Chapter 327

Melody was about to take the contract from Wilmot, but Sid beat her to it.

Although Sid disliked Melody, she was still part of Ximber Tech.

As long as Melody was still in Ximber Tech, she was Sid’s colleague. Sid could not just sit back and allow Wilmot to bully Melody.

Sid grabbed the contract and said without even looking at it, “Mr. Sherman, as Janet said, Melody isn’t entirely responsible for the bet. Why would you give her the contract? Are you forcing her to bear all the consequences alone? I do not agree to this.”

Janet sighed and added, “Mr. Sherman, don’t you know we’re friends with Melody? You should do us a favor and be more lenient with her. When you agreed to the bet back then, you should have expected the possibility of losing. You signed the betting contract yourself. You can’t put all the blame on Melody.”

After listening to Sid’s and Janet’s words, Wilmot finally understood what was going on.

So, both of them had no idea that Icy Clear Cosmetics had won the bet with Silk Beauty Cosmetics.

Wilmot thought, ‘Did Ken also assume that Melody lost, so he specifically brought Melody here to question her?’

Thinking of this, Wilmot raised his voice unhappily and clarified, “You’re mistaken. We didn’t lose the bet. Instead, we won by a large margin.”

Janet and Sid were stunned.

Janet was the first to react. She smiled stiffly and said, “Mr. Sherman, are you joking? We watched the live broadcast. Didn’t Jessica ask you to sign the contract and transfer the company to her?”

“Yes.” Sid was confused. He wondered out loud, “If you won, why did you bring the contract here?”

Wilmot glanced at Sid coldly and said, “Take a look at the contract yourself.”

When Sid and Janet heard this, they quickly examined the contract.

The contract was a position and equity transfer agreement.

If Melody signed it, she would take over Jessica’s equity and position.

“What’s going on?” Janet felt her mind go blank. Her eyes were filled with disbelief.

Wilmot explained, “There was some misunderstanding in the process, which made Jessica think that they had won. Fortunately, with the help of Melody, Mrs. Morgan, and Mr. Lawson, Icy Clear Cosmetics survived and turned the situation around in one go. Moreover, we also exposed in public that Jessica bribed the experts and stole our company’s Golden Water formula. You claimed that we lost the bet. Which part did we lose?”

“This…”

Janet screamed internally, ‘This is impossible!’

Melody looked at Janet’s dark expression and said expressionlessly, “Miss Murphy, if you don’t believe Wilmot and me, you can watch the replay. The entire broadcast is available for replay.”

As she spoke, she dragged Wilmot out of the house.

Janet was unwilling to believe the truth. She turned on her phone and watched the replay.

The live broadcast channel was especially considerate. The video even had a timestamp of when Icy Clear Cosmetics started winning. Janet could accurately drag the progress bar to the part she wanted to check.

When Janet saw the scene of Jessica going crazy, she was shocked to the core.

Janet thought, ‘Melody actually successfully developed a new product that is better than All-Purpose Water. She’s merely a country bumpkin. She graduated from a third-tier college. How did she manage to do this?’

Regardless of how Melody came up with the new formula, the fact that Icy Clear Cosmetics won the bet was a smack to Janet in the face. She had no choice but to believe it.

Janet suddenly understood why Ken’s gaze was exceptionally piercing when she said that Melody had lost the bet.

It turned out that Ken knew all along that Melody had won.

In that case, wouldn’t what she had done just now make her a clown?

Janet felt humiliated. She clenched her fists and did not even dare to look Ken in the eye.

Sid came back to his senses.

Unlike Janet, he clapped his hands in joy when he found out that Melody had won the bet instead of losing.

“Melody is surprisingly capable! I thought she lost.” As Sid spoke, he patted Ken’s shoulder and added, “You already knew that she won, right? Why didn’t you tell us earlier? Janet and I were both worried about you and Melody.”

Ken slapped Sid’s hand away and used the back of his hand to dust his shoulder twice. Ken calmly said, “My words mean nothing. You might as well find out the truth yourself.”

Melody won the bet fair and square. There was no need for additional explanation. She would still be the winner regardless.

The corners of Janet’s mouth twitched as she tried her best to smile. She praised, “Melody really surprised me. I wonder where she got the formula from. It’s really good.” “That’s right.” Sid agreed with Janet. “Ken, did you get the formula somewhere and give it to Melody?”

Ken frowned and explained, “Melody’s specialty is medicine. She developed the formula herself. To get the equipment to make beauty products, she almost died at the hands of the Lawrence family.”

Sid was enlightened.

Sid said, “I see. She’s really awesome then! I underestimated her. I was wondering why you would let someone from a third-tier college join Ximber Tech. So, you knew from the beginning that there was more to her than meets the eye.”

Ken raised his eyebrows. There was a hint of pride in his eyes.

Janet nodded in agreement. However, she felt extremely upset internally as if she had swallowed a fly whole.

At the same time, she felt an even stronger sense of danger than before.

In the past, this sense of danger came from Ken being too close to Melody.

Now, in addition to Ken’s attitude, Melody’s ability made Janet feel threatened.

The ability displayed by Melody had seriously exceeded Janet’s expectations of her.

Janet was regretful for underestimating her enemy.

Ken said coldly, “Melody is one of us. I don’t want such a misunderstanding to happen again. If you encounter anything in the future, you have to believe Melody first and not question her. Do you understand?”

Ken didn’t say this as a friend but as Ximber Tech’s chairman.

Sid and Janet nodded in agreement subconsciously under Ken’s powerful pressure.

As Janet was nodding, her eyes were filled with displeasure and unwillingness.

Meanwhile, Melody and Wilmot were standing by the entrance.

Wilmot updated Melody, saying, “Jessica broke down on her way to the police station. She was afraid that Leo poisoning me would implicate her and make her bear the crime of attempted murder. Therefore, she gave up and signed the contract.”

Melody nodded and analyzed, “From the looks of it, Jessica really had nothing to do with poisoning you. At most, she only knew about it, but she didn’t participate.”

Wilmot nodded in agreement and said, “Tojafrass Aroma is something that only malicious doctors use. The police take this matter very seriously, so they will definitely investigate who was involved. I think Jennie will surely have to pay for this. She will be brought to justice soon.”

“I don’t think it’s that simple.” Melody shook her head and pointed out, “Didn’t you notice that Jennie didn’t appear at all during the entire bet? I think she must have run away when she saw the result.”