Melinda's eyes were cold when she looked at the girl next to her.
With every day she had to spend looking at her and the strange behavior of Alexandre, the more furious she became. She didn't understand how Alexandre could lower himself so far to wag his tail like a faithful dog. He didn't need to, after all, his mother must have had something in her hand to force Alexandre to behave like that. After Melinda had experienced great love sickness after s leaving Alexandre, her inner attitude had completely changed in the past year after separating from her lover.
Melinda was not an unreasonable woman.
She had always thought she could control her feelings like no other. But she had overestimated her own abilities. Alexandra had gotten under her skin during the time she had spent together with him, deeper than she had thought. But she had only really understood this bitter realization after abandoning him. Only then had her heart begun to bleed. Despite the work under which she drowned herself, not a day passed that she did not think of him. Only then had she understood how much she had loved him, she was such an idiot not to have noticed earlier how deeply her love for him was rooted in her chest.
The years without him had scourged her, every night she spent with the memories of him. Melinda's heart longed for Alexandre.
She knew that an agent must always guard her heart well. But this heart, this cold stone in her chest had suddenly started beating again when she met Alexandre.
The man who had been the real target of her mission.
Her heart began to make the worst mistake she could make as a secret agent. It fell in love. Even if she tried to deny it at first, the last few years showed how obsessively her heart had grown after Alexandre.
Melinda never thought she would be in such a difficult position.
She was born Tamara, eldest daughter of diplomat Herold Doebain.
Due to her unusual upbringing and the constant travelling and adaptation to foreign cultures and countries, she was a perfect agent for the secret and worldwide operating organization "Fadenkreuz".
Already at the age of 17 she was recruited by one of the top agents, who today operates under the name Thomas Shinley. As a girl, she had cut all ties with her family and started a completely new life, under a completely new identity, alone and without help, far away from her home and the small relationships she still had. After she had lived through a lot, Melinda had developed from the innocent girls Tamara to the bewitching agent Atropa Belladonna. Not only did she lose weight, but her face had become more distinctive - her pointed cheeks, red seductive lips and a piercing eyes, as well as the feminine sensual figure of a femme fatale, were weapons she used to accomplish her mission. She quickly rose in the ranks of the organization.
But these years had taught her even more. Women could be strong, stronger than men. She was strong. A strong woman who could stand on her own two feet. Independent. She didn't need anyone's help to survive.
She had been working for the organization for 5 years under different names and faces, in different countries and governments. She didn't know any other life than that out of a suitcase.
But everything changed when she was hired by a very special man.
Gaston de Cocieux, a dangerous man who was so powerful in the underworld that even his actions were important to the organization. He was a very clever and cunning man, who had the sense to make even the most devious underworld bosses tremble with fear.
But his hatred for certain people had blinded him. He was literally consumed by the thought of revenge. Every cell in his body was harassed by the poison of his thoughts. But at the same time, these insane thoughts drove him on.
He knew no mercy and therefore he had hired Fadenkreuz to achieve his goal.
Melinda, at that time under the identity of Danielle Eliecieux, was sent to him in order to help this powerful man infiltrate one of the most powerful families of Europe. Her target was Alexandre de Valois.
How could she have even suspected that a sneaky traitor was beating in her chest. Which is why she would one day throw her principles overboard.
But love was not a fair trading partner. It took what it wanted. Played games as it pleased. Even a woman as strong as Melinda had no chance against love.
Melinda had lost her heart on the altar of love. She had sacrificed herself for her lover, had stood up against this man for her lover and ruined this man's plans.
After years of separation, Melinda realized she could not live without Alexandre.
Melinda just wanted to wait a little longer, it was still too dangerous for her. After betraying this man for Alexandre. She knew he was still chasing her. But when she had received these messages... A love marriage? She refused to believe it...
But the mere thought of it tightened her heart, crushed it. She couldn't wait any longer, even if it wasn't safe for her. She wanted to see it for herself.
Alexandre was a man of great pride. Cold and calculating, actually unreachable, that's how she had met him. But if you took hold of his heart, he was caring and gentle, looking after the person he loved.
The last five years had not been easy for Melinda. Not only had she been forced to leave her only love. She also had to start a whole new life under a completely new identity. With her hard temper, she could hold a candle to any man. She was the perfect woman, made to stand beside her strong man.
But when she received the news that Alexandre had married someone else, and a fragile thing like her...
She couldn't wait anymore!
She knew it was a cold, heartless marriage, founded by his mother. He would leave the girl if she returned to his side. Only his mother stood in her way. But if Melinda eliminated Lady de Valois, it would drive a wedge through their love, but if the girl and her little bastard disappeared...
He would honor the promise he made all those years ago.
That girl! She had forced herself between their love.
But Melinda was a strong woman!
She'd been in tougher scrapes than this before. She wouldn't be herself if she couldn't find a solution to this problem.
She wasn't ready to accept that.
How could that be?!