My Gentle Wife is a Real Divine Being

Chapter 890

Debra’s words were laced with insinuation, implying that Melody’s trip there was driven by some late–life romantic whim.

Melody, who valued her reputation above all else, turned livid. “Of course, I’m going back. If it weren’t for some business I had to attend to, I wouldn’t have come at all.”

“Mrs. Nichols Sr., take it easy. I didn’t say anything out of line,” Debra said, leaning in closer to Melody. “Don’t forget, I have evidence of you hiring someone to kill me. If you don’t want any trouble, you’d better not cross me. Otherwise, you’ll spend the rest of your life behind bars.”

Melody’s anger boiled over at Debra’s threat. She remembered all too well how Debra had used this very threat to force Juan to hand over the Nichols Group.

Although the company hadn’t fallen into Debra’s hands yet, there was no telling if Juan might do so in the future.

Melody looked at Debra’s smiling face, her own smile strained. “Since you’re new here too, feel free to look around. I’m a bit tired and will go upstairs to rest.”

leave, defeated in

went up the stairs like the hostess of the Eaton

Melody stared at her aged reflection in the mirror and thought of Debra’s

was deliberately causing

a knock at the door, and a maid entered. “Mrs. Nichols Sr., Miss Eaton has arrived unexpectedly. Mr. Eaton Sr. hopes

Liza?” Melody’s voice softened, though the mention of Liza

hidden his identity as the heir to the Eaton family, so she had chosen Wilbur Nichols, who was also from Seamar

overseas and had remained unmarried until he was 40.

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the woman looked strikingly like her. Melody felt

tonight. Mr. Eaton Sr. is concerned about your well–being and doesn’t want you to

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