Novel Palace
Chapter 59
Chapter 59
Chapter 59 Meeting Mervin Again
Melinda no longer cared that someone knew she had other secret identities. She kept them a secret so she wouldn’t be scrutinized and her children could live peacefully. However, she was now frequently showing up in headlines, thanks to Stanley. Her peaceful life was long gone. “Take your bags. The driver is waiting.” she said. Then, she saw the kids off.
Once the children were gone, she left the villa. She was planning on returning to Sunnyvale that day. She wanted to buy something for Oscar. Just when she was about to go into a mall, she noticed someone fighting nearby, and one of them was Mervin. He’s fighting again? Is he all healed up? “Hey!” She instinctively approached him and realized whom he was fighting. “Hey, there’s a thief! Someone grab him!”
Shocked, the other guy quickly ran.
Mervin tried to go after him. “Hold it right there!”
Melinda grabbed his arm. “Stop it.”
“Why’d you let him go? He’s a thief!” Mervin was angry, but when he saw Melinda, he froze. Oh, it’s her.
Three minutes later, Melinda and Mervin were in an open-air tea shop, sharing a table. Mervin poured. himself a cup of tea and finished it in one gulp like a barbarian. He placed the cup down and leaned on the chair, looking at Melinda like a thug. “You don’t look like a village girl to me.” Even though he didn’t know the news, he searched it on the web the night before.
The more Melinda looked at him, the more he looked like Stanley, but he had a different vibe. He can’t be Stanley’s other son, can he?
“How did you know he’s a thief?” Mervin asked.
“Because he stole a chicken in our village and got caught,” answered Melinda truthfully. “I’ve seen him before.
He stole a chicken? Mervin chuckled, and then he roared with laughter. “So, he did marry a village girl. How much does he hate marriage to do that? He’s a company pnovelxo.com fast updateresident, for God’s sake. He could’ve married
anyone.”
The woman didn’t care about his mockery. She thought he was just a kid. “Why do you hate him so much?”
“Because I don’t like him,” he said with disdain, shaking his leg.
Melinda defended Stanley, “He actually cares about you. Wouldn’t have gone to the police department otherwise.” Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.
“I don’t need his concern.” Mervin was still hurt, but he could still act like he owned the world.
Melinda smiled and went back to her tea.
He frowned. Displeased, he asked, “What are you smiling at?”
“Smiling is my freedom,” she replied. “I can smile whenever I feel happy or if something funny happens. Is there a problem?”
Mervin didn’t bother answering that. He looked at the time and left without even paying the bill.
A man in black nearby looked at the time and made a call to someone. Stanley had just gotten into the conference hall when his phone rang. He took the call and listened to the report, and his face fell soon
after. The top brass got nervous because of that. After he hung up, he told Max to carry on and left, letting Max hold the conference in his place.
Monica was in the corridor, looking fresh and fashionable. When she saw Stanley coming fast, she quickly composed herself. He seems angry. “Mr. Fox-”
And Stanley passed her by like she was invisible. She turned around, but he was already long gone. He wouldn’t even say hi. I was ignored. Feeling dejected, she pursed her lips and took a deep breath before going to the conference room. She huddled closer to Max and whispered, “Where is he going?”
“Not sure.”
“Is it about Melinda?” she asked. She couldn’t help it.
Max looked at her. “I have no idea. Unless Mr. Fox tells me where he’s going, I would never ask.”
Monica still thought he must be leaving to see Melinda. He used to keep all his emotions to himself, but he started wearing his