Melody Strikes Back by Myra Walker

Chapter 66

Russell felt conflicted about Melody. If she were not his own daughter, it would be much simpler. He felt that Melody was unsuitable because she was raised in the countryside since childhood, and the affection was not as strong as a father’s bond should be.

Thinking this way, Russell said, “Yolanda, apologize to Melody. And promise that you will never take her things again.”

Yolanda felt countless humiliations in her heart. Apologizing to this ugly girl was more uncomfortable for her than a slap from Russell.

“Yolanda?” Russell urged with a frown.

Yolanda bit her lip and said shamefully, “I’m sorry, I will never touch your things again.” She almost squeezed out this sentence from her teeth. Maria frowned when she heard it, but Russell thought it was enough.

There was a difference between the old and the young. An elder bowing down to apologize to a younger generation, no matter whether it was true or not, it was over here.

“Well, let’s just drop this matter. The other day, I will go to Owen again. If it goes as you say, there should still be room for this matter. The other day, you two will take gifts with me to the Nathan family.”

Melody lowered her eyes and obediently responded, “Yes.”

Yolanda also responded and then said she was not feeling well and went upstairs.

The contract issue was heavily dropped and lightly ended. Melody returned to the room but couldn’t calm down. This war without smoke seemed to have been won, but in fact, it was lost. This was a great blow to her, and for several days, she couldn’t cheer up no matter what she did. Even when she went to the Swanson family to match the medicine for Margaret, she was listless.

On the fourth day, Melody was having dinner in the living room. Owen’s contract was finally successfully reached at the price of Russell giving up 10% of the profits.

But even if they gave up 10% of the profit, the Justalion Group could still make a lot of money. Russell was in a rare good mood today, and he asked the butler to open a bottle of red wine to drink with Yolanda. By then, Melody became an outsider.

The couple clinked glasses, and Mabel smiled and congratulated them. The family of three was happy, and Melody felt out of place.

Russell looked at Mabel with a smile in his eyes and said, “The success of this cooperation is due to Mabel.”

Yolanda pretended to be confused. “Mabel? What can Mabel do to help you?”

Russell said, “Mabel and Owen’s eldest daughter were classmates before. She asked her to plead with Owen. When signing the contract, the young lady was also there and asked Mabel to teach her coffee-making more when she was free.”

Mabel was originally quite happy, but upon hearing the word coffee-making, the salad in her mouth suddenly became tasteless.

At Margaret’s birthday party, the Nathan family happened to be back in their hometown, so they were unaware that Melody had outperformed herself in coffee-making.

“What’s the matter?” Russell asked, noticing Mabel’s reaction.

Getting older, Mabel didn’t want to draw attention, but she felt humiliated by being praised only for coffee-making.

Yolanda then deliberately mentioned Melody, her eyes slightly flashing. “What about Melody? Do you plan to let Melody join the company?”ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

At the mention of Melody, Russell’s hand holding the wine glass paused. Today’s fashion designers needed to be highly skilled, and he didn’t think it was a good idea for Melody to join the company without a foundation in fashion design.

He said, “Melody, you don’t have a foundation in fashion design, and you need more experience. I found a small headhunting company a couple of years ago. How about this? You go home now and strive to become a shareholder in the future.”

Mabel almost couldn’t help but laugh when she heard this. She only managed to restrain her laughter after seeing Yolanda’s cautionary look.

A headhunting company was so small that the number of people in the entire company could be counted on one hand. Melody working there was tantamount to being directly abandoned by Russell.