Perry's plan to hook up with Melinda had completely failed. On top of that, he had also wasted a lot of money.

"Miss Gu, when will you be taking the next step? Just so you know, I'm starting to get a bit low on cash. I barely have anything left to spend."

Perry was used to do this kind of thing. Although he was a generous person, he was not willing to do specific tasks, especially when it was difficult to do. Quick and easy rewards were what he preferred the most.

Every time he cooperated with Yulia, he would get at least ten grand. Perry expected that she would pay him more since he knew how rich she was. What was more, he was enjoying himself because Melinda was really quite beautiful.

It was definitely a win for him since he was getting paid to flirt with her.

"Go find something else to do! I don't need you anymore. Just so you know, you've done a terrible job!" Yulia sneered.

"Miss Gu, no matter how bad I am, I can't possibly be worse than you. And don't think I don't know that Melinda is your sister-in-law,"

Perry said, his tone low and threatening. When he first agreed to help Yulia, he was not aware of her relation with Melinda. It just so happened that he got so annoyed that he couldn't help but complain to his friends. That was when he found out about Melinda's identity. When he found out, his forehead was beading with cold sweat.

Seducing Jonas's woman? He might as well have been digging his own grave for doing something like that!

'Shit. How did he know about that?' Yulia thought, feeling cornered all of a sudden.

"I'll give you 200,000. No one must know about this."

"I expect you to transfer the money as soon as possible."

Back then, Perry was the one who was always making calls because Yulia was the one who had the upper hand. The tables had now turned since she had got caught by him. To make sure that nothing would go wrong, she decided to pay him a lot of money without a second thought.

In her world, there was nothing money couldn't solve.

As the days went by, Nelson's birthday was getting closer. It was an understatement to say that it was an important event—absolutely nothing should go wrong.

The Gu family had the highest status in A City. It went without saying that Nelson's birthday celebration was an incredibly important event. All the powerful businessmen in A City clamored to get invited.

An invitation reflected greatly of their status symbol. Even if they couldn't get a chance to talk with Nelson personally, being invited was already a big deal.

The banquet was to be held in the Gu family's main house. Nelson gave Melinda free rein and allowed her to prepare for it. She would do it with Gavin's assistance, and Jonas's help.

For Jonas, the most important thing was to confirm the guest list. Melinda had little idea about these social relationships. The whole Gu family felt nervous as they prepared for Nelson's birthday banquet.

Melinda held onto her optimism. When people arranged a banquet like this, they would make sure it was luxurious. But Melinda behaved differently. She wanted to prepare a warm banquet.

Nelson adored her more than anyone else. He always thought that Melinda's choice was definitely the best one. And Jonas had always felt that his grandfather favored Melinda more.

Besides Nelson's birthday banquet, Melinda was also

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

was being sneered at and preceded to relax her facial nerves. The banquet had just begun. She had to maintain a smiling face today.

"Melinda, why are you here? The guests are over there."

Yulia came over while holding a plate full of pastries. She couldn't help but interrupt the two seeing that they were flirting with each other. Melinda saw the guests and noticed unfamiliar faces.

Jonas was in charge of greeting the guests.

"Why not come and... Ah!"

Yulia screamed before she could finish her words. The pastries she was holding flew to Melinda. Luckily, she was able to hold a pillar as soon as she stumbled.

Seeing that something flew over, Melinda quickly turned around and hid in front of Jonas's chest. Melinda's instincts to hold him cheered Jonas up.

The silver gray dress looked conspicuous in the light. When the pastries were pushed down, the scene behind Melinda looked just like a movie.

"Melinda, are you all right? I stumbled over the carpet. I'm so sorry."

But, Yulia's face didn't look apologetic at all. She obviously did it on purpose. Being the bigger person, Melinda knew it was inappropriate to fight there.

It was just that she didn't have an extra dress to wear.

"Yulia, you'd better stay in the bedroom if you can't even walk properly. Don't come out and make a fool of yourself."

Jonas's voice was so cold that Yulia started to look pale. Melinda wasn't in the mood to care about it until her hand was held by a pair of hands.

"Let me take you to change your dress,"

Jonas said. Melinda, who was still in a trance, followed him. She was shocked when she saw the gorgeous starry sky dress.

Under the light, the starry sky dress was like a spotlight. As soon as she saw it, Melinda fell in love with the dress.

"Did you prepare this?"

Melinda asked in surprise. The look on Jonas's face was unnatural. He cleaned his throat and said, "It's the latest style in the shop."

In truth, this was the dress that Jonas bought when he passed by a shopping mall. He thought that it suited Melinda well. Now that he found a chance for Melinda to wear it, he didn't hesitate to show Melinda the dress.

Today was a good opportunity. Melinda, in that dress, didn't disappoint Jonas.