Melody Strikes Back by Myra Walker

James didn’t want to suspect Janet. 

He wasn’t blind. He clearly saw that Janet’s expression as she watched Ken and Melody walk away looked like she wanted to devour someone, sending chills down his spine. 

He had never seen this side of Janet before. 

Given Janet’s bet on poaching Zack as a condition for Melody joning the company’s HR department, it was indeed hard not to suspect something related to Ford’s affair. 

Janet asked in confusion. “What do you want to ask? Go ahead.” 

James hesitated before saying, “Janet, I mentioned to you before about Miss Fox helping Zack’s grandfather with his illness. Have you told anyone else about it?” 

Janet’s expression froze, then she looked bewildered and said. “No. I didn’t tell anyone.” 

James asked, “Are you sure? Think carefully. Did you mention it to anyone unintentionally?” 

Janet furrowed her brow as if recalling, and after a moment, she shook her head and said, “No, I haven’t told anyone. It’s not exactly an interesting topic to bring up everywhere, is it?” 

After she finished speaking, Janet looked at James and asked, “Why are you suddenly asking me this?” 

James fumbled for words, but under Janet’s gaze, he had to say honestly, “Zack suddenly moved, and the reason seems to be that he found out Miss Fox was treating Ford and became suspicious of her motives.” 

Janet nodded, then suddenly asked, “Wait, James, are you suspecting me of deliberately leaking the information to preventi Melody from poaching Zack?” 

“I didn’t…” James couldn’t lie. His expression immediately betrayed him when he tried. 

“Well then…” Janet’s eyes filled with tears as she forced a bitter smile. 

“James, I considered you a friend, but is this what you think of me? I admit, I don’t like Melody because of the way she is. I always feel she’ll harm Ken, and I don’t trust her, But that doesn’t mean I’d ruin the chance for Zack to join us just because of Melody. I’ve dedicated so much to this company over the years thought you saw my efforts. Maybe I was mistaken.” This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“No… Janet, I’m sorry… I didn’t mean to doubt you. It’s just that so few people knew about this. James‘ face turned red as he explained, “I’m really sorry, Janet. I’ll never doubt you again! Please forget what I said and forgive me this once!” 

Janet smiled bitterly and said, “I don’t mean to blame you, but please don’t think of me as someone who lets personal feelings interfere with work.” 

James said, “I won’t. Ken won’t either. He’s just been busy and hasn’t had time to consider your feelings. You know he never lets personal feelings get in the way of business.” 

Janet nodded. “I understand. Go ahead, I want to be alone for a while.” 

James quickly nodded and left, afraid that saying more would only make things worse. 

As soon as James turned away, the grievance on Janet’s face vanished. 

Her expression turned cold, her eyes narrowing with a sharp, icy light. 

Janet thought, “So, Melody is already trying to drive a wedge between me and James? 

1/3 

She wouldn’t let Melody succeed. 

Ken would drive himself. Melody was about to sit in the back sein when she heard Ken’s deep voice asking, “Am I your chaulleur?” 

Melody paused, hesitated for a second, then closed the door and sat in the passenger seat. 

The car sped away from Ximber Tech, heading toward the Swanson villa. 

Melody knew this trip to the Swanson family was to discuss the divorce. 

She had been worried that after the divorce, she and Ken might no longer be allies. But the recent events rekindled her hope of joining forces with Ken to deal with Ulric. 

While waiting at a red light, Ken glanced at Melody and couldn’t help but ask, “You don’t seem curious about Ximber Tech at all. Aren’t you curious why I founded this company and kept it a secret?” 

He wasn’t gossiping. It was just that Melody’s calm reaction was too unusual. 

Ken said. “Ifeel like you know more about me than I do about myself, including Ximber Tech.” 

“Well…” Melody felt a bit guilty. “It’s not that I’m not curious. I just think you’ll tell me if you want to. If you don’t want to, there’s no point in asking” 

This successfully dispelled Ken’s suspicion. He looked away, then after a moment of silence, said, “It started as an interest, then unintentionally grew from a small lab to a small company, and now into Ximber Tech. The Swanson family’s business is too dirty for my liking, and I don’t want to compete with Ulric Once I reclaim my mother’s Pearly Antiques, I’ll take my grandmother and cut ties with the Swanson family,” 

Melody was surprised, looking at Ken. She didn’t expect Ken to tell her this. 

These were things she didn’t know in her previous life, 

Hearing that Ken wanted to cut ties with the Swanson family, Melody couldn’t help but say, “Besides Margaret, I don’t like the Swanson family either. But you have a share in it. There’s no need to let Ulric take it all. Plus, he accused you of crippling your own brother. Are you willing to give the entire Swanson family to him? 

“To me, only my grandmother and my mother’s Pearly Antiques matter. What others think or say doesn’t matter. As for Ulric, as long as he doesn’t bother me, he can do as he likes, Ken said. 

“Your tolerance… If Ulric had half of it, he wouldn’t have done what he did,” Melody said. 

If Ulric knew that the Swanson family, which he schemed so hard to get, was something Ken didn’t even care about, he would be furious. 

Melody opened her mouth but didn’t continue to persuade Ken 

She knew that no matter how much Ken conceded, Ulric would still stop at nothing to eliminate him. 

Their war would never end until one of them was defeated. 

All Melody could do was wait for Ulric to make a move, wait for Ken to change his mind, and then join him to deal with Ulric 

Striking now would only be counterproductive. 

Soon, they arrived at the Swanson villa.