Chapter 672

“I just can’t hide anything from you. That’s exactly my plan, but when I take over the group, it’s going to be impossible to gather all the designers at once. So before that happens, I need to be prepared and have some extra designs ready to fill the gaps where I don’t have enough staff,” Melody said.

Ken glanced at her and then said, “Actually, you don’t need to work so hard. I’ve already considered this. I’ve tentatively selected some designers, but the final choices haven’t been made yet. Once the list is finalized, you can come in person to make the final confirmation.”

Melody was taken aback. “You’re already helping me find designers for the Justalion Group? When did you start?”

“It’s been a while,” Ken replied vaguely.

But with Melody pressing him, he had to tell the truth. “It’s been about three months. At that time, you hadn’t left the Fox family yet, and I promised the Swanson Group partnership to him, considering he’s your real father.”

Melody felt a shock deep inside. “So… From that time, you were planning to help me take back the Justalion Group from him?”

If that were the case, it could truly be seen as a masterstroke of strategy.

Ken shook his head. “The promise I made to him then was genuine, and so is my current decision to backtrack. At that time, when I helped find designers for the Justalion Group, I just wanted to

support Russell, who was struggling. But after you left to join the Fox family, my original intentions changed.”

Melody breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he wasn’t as calculating as she had feared, or she would have felt uneasy.

“Don’t worry,” Ken said, noticing her expression and guessing her concerns. He added, with a touch of innocence and helplessness, “Even if I were more calculating, I wouldn’t trick you or do anything to harm you.”

Melody covered her nose and coughed in embarrassment, standing up. go check on Margaret.”

Ken pulled her back. “No need. I just checked on her. She took the medicine you gave her and has gone to sleep. Lucy said she’s mentally much better and should be fully recovered by morning.”

Melody withdrew her hand. “Well… Then let’s go to sleep then.”

“Okay,” Ken said.

“By the way, have you had dinner yet?” Melody suddenly asked.

Ken shot her a disgruntled look. “By the time you, a busy person, remembered to have dinner with me, I’d be starving to death. So I already had dinner at the office.”

Melody showed a smile apologetically, a strong sense of guilt growing in her heart.

Ken had thought of everything for her long before she even realized it, and had already started making arrangements for looking for designers before she did. But she was still…

Even if it was a fake marriage, she really wasn’t that competent as a wife.

“It won’t happen again.” She suddenly declared with a determined look in her eyes. “Just as long as you don’t find me annoying.”

Ken gently touched her forehead. “Although I don’t know what’s going on in your head, but don’t worry. I’ll never annoy you. Let’s go, time for bed!”

The weather was getting colder by the day.

Melody shivered as she stepped out of the bathroom after her shower.

The next second, she heard the soft beep of the air conditioner turning on.

Ken had noticed her shivering and immediately switched on the air conditioner.

Her heart warmed, and she said with a bit of embarrassment, “Sorry, I’m a little afraid of the cold… You don’t have to turn on the air conditioner if you’re not cold.”

“It’s okay, I’m afraid of the cold too,” Ken replied.

Despite his words, he was only wearing short-sleeved pajamas, while Melody was already bundled up in winter pajamas.

But Ken quickly snuggled under the blanket, so Melody didn’t even notice that he was wearing just thin short-sleeved pajamas.

Melody was much more relaxed tonight than she had been the night before.

Her body was no longer tense, and she also no longer frozen in place until she finally drifted off to sleep.

Overall, she felt much more at ease.

After the lights were turned off, Ken’s voice broke the silence. “At work today, I heard some women talking about what they’re planning for Christmas. Do you like Christmas?”

Melody shook her head, then quickly realized Ken couldn’t see her in the dark and spoke up, “I can’t really say whether I like it or not. To be honest, I’ve never really celebrated Christmas.

The countryside where she grew up was rather isolated, and it took at least an hour to get to town-longer if she was walking.

People there didn’t really go out of their way to celebrate Christmas.

They were more focused on working hard to support their families.

And after returning to Silverlake in her previous life, she couldn’t even think about festivals or holidays. She was so consumed with working for Ulric and helping him secure his position as chairman of the Swanson Group that there wasn’t any time for Christmas.

But now that Ken had mentioned it, she found herself kind of longing for it.

“Do you?” Melody turned to Ken and asked, “Do you like Christmas?”

“Just like you, I also can’t really say if I like it or not. I haven’t experienced it much. But when I was studying abroad, Sid and some of our friends dragged me to celebrate Christmas once. That time, Sid drank too much, and I just ended up taking care of him.”

Ken paused for a moment before suggesting, “Why don’t we spend Christmas together this year? No pressure, just for fun.”

“Sounds great,” Melody replied. “If we’re both free then, let’s do it. I could invite some friends from Herbathrive, and Zara too, so we could have a fun, warm Christmas together.”

Ken stiffened a bit in the darkness.

He had meant a Christmas just for the two of them. With so many people, it wouldn’t be the same.

Without another word, Ken mumbled, “I’m sleepy. Let’s sleep.”

Melody, already feeling drowsy, murmured a reply, then turned over. Soon, her breathing became steady as she drifted off to sleep.

Ken glanced at Melody, who had fallen asleep without realizing anything, and sighed quietly.

“What now?” he thought. He couldn’t think of any other good time to confess his feelings to Melody besides Christmas.

Valentine’s Day was too far off, and the closest holidays had nothing to do with couples.

“Never mind, I’ll figure it out when the time comes,” he thought.

The next day, Ken woke up early again and headed out.

But today, instead of going to Swanson Group headquarters, he went to Ximber Tech.

With Janet and Sid, the core members of Ximber Tech, out of town, he needed to spend more time there.

Fortunately, with Zack running things, the company was in good shape.

“Mr. Swanson,” Zack said, following Ken with a stack of documents as they walked toward the conference room, “The new series of smart home products is scheduled for launch next month, but with Janet and Mr. Quant both out of town, we need to know if we should postpone the launch.”

Ken thought for a moment and then said, “No, everything should proceed as planned.”

“Understood,” Zack said.

As they reached the door of the conference room, Ken paused and turned to Zack. “You’ve been working hard lately.”

Zack froze for a second, then a smile spread across his face. “It’s my job.”

There was no need to say anything more.

What Ken had promised Zack wasn’t just a hefty salary but also shares in Ximber Tech and a partner position.

With such an offer, Zack naturally gave it his all.