melody was stunned. “You know?” 

Ken did not respond to this and only said, “I will pay you 200 thousand dollars to come with me, and… Zack will be there.” 

Melody gritted her teeth. “What time? What do I need to prepare?” 

A smile appeared in Ken’s eyes, but when he thought of Wilmot, he could not bring himself to smile. He said in an emotionless tone, “There’s no need to prepare anything. I’ll arrange for clothes, jewelry, and makeup artists to be sent to the Fox family. Just wait at home.” 

“Alright,” Melody paused for a moment and said, “There’s no need for a makeup artist. With my face, there’s no difference whether I put on makeup 

or not. 

Ken said, “Alright.” 

After the call ended, Melody felt that Ken had too much money to spend. 

She hoped that there would be such a banquet for her to attend every day if she was paid 200 thousand dollars every time. 

She put away her phone and walked into Maria’s room. 

Maria was chatting with Hattie Meyer. When she saw her enter, a smile immediately appeared on her face. 

Melody chatted with Maria for a while before checking her condition. 

She was much better than before, and her diarrhea was almost completely cured. Now, Melody only needed to slowly clean up the remaining poison and carefully nurse Maria back to health. Soon, Maria would completely recover. 

Melody heaved a sigh of relief and said, “Grandma, your illness has mostly recovered. I’ll change the prescription for you tomorrow. After another month of taking it, you can go out with Margaret again.” 

Maria nodded happily. Her turbid eyes were covered with a layer of mist. She held Melody’s hand and said, “You saved my life.” 

Melody said, “Don’t say such things. If it weren’t for you, where would my father and I come from?” 

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Hattie wiped her tears and said, “Miss Melody is so nice to you. Mrs. Maria, don’t say such things. You only need to take the medicine and Miss Melody will be happy.” 

Melody nodded with a smile. 

At this moment, the butler came in to report, “Mrs. Maria, Miss Melody, there’s a group of guests outside. They said that Mr. Swanson called them over. Mr. Russell and Mrs. Yolanda are not at home, what should we do?” 

“Mr. Swanson? Which Mr. Swanson?” Maria asked suspiciously. 

Melody immediately guessed that they were sent by Ken. 

She stood up 

and said, “Grandma, they are here for me. I’ll get back to work.” 

Maria was stunned for a moment. It was not until Melody’s figure disappeared from her sight that she could not help but cover her mouth and laugh. 

Hattie asked in confusion, “Mrs. Maria, what are you smiling for?” 

Maria smiled and said, “Something good is about to happen to my granddaughter. What do you think I’m smiling for?” 

Hattie asked in surprise, “You mean, Miss Melody and Mr. Ulric…”