Chapter 10 Caught RedâHanded Melanie concealed the hostility in her eyes and pretended to ask, âWhat happened? Why are you guys here?â
âI came here to wake you up! Today is your engagement ceremony. You need to wake up early to get your makeup done!â
Lily squeezed past her as she rushed into her room. Her eyes darted around before fixing her gaze on the huge bed in her room.
There were some messy clothes on her bed, and the blanket appeared puffed up.
âCome on. Letâs clean this place up. The makeup artist will be here very soon,â Lily walked toward the bed as she spoke.
Seeing this, Melanie followed closely behind her. âIâll do it myself.â
âLet me help you!â
How could Lily give up this opportunity to expose her? She rushed to the bedside and lifted the blanket from the bed without hesitation!
Melanieâs blanket was thrown to the floor. However, when Lily saw her bed, she was shocked.
The bed was clean. There was no man on Melanieâs bed.
Lily hunched up her shoulders and glanced at Daniel, who was also doubtful like her. âDidnât Lena say a man was in her room?
Whereâs the man?â
âI can clean up my room myself. You should save some of your energy to help your daughter clean up her room.â Melanie picked up the blanket from the floor as she sneered.
Lily had not figured out the meaning behind her words. She was busy talking to Daniel, âWhy is Lena still not up yet?
Somethingâs wrong. Let me look for her.â
Hearing this, Daniel went to the next room with Lily to search for Lena. Melanie followed behind them, and she even brought the rest of the crowd to follow them.
âWhy donât we go and have a look?â
The people behind them were confused from the very beginning. Today was supposed to be Bryan and Melanieâs engagement ceremony. However, in the morning, Daniel woke all of them up and told them that something happened upstairs, urging them to join in and witness the event. What were they going to witness? They had no idea at all, so they just tagged along with the two of them.
Lily took out another card to open Lenaâs room door.
âBeep.â
She then opened the door.
The moment they saw the situation inside the room, they were both stunned. Bryanâs parents and the directors behind them looked even more shocked.
âBryan, why are you in Lenaâs room?â
Time seemed to stop at that moment.
âDâdonât misunderstand. I just came up here...â
Bryanâs hair was disheveled, and he just had his pants on. His shirt remained unbuttoned as he appeared flustered while struggling to fasten the buttons.
Lena had not even had the chance to get dressed. She wrapped herself in a blanket, hiding in embarrassment on the bed. She had been planning to have a quick one with Bryan yesterday and leave after they were done, but...why did they sleep through the night in her room?
Without giving the shameless couple a chance to explain themselves, Melanie promptly pointed out the flaws in Bryanâs reply.
âYou left your shirt unbuttoned when you came up here?â
â...â Bryan got even more panicked. He stammered as he could not get the words out of his mouth.
âBryan, if you donât want to marry me, just tell me. You specifically chose this day to be our engagement ceremony and had a oneânight 1/2 +15 BONUS âI didnât specifically pick this day to Bryan refuted.
Melanie did not leave him any room to respond as she continued, âAre you telling me that youâve been cheating on me all this time?â
As Melanie spoke, she worked on her emotions and started weeping.
âWhy do you guys do this to me? Iâve given everything I have to you and your career, and in the end, what I gained in return is your betrayal?â
How hard could it be for her to play the victim? Melanie continued expressing herself as she lamented, âI knew you were close to her, and I thought you two were getting along well just for my sake.â
The directors of Jones Enterprise could not bear to watch anymore as they shook their heads in disdain.
âThis is absurd!â
âPresident Jones, is this how you raise your daughter?â
âYoung Master West, youâre cheating on Young Lady Jones in broad daylight! Youâd better give her an explanation!â
Daniel had been eyeing the CEO position all along, so when he heard the directors say something like this, he hurriedly explained,â Everybody, calm down. There must be a misunderstanding. Itâs still unclear that.â
âYes, this is impossible. Letâs calm down and listen to their explanations.â Since Bryanâs father, Felix West was also interested in the Jonesesâ medical business, he immediately sided with Daniel, trying to calm them down.
However, before they could finish their sentences, a soft and weak sob disrupted their futile explanations. âBryan, maybe you no longer want to marry me. But by doing this, will it benefit the reputation of the Jones and West families?â
The room fell into a chilling silence, with only Melanieâs sobs resonating loudly in the quiet room.
Melanie intentionally involved their family reputations to confront them, causing the directors of Jones Enterprise to wear grim expressions upon hearing this.