Chapter 676
Upon hearing Ken’s name, Zara’s face instantly displayed fear. She waved her hands repeatedly and said, “No, no, I’m sure I’ll find out before we start shooting.”
Melody, amused, asked, “Why are you so afraid of Ken? He won’t hurt you.”
Zara smiled awkwardly and hung her head, remaining silent.
She had fallen for Ken at first sight due to his handsome appearance at an earlier event.
But thanks to Melody’s introductions, after interacting with him a few times, she realized she was on a completely different level from him.
A single cold glance from Ken could intimidate her so much that she felt embarrassed at even the mere mention of his name.
There must be some problem with her to dare to fancy Ken before!
Now, she couldn’t even bring herself to look at him again. Her feelings had entirely shifted to awe and reverence, and she no longer dared to harbor any longing for him.
Seeing Zara’s silence, Melody guessed what might be troubling her but decided not to press further. Instead, she changed the subject and said, “You have more free time lately. If you’re bored, feel free to come by Herbathrive and hang out with me. I’m usually there.”
“Okay,” Zara replied. She pointed to the fork in the road ahead and said, “I live in that apartment. Do you want to come up and sit for a bit?”
“No, I’ve been busy recently and haven’t been to Herbathrive much. I need to check on things over there,” Melody said.
“I understand. I won’t keep you any longer. Just drop me off at the curb,” Zara said.
However, Melody still had Spencer drive to the entrance of the apartment and watched Zara enter before instructing Spencer to drive to Herbathrive.
Once at Herbathrive, Melody first went to check on Seventeen.
Seventeen, as usual, tried to get up when she arrived, but she gently pushed him back down on the bed and said, “Stay put. I need to check your wound.”
Seventeen nodded, looking uneasy, and lay back down, though still tense.
Melody removed the gauze and, after inspecting the wound, said, “The wound is healing very well. I’ll remove the stitches in two more days.”
Seventeen tried to get up to thank her, but Melody anticipated this and kept him down.
“If you want your injury to heal properly and get back to work, you need to stay still,” she said firmly.
Seventeen paused silently and then said, “Yes!”
After that, Melody settled on the stone table in the small courtyard and called James.
The phone was quickly answered, and James’ voice came through. “Miss Fox, what can I do for you?”
Melody said succinctly, “Please send someone to check if Nana’s items from Herbathrive to the Jensen family are being held up by anyone.”
“Yes!” James said.
This task might have been complicated for others, given that it involved someone else’s home, but it was undoubtedly a piece of cake for James.
In less than half an hour, James called back. “Miss Fox, I found out what you asked me to check.”
Melody put down her coffee. “Go ahead.”
“The items Nana sent were intercepted by the current mistress of the Jensen family. As soon as she moved in, she replaced all of the Jensen family’s original servants with her own people. So as soon as the items were mailed, they went directly to her,” James said.
“I see,” Melody responded, not surprised at all.
If it had been otherwise, Zane would not have remained so arrogant for so long.
He must have been kicked out of the Jansen family just like Nana, or even worse.
James’ voice came through again. “Do you need me to do anything else?”
“No, I’ll handle it myself. Please give me Dennis’ email address sol can send it directly to him,” Melody said.
“Okay,” James replied.
Melody hesitated, remembered Ken, and asked, “Has he had lunch yet?”
“Not yet…” James said.
“Then remind him to have lunch, or I’ll make some food for him and have Spencer deliver it,” Melody said.
James quickly replied, “It’s better to have Spencer deliver it. I… I don’t dare disturb Ken.”
“Alright then.” Melody hung up the phone and headed to the kitchenette.
In the kitchenette, Talia was preparing rice and getting ready for the evening meal.
Seeing Melody, she asked hurriedly, “Miss Fox, haven’t you had lunch yet?”
“I’ve had lunch. I’m just making a few dishes for a friend,” Melody said.
Talia realized something, and she asked with a smile, “Is it the friend you sent pasta to last time?”
“Ahem…” Melody blushed and responded somewhat awkwardly, “I need to use the kitchen.”
Talia smiled and silently gathered her things before leaving the kitchen.
Melody prepared the vegetable soup before starting on the main dishes.
It was past twelve, and she didn’t make anything too elaborate and just made some salads and a steak, which took no more than half an hour.
After handing the food box to Spencer, she breathed a sigh of relief.
“Remember, you must watch him eat before you come back,” Melody said.
“Yes!” Spencer replied solemnly, treating the food box as if it were something of immense value. He carefully got into the car and drove away.
After watching Spencer leave, Melody was about to ask David to notify the applicants for their interviews when David rushed into the clinic. “Miss Fox, there’s trouble…”
After the previous incident, facing David’s alarmist tendencies like “wolf is here” again, Melody had become very calm. She asked lightly, “What’s wrong now?”
David, looking anxious, said, “A group of thugs has shown up outside. Their leader claims to be the son of the Jensen family and is demanding to settle a score with Nana.”
“Where’s Nana?” Melody asked.
“She went to the harbor to receive a shipment that arrived a few days ago and hasn’t come back yet.”
Melody then realized that this time, the “wolf” was really here, and perhaps she had attracted it herself.
However, she wasn’t worried. This “wolf” was only a sheep in wolf skin, and its threat was more bark than bite.
She replied in a calm tone, “I understand. First, have someone calm the patients and move them to the second floor for safety. Then, call Nana and tell her not to rush back. I’ll be right down.”
“Yes!” David hurried off.
Melody opened her laptop, created a new email address, and sent an email with a paternity test for Zane and another man, as well as evidence that lan had been unfaithful to Denise.
She also warned Dennis in the email that Zane had come to Herbathrive looking for trouble with his biological daughter.
After sending the email, Melody quickly typed out a string of code, hit “Enter”, and shut the laptop with a decisive motion. She then got up and headed downstairs.
There never seemed to be a free moment.
Meanwhile, at Jensen Group, Dennis was preparing a celebratory banquet for his company’s successful listing.
He had just asked his assistant to bring the company’s contact list and planned to draw up the invitation list when his computer suddenly went black.
“What’s going on… Is there a power outage?” Dennis asked.
Dennis rushed to check the office circuit, but the computer’s black screen lit up again, displaying a forced email that had just been received.