Chapter 476 The Couple

Jeffrey reacted fast as he lunged over from opposite Melanie and handed her an orange.

She developed a love for the smell of oranges when she previously suffered from severe morning

sickness.

As he had expected, the moment the refreshing citrusy smell of the orange hit Melanie’s nose, her nausea faded. She lifted her head and said with a wave of her hand, “I don’t like it.”

Leo arched his brow as he put down the smoked fish, and surveyed her from head to toe. “You

don’t look very good. Why are you retching? Are you ill?”

Melanie held her breath as she tucked her hair behind her ear, and nodded as calmly as she could.

“I’ve been suffering from gastroenteritis recently,” she said.

“Why don’t you take a rest? I’ll find you later and continue with the proposal?” Leo said with

feigned concern.

“Sure. I’ll go and grab my medicine.”

She stood up, and Jeffrey held her steady as she walked to the washroom.

She knew that there were people keeping close attention to her along the way. She deliberately

retrieved two kinds of pills from her bag and gulped it down with some water. They were in fact

supplements for pregnant ladies.

“Do you feel better?” Jeffrey asked, his heart aching for her.

“Yeah.”

She shut her eyes to compose herself, her nose still filled with the pungent smell of the smoked fish from earlier, although she was slowly getting used to it.

you to the test as well,” Jeffrey said in

grimly. “He got what he

given Leo the answer

his eyes narrowed. “If the Yorks are bent on killing your child, they won’t spare

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held the orange in her hand and put it near her nose, slowly recovering from her churning stomach. “I can’t stop the treatment. from my

nodded. They had to carefully plan their steps

Leo’s probably done with his smoked fish, while

proposal,” Melanie

brows furrowed. If he could, he really wanted to shield Melanie

needed to think about

go over myself, that will lower Leo’s guard. I’ll be able to

he tries to test me again.”

“We’ll see.”

“What?”

Just be careful.”

her shoulders tighter as a sense of helplessness overwhelmed him. He knew for

walked over to Leo, he had

eyes. “Do you feel better? I’m so sorry about

smell of the fish.”

medicine, and I’ll be fine in a

through the

from where he left off. However, for the next ten minutes, he

to further test

Melanie found herself puzzled over Leo. Was he certain

or…

a coincidence

decided to just wear his jacket so that

area and came to a dead–end in a bid to avoid

stopped in

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few meters away, the back view of a couple made her instinctively retreat by a few steps and hide behind a corner.

against the pillar along the corridor and about two meters apart

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