Chapter 363: Chapter 372

Chapter 372 Spicing Up Their Romance The dinner at the Yorks hadn’t officially started yet.

The family was in the living hall downstairs. Only the older members of the family were surrounding Joseph. talking in the glass room above the backyard.

Everyone saw the scene in Gabriel’s fragrance blending room, and started talking among themselves.

“I heard yesterday, she concocted a fragrance for Gabriel in front of everyone using many types of roses as a base, saying that it results in a stark contrast between control and impulse. There’s definitely something between those two!”

“Is that.....how artists spice things up in their romance... in the fragrance blending room?” someone remarked with a chuckle.

Joseph’s face turned dark with displeasure.

He turned back and glanced at his two grandsons, his eyes glinting. Harlow couldn’t contain his gleeful expression, while Leo stood there looking aloof, which came as a surprise to Joseph.

“Grandpa, this is their personal affair. It’s not that appropriate for us to continue looking at them, is it?”

Harlow deliberately said.

“Shut it off!” Joseph instructed with a wave of his hand.

The image on the big screen disappeared, and Joseph went on, “I’ve already invited her to our family dinner.

Send someone to the fragrance blending room to call her over.”

“Yes, Mr. York,” the butler said.

“Grandpa, what about Gabriel? Do we invite him, too?” Harlow deliberately tried to blow things up, wanting to see the world burn. “We’ve ruined things between them. Shouldn’t we compensate him for it?”

“What did you ruin?”

Suddenly, a clear voice sounded, shocking everyone into silence.

Especially Harlow.

What?

How did someone who was caught on surveillance camera in the fragrance blending room dozens of miles away suddenly appear here? What in the world?!

“Pardon me, Mr. York. Leo gave me a gown and some jewelry, and we agreed that I’d come here tonight and thank him in person. I asked Leo’s men to bring me up here the moment I arrived. I hope I didn’t interrupt anything?” Melanie said with a gracious smile as she entered the glass room above the backyard.

“No, you didn’t,” Joseph said kindly.

Harlow stared at Melanie in disbelief, wishing he could ask her what she was doing here.

+15 BONUS Melanie smiled as she looked at Harlow. “I heard you say that you ruined something between me and someone. What is it?”

“Uh... Harlow’s mind drew a blank, not knowing what to say in response to her question.

Leo smiled, and walked toward Melanie. “Perhaps my brother had the wrong idea, and thought you were still in the fragrance blending room concocting a perfume.”

“Oh, yes.” Melanie said, as if she suddenly thought of something. “I did go to the fragrance blending room in the afternoon. After Mr. York gave me something to think about last night, it sparked some new inspiration for my competition submission. But the moment I walked in, there was a power outage. Many people started coming into the room and ruined my mood to concoct perfume, so I left.”

“Mr. Lindsey’s assistant told me just now that because the generator had to restart, he might have accidentally locked someone in the fragrance blending room and needed Mr. York to inform the competition committee. If the person locked inside wasn’t the participants and therefore didn’t have the access card, he’d be stuck in there with no way out,” Melanie said, laying the groundwork for her counter–attack.

“Go and see who’s locked up in there,” Joseph said. He was very clear what Melanie was trying to do, and went with the flow.

The Yorks acted swiftly.

Very soon, news came from the fragrance blending room through a call that the family’s butler picked up. After hanging up the phone, he began stuttering in his report.

Joseph yelled with irritation. “Speak! Who is it?”

“They are Mr. Harlow’s men,” the butler finally said.

Everyone gasped.

No wonder Harlow kept insinuating things earlier. This was his ploy to begin with!

“Strange. How did Mr. Harlow’s men appear in the fragrance blending room?”

Melanie pushed forth, and said with feigned innocence, “Only the participants and organizers of the competition are allowed into the fragrance blending room. No one else has their fingerprints registered in the lock or the access card. Did they seize the chance during the power outage to go in? But why go to Mr. Lindsey’s fragrance blending room?”

Harlow was frustrated to see his plan foiled and Melanie hitting back so quickly. Her incessant talking added fuel to the fire, and he was on the verge of exploding.

However, he had to hold himself back in front of Joseph.

“Harlow, how do you explain this?” Joseph looked up at Harlow with displeasure.

“Misunderstanding! It’s all a misunderstanding.” Harlow began denying things. “I don’t know why they’re inside, either. Perhaps when there was a power outage in the fragrance blending room, my subordinate coincidentally walked past and thought someone was in trouble and he entered to try to help?”

+15 BONUS “Oh?”

Melanie continued from where he left off, “It seemed Mr. Harlow’s subordinates are all like you, with a heart of gold eager to help others. In that case, why did you say something about ruining your plans earlier? How did you know I was in Mr. Lindsey’s fragrance blending room? Did your subordinate tell you that?”