I Became His Sweetheart

Chapter 284 Implying What Happened That Day

“How can | not know when you’ve hired people to protect me?”

Melanie raised her eyes before saying, “Not to mention that my master told me that | have a sense of smell no weaker than those from the Yorks. If they can’t have me, then we might end up as enemies. Naturally, | have to be prepared.”

“I see...”

Elize let out a sigh of relief, worried that the intelligent daughter of hers would notice something.

“But visiting the Yorks isn’t a waste of time. | can see that the Jones Enterprise’s perfume department has

recently signed two large contracts and they're both overseas businesses that I’ve known from the Yorks’ festival. It’s worth it,” Melanie said, trying to calm things down.

“Two contracts aren’t worth your safety,” Elize said with a sigh. “All | want is for you to stay safe. I’m not afraid of living a hard life.”

Melanie smiled, hiding the sorrow in her eyes.

“Oh, by the way, the Hans are back in town. Did you know that?” Melanie asked.

Eliza nodded. “The Romeros want to come back to have a piece of the pie. This time, they started a Mountain Bike Cross-country Race and attracted plenty of sponsors. They approached us a few days ago. What do you think?”

Eliza knew that Melanie and Olivia weren’t on the best of terms, and so she asked her for her opinion. Melanie gave it a thought and said, “I'll respect your opinion. | know that you want to take part in it. The Romeros command great respect overseas, but now that they’re suddenly back for the local market... It's good for us if we see what they’re up to. Don’t worry about me.

“However, while this kind of cross—country cycling competition isn’t that rare, our country’s infrastructure is

still not mature enough. If anything happens, it'll be bad, so we should still be careful.”

“Alright. Ah, how is my daughter so mature?”

Eliza pulled the strands of hair that were on Melanie’s forehead to the back of her ear. “Then I'll tell the marketing department to respond to them. Not only are we sponsoring them, we'll also be participating in the competition. We'll be handling the first aid together with the Romero International Medical Group. I’ve already asked Quincy to handle the medical stations.”Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“He’s back?” Melanie asked.

Ever since Melanie invited Quincy to do his research in the newly formed perfume department, his ability had

allowed him to become some sort of a founding member in the team. When the perfume department's business department was formed, he was then asked by Eliza to go overseas to take over the newly formed medical department. Now that he was back with all those accomplishments, even the elders who didn’t like him in Jones Enterprise couldn’t use the leak against him anymore.

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Elize nodded. “He came back with me this time. He had also interacted with those from Romeros when he was overseas, so it'll make things smoother when we work together,”

“Quincy is dependable,” Melanie nodded,

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Several days later.

The Mountain Bike Cross-country Race had reached its final preparations.

Melanie suddenly received a call from Quincy. “Miss Melanie, are you free today? | invited the other two persons—in—charge from the other two companies to welcome Mr. Luis and he asked about you. From the sounds of it, he wants you to come as well,”

Luis Romero was personally coming over? Melanie was somewhat shocked. She gave it a thought and said, “Sure. I'll free up my evening and go with you,” “That’s great! I'll pick you up tonight.” Quincy hung up the call happily.

In the evening during the dinner, Luis praised Melanie. “We met at the Angle family’s Centennial Celebration. And | must say that your intelligence and determination left me with lasting impressions!”

Luis was a slightly plump and short man, but he had quite the powerful personal magnetism. His subordinates and bodyguards behind him demonstrated that he was a true leader. “You've overpraise me, Mr. Luis. No matter what had happened, your expression didn’t even change a little during the festival.

I'm also quite impressed with you,” Melanie said with a polite smile.

There was a flash of interest in Luis’s eyes as he narrowed his eyes and raised his wine glass. “Enough talk. Let us drink this wine!”

“ll drink on my boss’s behalf, Mr. Luis.”

Quincy stood up at the right time and continued, “This is a dinner organized by the medical department, so we can’t let her drink too much. Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to explain this to our chairman.” With that, Quincy downed the glass.

“Haha! Jones Enterprise really is full of talent. Not only can Mr. Quicksilver handle the research, he can drink on your behalf as well.” Luis’s smile was like that of a gentle buddha, but for some reason it sent chills down their spine...

After the dinner was over, Luis’s personal assistant saw Melanie and Quincy off. Then, he reported back to Luis. “Boss, it seems that Miss Melanie’s words implied something. She must be suspicious of Charles’s death... Why are you still being so friendly with her?”

“You don’t understand...”

Luis’s hands were placed on his belly as he shook his head. “The Yorks had investigated her, and they did it more than once. Not to mention that Joseph seems to want Leo to court her, and even arranged for him to

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The truth is he wants Leo to get closer to her. The Yorks wouldn't be interested in someone for no reason. That is why we must keep an eye on her as well.”

*41 understand. Then about her suspecting you... What should we do?” his subordinate asked.

“Any speculation without any solid evidence is simply that, a speculation. She’s a smart woman, so she must understand this,” Luis said with great confidence.

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Melanie drove Quincy’s car and sent him home.