I Became His Sweetheart by Bright Eyes

Chapter 460 Two Lives

What a joke!

Melanie glanced at Jeffrey, who was heating milk for her not far away in the kitchen. She took a deep breath and said, “Jeffrey is right beside me. Who made you accuse him again?”

“He wants to kill me! Obviously, he’s not going to do it himself!” Judas’s voice on the phone was low but twisted with fear.

“After I got out of prison, we agreed to settle our debts. I just want to live peacefully with my wife. I don’t want to kill anymore! He doesn’t believe I’ll keep his secret. He won’t let me live! His people are about to arrive. Please come and save me!”

“How can I save you?” Melanie asked, playing along.

“I know the York family values you a lot. Please ask them for help. I’m begging you. I don’t want to die! I don’t want to see my wife die either…”

Judas’s words continued, and then the call suddenly disconnected.

Melanie blinked in confusion. When Jeffrey approached her with a glass of milk, she casually

answered his unasked question, “It was Judas.”

“What did h

want?” Jeffrey instantly tensed as he looked at her with concern.

“He asked for help. He said you wanted to kill him to silence him,” Melanie relayed verbatim.

Jeffrey raised an eyebrow, somewhat speechless. Then, he pushed a plate of eggs, vegetables,

and fruits in front of her and instructed. “Eat while it’s hot.”

Melanie nodded and started eating.

phone call to instruct his people to keep an eye on Judas’s house,

to Melanie’s side to eat with her. But before they could finish eating, Jeffrey suddenly

didn’t pay attention to the

turned cold. She sat up straight and turned to look at

this happen?” His voice was tense and unnatural

He deliberately adjusted his tone, but his questions were

be there soon,” he said, then hung

her fork and looked at Jeffrey. He turned

profound plty and concern.

and her intuition told her that the phone call he just received brought very bad news. It was even

about Mom’s

about it?” Her first reaction was to think something was wrong with the

placed his hands on her shoulders. “The plane is fine. It arrived safely in Medonia. But William didn’t manage to pick her up. On the way here, she

accident…‘

widened, and her temples throbbed with

mom?” She asked,

her tenderly. “William has taken her to the hospital. We’re going there now. You need to be prepared… I’ll

Prepared?

demeanor, he wouldn’t give such a warning if the accident wasn’t severe.

and silently followed Jeffrey to change clothes. Then, they got into the car,

a word the entire

whole time, but she still

saw Eliza lying calmly in the intensive care unit bed. Her face was pale against the

mom?” Melanie’s voice

doctor briefly explained her mother’s condition, but she was too

understand.

“Don’t worry, your mother has temporarily passed the

ensure she’s not in any immediate danger,

what?” Melanie asked.