Chapter 364

At the Serenity Villa.

As soon as Melody left, Susan finally could not help but speak.

“Sir, how can you just let Miss Fox take Hattie away, especially since Miss Fox was already angry? If you don’t hurry up and coax her, Miss Fox will really leave you!”

Ken frowned.

“Susan, you’re thinking too much.”

“I’m not overthinking. As a woman, how could I not know what Miss Fox was thinking? Although she was smiling on the outside, she must have been very angry for her to do this.”

Susan realized that although Ken does well in his business and is usually very smart, he is less intelligent when it comes to relationships.

Ken still felt that Susan was thinking too much.

“Someone angry would not react how Melody did. I’m tired. I’m going back to my room to rest for a while,” Ken said.

As he spoke, he strode upstairs, leaving Susan behind.

Susan was so anxious that she was pacing around on the spot.

If this was Ken’s reaction, what would become of the two of them?

After thinking about it, Susan decided to help Ken.

She took out her phone and sent a message to Melody.

At the courtyard house.

After more than half an hour of solving the question, Melody finally finished the remaining steps.

It was undeniable that she had not properly used her brain for a long time. It took her much longer to solve the question as compared to when she was in high school.

If this had been given to Melody back then and if her thought process was already clear, it would have taken her less than ten minutes to finish the remaining steps.

However, helping Mabel solve the problem had more or less trained her calculating and thinking ability.

She stared at a certain step for a while and came up with a perfect plan.

After confirming that there was no mistake, the corners of her lips curled up slightly. She then sent Mabel the steps to solve the entire question through the forum.

Mabel was very happy. In a few seconds, it was confirmed that the compensation would be given to Melody.

The compensation of 200 thousand dollars was immediately transferred to Melody’s account.

She had enough money to buy this courtyard house.

At this moment, Melody saw Susan’s text messages.

“Miss Fox, the first of next month is Sir’s birthday. I wanted to ask you, what gift should I give Sir?”

Susan was very smart. She wanted to use this method to remind Melody that the first of next month was Ken’s birthday.

However, Melody’s face darkened when she saw the word “birthday”.

Melody’s mother had passed away on the day that Melody was born.

It was as if she had been cursed. Something bad would happen every birthday, and Melody had never celebrated any birthday happily.

Hence, she was especially repulsed by the word “birthday”.

She took a deep breath and suppressed the gloomy feeling in her heart. She replied briefly, “He doesn’t need anything. Why don’t you bake him a cake?”

After replying, Melody threw her phone aside.

However, Susan quickly sent another message.

“But I’ve never baked a cake before. How about…if you have time that day, Miss Fox, can you come over and teach me how to bake one?”

Melody briefly glanced at the phone screen. With her good eyesight, she immediately saw the message sent by Susan.

But Melody didn’t reply, and she didn’t want to.

At this moment, Hattie, who had bought daily necessities from a store nearby, returned.

“Ms. Fox

Melody turned around and saw Hattie holding the

supermarket’s shopping bag. Her expression immediately became nervous

“Hattie, did you go out?”

Melody had been preoccupied with solving the question previously and had thought that Hattie was cleaning the courtyard. She did not expect Hattie to have left the house!

Hattie asked in shock, “Was I not allowed to go out?”

“What do you think?” Melody asked. “What if Yolanda finds out?”

Hattie had been very safe in Serenity Villa during this period. She had forgotten about Yolanda for a moment.

She immediately apologized in a panic. “I’m sorry, Ms. Fox. I forgot about it…”

Before Hattie could finish speaking, the courtyard door was suddenly pushed open.

Melody’s entire body instantly tensed up. She subconsciously tried to move in front of Hattie to protect her.

But soon, she saw the person who entered.

It was James.

Her expression relaxed slightly. Before she could speak, James spoke first. “When Hattie went out, I was guarding nearby. I did not see Yolanda’s people, and no one noticed Hattie. You can rest assured.”

Melody replied, “Thank you

No need to thank me; James waved his hand in dismissal. Mr. Swanson asked me to continue following you This is my duc

Melody nodded and turned around to remind Hattie Hattie: please clean the courtyard. I have a friend coming over to stay in a bit.

Hatte knew that she had almost gotten into big trouble She hurriedly nodded. “Alright, alright

James Melody looked at James again and said. “Let’s talk about the cocktail party tonight”

James did not think too much about it and entered the room to talk to her.

After entering he glanced at the draft paper on the table.

To James who only had a high school diploma, the piece of paper which was filled with lines and lines of numbers seemed extremely foreign.

Melody noticed James’s gaze. She reached out and threw the pile of draft papers into the trash can. She said calmly, I was just writing for fun.”

James quickly retracted his gaze and started talking about the cocktail party tonight.

Tonight’s cocktail party is to celebrate Mr. Ramon winning a very important project.” James started.

“The venue of the cocktail party is set at the Sky City’s holiday will. It should have been written in the invitation letter that Mr. Swanson gave you,” James continued.

“Celebrities from all over Silverlake would be coming to the party. That includes the wealthy families in Insterimond. It is a relatively larger-scaled party, and it will be quite formal as well,” James said.

“Mr. Swanson has already made arrangements. A stylist will come over later to help you dress up.”

Melody did not refuse. If she went in this casual outfit, she would probably be chased out by the security guards of the party.

Moreover, her purpose for this trip was to ask about Owen’s daughter. Therefore, her image had to be different from when she met Owen in the restaurant back then. Otherwise, it would be easy for Owen to recognize her.

She responded with a hum and pretended to mention casually, “My master will be coming over to stay in a few days. You should know who he is, he’s someone with very good medical skills.”

“Of course.” James blurted out, “Who doesn’t know Mr. Quentin Parker?”

Melody lowered her eyes and smiled. “Heh…I didn’t say my master’s name. You’re quite well-informed. You must have suffered a lot on the trip to the countryside, right?”

As soon as she finished speaking, James finally realized that he had fallen into Melody’s trap. He quickly covered his mouth in fear.

However, his reaction was even more revealing. It was equivalent to admitting that he had investigated her.

James looked at her with a pale face. He knew that he could not hide it anymore, so he gritted his teeth and admitted it.

“I did go to the place where you lived when you were young… However, Mr. Swanson said that we wouldn’t disturb Mr. Parker since he does not want to be disturbed. Other than you, only Mr. Swanson and I know about Mr. Parker. We definitely won’t tell anyone!”