The Substitute Bride

"Since we are all worried about Charles, you should go to Malaysia and cooperate with the police to find him as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Aunt Melissa remains worried about him, she might fire some other employees. And then I am afraid, I will not be able to stop her," Leila said, so that David was left with no other choice.

David glanced at Leila and then lowered his head in dismay. He was lost in his thoughts.

He knew that everything was Leila's plan. How could Melissa know about anything in the company? Now she was asking him to leave. They just needed an excuse to send him away.

"David, I ask you to go there on behalf of Aunt Melissa. She said she can't trust anyone else with this job other than you. She would be worried, if someone else does this job." Leila mentioned Melissa just to prevent David from refusing her.

After quite a while, David nodded. "Okay, I see. I will leave for Malaysia tomorrow."

Before Leila could respond, David walked out of her office.

Leila heaved a sigh of relief and a contended smile appeared on her lips. Since David had agreed to leave, Leila thought she was free from future troubles.

Since Leila had just started to take charge of the company, she was surely busy enough. By the time she completed her day's work, it was 10 at night.

In Dream Garden

"My Lady, it's quite late now. Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?" As Nancy was preparing to retire to bed, she found Melissa still sitting in the living room. Hence, she asked in concern.

"Do you need to bother about what time I go to sleep?" Melissa snapped at Nancy. The apparent disgust in her voice, as she replied to Nancy, revealed that she did not like Nancy.

Hence, Nancy did not want to embarrass herself further. She lowered her head and made her way around Melissa, planning to go to her room.

"Nancy, I remind you. Charles was pushed into the sea by that bitch, Sheryl. If you are not loyal to the Lu Family and still want Sheryl to come back to Dream Garden, you will probably be the next one to leave this house." Melissa raised her head and glanced at Nancy sternly as she gave her the ultimatum.

Nancy almost approached the door of her room but stood still as she heard what Melissa had just said. After a long while, she turned around and looked at Melissa. "My Lady, I have been working in Dream Garde

and hugged her excitedly.

Melissa patted Leila's back and comforted her lovingly. "It's no big deal. You need to make the decisions by yourself for this kind of trifle in the future. Relax. I will be there for you whenever you need my support."

Leila nodded happily.

The two made a perfect and adorable picture of mother and daughter bonding.

After discussing what had happened in the company, automatically they moved their conversation towards Charles.

"Aunt Melissa, I have asked David to go to Malaysia so that the process to find Charles can hurry up over there. In that way, we can also get the news about Charles as soon as possible," Leila told Melissa, expecting to earn some more brownie points from her. She knew how to use her words to please Melissa.

Needless to say, Melissa never found a flaw in what Leila did or said. She couldn't help speaking highly of Leila.

"Aunt Melissa, I can take care of the company now. Please, relax and take a good rest at home." Leila kept showing concern about Melissa's health. She kept convincing her to take care of her health until, finally, Melissa agreed with her.

Melissa was deeply touched by Leila's affection and concern towards her. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she couldn't help but cry out, thinking of the recent incidents that had affected them so drastically.

"Alright, Aunt Melissa. It's okay." Leila comforted Melissa till she felt better.

After a long time, in order to distract Melissa from the unpleasant thought, Leila changed the topic and started to talk about Sheryl.