Chapter 374 Be With Me Instead
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“Mr. Harlow, where did you go just now? Why didn’t you let me come with you?” Sylvia immediately clung onto
Harlow upon his return.
“Scram!” Harlow glared at her before leaving in frustration.
Sylvia tried to hide her indignation and composed herself, straightening out her necklace, before approaching a group of ladies and exchanging pleasantries with them.
Coincidentally, the ladies were complaining about Melanie. When Sylvia joined them, they asked, “Did Mr. Leo give Melanie Jones the gown and jewelry she’s wearing?”
“Yes, he did.”
Everyone knew Sylvia was Harlow’s new girlfriend, and would certainly be aware of things going on in the York
family. Her words could be trusted.
“How shameless! How dare she accept such an extravagant gift!”
Some of the ladies were outraged and raged at Melanie behind her back, while deliberately looking at another
woman who was the focal point amidst the group of ladies–Kelly Murray, the heiress of the Murrays.
She was the only one who remained silent in the group, but the jealousy burning in her eyes was frightening.
Last year, the Murrays and the Yorks worked together in trade and transport. The Murrays seized the chance
to pair Kelly and Leo, but Leo rejected them without any hesitation.
His rejection embarrassed Kelly thoroughly in Medonia. She had recently been hearing rumors of Leo pursuing
another woman, and was dying to know who it was.
Now, she finally had the chance to see Melanie in the flesh.
Sylvia could tell that Kelly hated Melanie to the core, and immediately chimed in, “Exactly! I wonder why Leo even fancies Melanie Jones. She comes from such a lowly family, and is so money–minded. How could she
compare to a true heiress?”
The moment she said that, Kelly crushed the wine glass in her hand. All the ladies in the group exchanged glances as the expectation for a good show grew in their eyes.
Melanie freshened up her makeup and took a breather before leaving the toilet. That was when she bumped
into Harlow at the entrance of the gents.
He smiled darkly as he waited for her to draw her, surveying her from head to toe. He said unceremoniously,” This is the gown that Leo gave you?”
Melanie remained silent.
“Let me ask you a question: do you like Leo as a person, or do you like his money instead?”
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Harlow put his hands behind his back as he sauntered over, smelling like alcohol. A wave of nausea overcame Melanie as she pinched her nose and looked away.
Harlow scoffed. “I’m telling you, if you like him as a person, he doesn’t have many years left to live. But if you
like his money, I am loaded too! Why don’t you be with me instead?”
“You probably have no lack of women, Mr. Harlow.”
Melanie took a step back for some fresh air. The smell of alcohol on Harlow was so strong, it was as though he had been soaking himself in a pub for 30 years without any fresh air! Information on Harlow York told her that he changed partners as frequently as the number of times he slept.
Harlow and Leo were truly polar opposites.
“Those women are just playthings!” Harlow said in disdain.
“What about me?” Melanie asked.
“You’re not the same. You’re someone Grandpa likes. What’s more, the little interlude just now made it clear to me how capable you are. You’ll be marrying into the York family just the same if you marry me. With us joining hands, I promise you’ll have much more than if you end up with Leo!” Harlow boasted as he beat his chest, as if everything was under his control.
“I didn’t expect you to be so masochistic,” Melanie said by way of rejection.
Harlow glared at her, enraged. “I haven’t settled scores with you for cursing me the previous time to be terminally ill! Don’t be ungrateful!”
Melanie looked back with a smile. “Does that mean you really got yourself checked?”
The look of embarrassment on Harlow’s face deepened her smile. “How are you sure that the doctor you consulted is good enough? If he’s not as skilled as I am and failed to diagnose you properly, it could delay treatment and lower your chances of recovery.”
“Melanie Jones!”
Harlow stepped forward, and raised his hands to slap her.
Melanie took a step back, subconsciously wrapping her arms protectively around her stomach. She couldn’t afford to be hit right now…
