Chapter 292

– Maid

At this moment, the sky was already dark. The

surroundings were pitch-black. Only Ken’s head was illuminated.

Ken was born in the light, and Melody was born in darkness and trickery… It was no wonder that he had never truly trusted her. They were never from the same world,

Melody wondered, ‘Does Ken feel the same way as Ulric? Does he only think about using me, but in his heart, he already hated me? After all, with my looks…

Melody slowly frowned and asked expressionlessly, “Why are you here?”

Ken walked forward and asked with a faint smile, “Didn’t you say you were busy? Are you done?”

Some men always liked to be blunt and expose girls’ lies. Melody’s expression froze for a moment, but she quickly regained her composure and said indifferently, “Other than developing new products, I have other things to do. I’ll leave first.”

As Melody spoke, she tried to walk past Ken.

However, Ken was one step ahead of Melody and blocked her way. He said unquestionably, “Where are you going? I’ll send you.”

“No need. I’ve been sitting for too long. I want to walk.” As Melody spoke, she knocked Ken away with her shoulder and walked forward expressionlessly.

In reality, Melody didn’t even know where she was going. She decided she might as well visit Wilmot. The hospital in the city center was not far from here.

After walking for a while, Melody could sense that Ken had been following her at a leisurely pace for more than 30 feet. She gritted her teeth and quickened her pace.

In terms of endurance, Melody’s was not inferior to men’s. She did not believe a rich privileged man like Ken would continue to follow her.

On the way, Ken’s phone kept ringing, but he cut it off after a few rings.

Half an hour passed quickly. Melody turned and looked out of the corner of her eye. Ken was still following her. She couldn’t help but frown. It felt like a part of her heart was missing. Her anger seemed to have dissipated through the little hole.

However, Melody suddenly figured it out. She thought, ‘Even if Ken is using me, so what? I want to ally with Ken because I want to use his power to achieve what I can’t achieve yet. We are using each other. Neither of us is better than the other.’

In Melody’s previous life, when she was with Ulric, she had lost her heart the most. In this life, as long as she guarded her heart, she was not afraid of losing anything else.

Thinking of this, Melody suddenly smiled and turned to walk toward Ken. If she treated Ken as a partner, there was nothing to be angry about what Ken had done.

Seeing this, Ken quickened his pace. “Tired of walking?”

“No, I just suddenly remembered it’s fine if you don’t do that. Don’t you have a friend you want to throw a welcome party for? If you don’t mind, let’s go to your house. I’ll cook for both of you,” Melody said.

Ken looked at Melody seriously and asked in confirmation,’ Melody, I’ll ask you one last time. Are you really fine?”

“Yes,” Melody replied, doing a good job of hiding all her emotions. Since they were using each other, she would not be swayed by emotions again.

Ken could not detect Melody lying. He nodded and snapped his fingers.

Soon, a car stopped by the roadside. The bodyguard in the driver’s seat tactfully handed the car key to Ken.

After getting into the car, Ken turned to look at Melody.” Do you really want to cook? Actually, we’ve already booked a restaurant.”

“I still owe you a few meals, don’t I? I can do it this time. Going to a restaurant is very costly, and their hygiene isn’t necessarily good,” Melody said.

Ken replied, “Alright, I’ll listen to you.”

When Ken finished speaking, his phone rang again. He looked at the caller ID. It was still the same. But this time,

he picked up quickly.

A babbling male voice came from the other end of the line. Ken, what’s wrong with you? We’ve been at the restaurant for a long time. Why aren’t you here yet? I called you but you didn’t answer. Janet is worried sick.”

“I had something on just now. Come to Serenity Villa directly. We won’t eat at the restaurant. We’ll eat at my place,” Ken said.

“Fuck. Why didn’t you say so earlier?” the voice complained. “Oh?” Ken asked.

“It’s fine. It’s nothing. There’s a bit of a traffic jam right now. We’ll be there in an hour,” the voice stated.

Ken did not say anything else and hung up.

However, Melody’s sharp ears heard the contents of the phone call. The voice had said “we” and “Janet”.

It seemed that Janet was also there.

Melody took a deep breath and quickly calmed down.

Ken’s driving skills were very good. It didn’t take long for the car to reach Serenity Villa.

Melody had already asked Susan to buy groceries on the

way, so she went straight to the kitchen as soon as she entered.

During this time, Ken wanted to come in to help, but Melody chased him out.

Melody owed Ken this meal in the first place. She would complete it well. From now on, there will be no messy personal relationship between them. All that was left was business.

Melody quickly prepared the food and was going to start cooking.

Susan, who was beside Melody, came over and gave her a thumbs-up, praising generously, “Miss Fox, you’re really amazing.”

“Huh?” Melody did not understand.

Susan pointed to a bag of medicinal herbs on the cabinet and said, “I heard this is the medicinal herbs you prepared. Previously, Mr. Swanson would have a cough during this time. Despite seeing many doctors, nothing worked. But since he took your medicine, I haven’t heard him cough again in just two days.”

Melody forced a smile. “That’s good.”

Not long after, voices came from outside. The guests had arrived.

Susan hurriedly said, “Miss Fox, I’ll go pour some coffee first. I’ll be back to help in a while.”

“Okay,” Melody said.

Melody opened the pot and picked up a piece of beef that was being stewed. She put it in her mouth to taste it. Melody wrapped the beef in bacon and took a bite. The meat was juicy. Coupled with the taste of her special seasoning, the texture was excellent but was still a little lacking.

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Melody was about to close the lid and continue stewing when a tall figure followed the smell into the kitchen.

“Smells good. What’s that?” The man’s words were half local and half Gomish, but it was not annoying because his pronunciation was too standard.

Melody looked up at the man and immediately recognized him.

Sid Quant was one of Ken’s right-hand men. He was also the fourth generation heir of the Quant family in Insterimond.

Unfortunately, Sid died young. He suddenly suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died at his office table.

This incident also brought a lot of public gossip to Ximber Tech. Ulric added fuel to the fire, causing Ximber Tech to almost not be able to be listed.

Melody calculated the time. According to Sid’s fate in his previous life, he only had a year left.

At this moment, Sid was full of vigor as he lifted the lid Melody had placed on the pot for the meat.

Melody frowned and rapped Sid’s hand with the fork in her hand. “It’s not ready yet.”

Sid retracted his hand in pain and glared at Melody. However, he was not really angry. He pretended to be angry and said, “That hurts, okay?”

The commotion drew Janet and Ken into the kitchen.

“What happened?” Ken asked with a frown.

Sid shrugged and said, “It’s fine. Your maid has the same temper as my mother. She likes to rap people with a fork. But I am very forgiving with girls. I’ll forget about it this time. Don’t hit me with the fork next time. I’m traumatized just thinking about my mother.”

‘Servant,’ Melody thought as she pursed her lips. She did not intend to refute. It was normal for someone like her to be considered a servant.

And yet…