"Why not? Isn't it supposed to be fun? I'm desperate to find out how will he behave in front of me." Edward didn't intend to do this before. However, he changed his mind upon witnessing Shaun's foolishness and arrogance. Now, all he wanted was to make a fool out of the man. He didn't mind sparing time and setting up traps for him. He even thought that a direct confrontation with Shaun would be very amusing.
I see." Aaron nodded thoughtfully as he realized Edward's real intention. "For your amusement. I'm gonna do it for you, Mr. Mu." He turned around to leave. He couldn't help but wonder if it was a good thing to have such a mischievous boss as he walked out of the room.
"Mr. Mu, Melissa is not leaving with Shaun. She is staying in the presidential suite of Kate Hotel. Shall we take actions against her?" Edward felt a bit worried after hearing that Melissa wasn't with Shaun. He silently wondered if she was playing another trick.
"What? Why didn't she go with Shaun?" His brows furrowed. He never thought that Melissa would do that.
"I have no idea. Shaun was seen walking out of the hotel with his assistant. We didn't spot Melissa with them." Luke raised his head to look at Edward. He was curious about how he would respond.
"You guys keep your eyes on Melissa and watch if she's up for any trouble. Send some reliable people to protect Daisy and Justin. No harm should come to them. Do you understand?" A slight smile cracked Edward's lips as thoughts began to cruise his mind. 'I don't care if your name is Melissa or Jessica. You will face the worst if you dare to hurt any of my beloved. You'll suffer and beg me to kill you. I promise that you won't get away from this as easily as you did last time.'
"Consider it done, Mr. Mu. But then, please consider that Mrs. Mu is very smart and sensible as well. She will find out about us following her very soon. I wonder whether she'll get angry." Luke knew Daisy well enough to know that she hated the idea of being followed around.
"Don't worry. I'll explain it to her and try to talk some sense to her." The CEO knew what Luke meant. Nevertheless, he had to do that for the sake of his wife's safety even if it would make her mad. He couldn't bear to think about the possibilities of losing her or their son. Therefore, she had to be protected round the clock, regardless of her protests and grudges.
"Then, I'll leave you alone," answered Luke. He walked out of the room after he received Edward's guarantee. He had many things to do on his list. He should tail Shaun and Melissa and send some professional people to protect the most important people for Edward.
Melissa dressed up and drove to where Coco lived after Shaun left. She had to pay her a visit because her mother lived there temporarily.
"Cousin, why did you come here? Haven't you told me that you won't show up for a while?" A curious Coco said. She was surprised about Melissa's sudden appearance in her house. Didn't her cousin say that she would avoid making any contact with them for fear that she might get exposed? However, she came there out of blue. Had something happened? Did she feel it necessary to come here?
"Things changed. My identity has been known to Edward. I never admitted it though. By the way, where's Mom? Is she alright?" asked Melissa worriedly. It was undeniable how concerned she was with her mother's health.
"Aunt's fine. Don't worry. We're treating her well. However, she has bad times and good times. Nevertheless, she's slowly recovering." Coco knew that 'Melissa' was Jessica's adopted name after she had cosmetic surgery. Actually, it was her that accompanied Jessica to go through all those. The surgeries had been extremely painful but the results were awesome as Jessica's face ended up stunningly beautiful. That was one thing she was happy about since they were family.
"What did the doctor say? Will mom recover from her illness?" asked Jessica nervously. Speaking of which, it was Jessica who caused her mother to get sick. If the events and disasters she had been through hadn't occurred at all, her extremely-ill and bedridden father wouldn't have died. Her mother wouldn't be clinically depressed if that was the case.
The doctor said that her recovery was barely possible. He also said that we should stop clinging on to false hopes. I'm really sorry to tell you that. What about you? How is your plan going? Is everything alright Jessica, listen to me. Forget about your fucking revenge. It's a hopeless and hilarious dream for us to bring FX International Group down. Look around you, have you gotten anything useful to achieve your goal? None. You got nothing." Coco looked at Jessica with concern. She knew the consequences of going against Edward. Jessica would eventually get herself killed.
"I know I'm more likely to fail. However, I can at least make trouble for them and be a pain in their asses." Jessica bit her lips and felt like a fallen woman. That was how it felt for her to fool around Shaun and let that bastard touch her body. She would not even bother to throw him a glimpse before. That would be absolutely unbelievable and unbearable.
"Are you sure that you won't get yourself into trouble? We're doing fine. We don't own your Lin Group anymore but we still have Xue Family's company to support us. We can live a prosperous, care-free, risk-free and comfortable life if you stop taking revenge." Coco wasn't sure why she felt as restless as ants on a hot pan. She could sense that something terrible was happening but couldn't figure out what it was. It was also a puzzle to her why her cousin couldn't just abort her mission.
If you were standing in my position, would you swallow the anger, pretend to live a care-free life, and allow your enemies to laugh and be happy?" said Melissa sternly and harshly. She hated Edward and his whole family. If it weren't for them, her father would not have died and her mother would have been healthy. On the other hand, how dirty and wanton could a woman be if she was ready to leave a tolerable life and choose to sell her body to a filthy bastard man? To be laughed at and even be tortured by him?
If I were you, I would let it go. After all, you also made some mistakes, didn't you?" Coco recalled the quarrel between Jessica and Daisy in the restaurant. She could have applauded for Daisy if only she hadn't chosen to take Jessica's side. After all, Daisy was such a wonderful and admiring woman.