Chapter 716
Melody nodded. After shaking hands with Aaron, she turned to look at Nyla.
However, Nyla still had no intention of shaking her hand. Instead, she looked up and asked, “Are you Melody Fox?”
Nyla thought Melody was a peerless beauty who could make Ken not even fancy Janet and would do anything to protect and spoil her.
Nyla didn’t expect Melody’s appearance to be considered below average. No matter how one looked at Melody, Melody was a peerless ugly freak.
‘Could it be that Melody has disguised herself? Or does she use some witchcraft of malicious doctors to confuse Mr. Swanson?’ thought Nyla.
Melody could see the hostility in Nyla’s eyes. She was about to speak when Aaron beside her frowned and warned Nyla, “Nyla, don’t be rude!”
Nyla pursed her lips. Under the authority of Aaron, her brother, she reluctantly extended her hand to Melody.
However, just as they were about to shake hands, Melody suddenly retracted her hand, causing Nyla to miss her grip.
“You…” Nyla immediately frowned.
“Miss Nyla, If you are dissatisfied with me or feel wronged by being by my side, you can return to Insterimond anytime. Although there may be danger around me, these few people are enough.”
Nyla gritted her teeth and could not take it anymore. “Do you think I want to protect you?”
Then she turned around and left.
Aaron hurriedly shouted, “Nyla! Come back!”
However, Nyla acted as if she did not hear him. She got into her sports car and sped away.
She wanted to look for Ken and tell him she would rather return to Insterimond than guard an ugly monster.
Aaron was so angry that his face turned awful when he failed to catch up to Nyla. However, since Melody was still present, he could only turn back and say apologetically, “I’m sorry, Miss Fox. Nyla has been spoiled by us, a group of men. She has become more and more willful. But don’t worry, I’ll catch her in a while and let her apologize to you.”
“There’s no need to apologize. I never force others. If she’s unwilling, forget it. Of course, you too. You and Nyla can discuss it before telling me your final decision.”
Then Melody turned around and instructed Spencer, “Let’s go to the nearest wet market.”
“Yes!” Spencer nodded. Then he turned to nod at Aaron before turning around to drive.
When they got into the car, Melody noticed Spencer looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.
She massaged her temples and said, “If you have anything to say, just say it. There’s no need to hold it in.”
Then Spencer said, “Miss Fox, there’s something I haven’t said about Nyla.”
“Shoot.”
“She used to be… Miss Murphy’s good friend.”
Melody raised her eyebrows.
“No wonder…”
“Also, Nyla is the only girl among death warriors, so everyone can’t help but take care of her, including Mr. Swanson. He usually won’t send her on dangerous missions. That’s why she dares to speak to you with such an attitude. However, Nyla is not a bad person.”
Melody said expressionlessly, “One’s nature is good at birth. All the bad things in one are nurtured. It’s fine as long as she doesn’t go astray like Janet. Also, you and Seventeen can always leave if you don’t want to stay by my side. I’ll still say the same thing. I won’t force anyone to stay by my side.”
Spencer was shocked and quickly said, “No! Seventeen and I are willing to stay by your side!”
Although Spencer felt a little uneasy when he was assigned to Melody, he wanted to follow her from the bottom of his heart as he spent the last few days with her.
Melody pursed her lips and asked, “Are you on the same level as Seventeen?”
“Yes, but Seventeen officially joined the death warriors before me, so I call him senior. But we’re very close. We usually call each other by our numbers.”
Melody nodded and reminded him, “Look carefully. There’s a wet market nearby. Don’t drive further away.”
“Yes!” Spencer quickly replied. He didn’t say anything else and focused on driving.
Soon, he found a larger wet market on the Lakeside Road.
After parking the car, Melody led Spencer to the seafood section.
“Take the crab legs, about 10 pounds. And the giant tiger prawn…”
Melody pointed, and Spencer quickly picked out the seafood.
To this day, Spencer no longer felt anything wrong with doing the trifles. He even felt any seemingly insignificant thing Melody asked him to do had her deeper meaning.
The vendors could tell that Melody was a wealthy woman, so they began to promote their products enthusiastically.
“Miss! My seafood here is the freshest, and I guarantee they’ll be cleaned up for you. What cooking method do you want for seafood? I’ll clean it up for you according to your cooking method.”
“Miss, don’t listen to her. My seafood here is the freshest. They were just caught this morning and were immediately sent to me. Look, these prawns are so lively…”
Melody chose the seafood according to her thoughts.
“Give me two plates of the black gold abalone. And this…”
The vendors saw Melody was not easy to fool although she was young. Instead, she looked like an expert. They returned to normal.
“That’s all the seafood. Let’s go to the vegetable section.”
“Yes!”
Melody led Spencer toward the vegetable section when she suddenly saw a familiar figure from the corner of her eye.
She stopped in her tracks and said in surprise, “Aren’t they Oliver’s daughter and granddaughter?”
Spencer came to Melody’s side after Oliver’s incident, so he had never met Oliver’s daughter and granddaughter. A trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.
“Who?”
Melody did not have the time to answer. Just as she was about to walk toward the mother and daughter, a figure suddenly flew past her.
Fortunately, Spencer reacted fast and quickly pulled Melody to the side so she did not fall to the ground.
“Miss Fox, are you okay?”
Melody shook her head. “I’m fine.”
The ground in the wet market was quite slippery. If she had been hit just now, she might have fallen.
Although Melody did not fall, her pants were still splattered with mud.
“Let me help you wipe it…”
“No, thanks. I’ll go back and change my clothes.”
Then Melody saw the man who had just rushed past her run straight to Oliver’s daughter. He grabbed her collar and scolded, “Bitch! I finally found you!”
Dorrene’s collar was being pulled so tightly that she could hardly breathe.
However, she felt even more suffocated when she saw the familiar face.
“Robert Downey? How can you…”
‘How can you find me?’ thought Dorrene.
She had come so far and changed her phone number. How did Robert, the demon, find her?
Dorrene’s daughter, holding her hand, was so frightened that her face turned pale.
“Dad… Don’t hit us…”
Robert was Dorrene’s husband.
Upon seeing the panic in his daughter’s eyes, Robert did not loosen his hand. Instead, he increased the strength of his hand with a hideous look in his eyes.