His Heiress Wife (Retika)
Chapter 114: Stunned Crowd

Chapter 114: Stunned Crowd 

Melody sneered, clicking her tongue against the inside of her cheek smugly.

Without even batting an eyelash, she said, "It's just fair, Mr.Jones.You slapped my sister, so I want yourcompany as a payback’ By the tone of Melody's voice, it was clear that there was no room for any morenegotiation about this matter.

His company as payback for his slap was Melody's measure of fairness.

Seeing no success in pleading to Melody, Gustav turned to Seth again.

Seth was his only hope now.

The man was said to be the most powerful and influential person in the city, and no one would everdare to offend him.

If Seth backed him up, Gustav believed that Melody wouldn't be able to touch him or his company.

"President Harrison, I'm Gustav Jones.Our families had been such good acquaintances over theyears.And we still have a project to work on together, right? Please help me out today for the sake ofour families” Gustav said.

Melody curled her lips into a mocking smile at the face of Gustav's desperation to be saved.

Indeed, some people were stupid beyond redemption! Did Gustav really believe that he would bespared this time? Even if he brought the king or the president to defend him, it wouldn't be enough tosave his stupid ass.

Seth raised his head and looked at Gustav coldly.

"President Harrison.."

Gustav muttered as he met Seth's glare, his throat suddenly closing up as if an invisible hand wasgripping it tightly.

He held his breath, unable to speak.

Seeing the fright in Gustav's face, Seth raised an eyebrow and sneered.

He leaned against the chair Melody was sitting on and said, "President Jones, you said that your familyis an acquaintance of our family.But what do you think is this lady's relationship with the Harrisonfamily?"

It was obvious that Seth was referring to Melody in his question.

Everyone in the crowd was bewildered, not only Gustav.

All they knew was that Seth was the biggest producer of the production, which was why he showed upat the party.

But, judging by how he talked to Melody the moment he arrived, it was clear that the two had a specialrelationship.

Gustav gaped in disbelief and shook his head weakly.

Austin, who was beside Seth, took the liberty to help his boss explain and say more details.

"I apologize for intruding, President Jones.But you have to know that Miss Melody here is PresidentHarrison's fiancee.You've already hurt Miss Sarah, and you're planning to inflict harm to Miss Melodyas well.And now you're begging President Harrison to save you from this mess.How do you think is thatpossible, Sir?"

It was as if a bucket of ice was poured on Gustav's head.

His face froze for a moment until it gradually contorted with fright.

His knees weakened, making him fall to the ground helplessly.

Only then did he realize who he had offended.

Melody was Seth's fiancee! No wonder she was too confident to threaten Gustav! The crowd wassurprised by this information as well.

They didn't expect that the Sullivan sisters, who seemed like nobodies, actually had a strongbackground.

Everyone's eyes widened in fright.

No one among them came forward to help Sarah when she was in trouble earlier, thinking that she wasjust a nobody who was acting pathetically.

If the Sullivan sisters complained about this to Seth, every single one of them in the crowd wouldprobably not see the light of day! The look on Diego's face was indiscernible.

He was stunned, but at the same time, woeful.He wouldn't have busied himself with other things if hehad known that the two girls had such strong backgrounds.He would have spent all his time fawningover them.

Somewhere in the crowd, Yosef turned to his mother and saw the flustered expression on her face.

He couldn't help but sneer.

Rachel managed to stay in the entertainment circle for many years because of her understanding ofprudence.

However, it was also because of it that she didn't experience breakthroughs in her career.She was toocautious about taking risks.

Back to the commotion, Gustav failed to completely prevent his family's downfall.

Austin dragged him out of the venue.

Right then and there, the ruckus he started ended in disgrace.

Seth turned to Melody.

His usually dark, cold eyes instantly softened the moment they fell on her.

"Do you want to finish the party? We can leave if you don't want to stay” he asked gently.He initiallywanted to spend time with Melody tonight, which was why he decided to attend the party.

He just hadn't expected to arrive at such a commotion involving her.

This made him want to take her away more.

On the other hand, if she didn't receive a message from Tyrone that her sister was in danger, Melodywouldn't show up at the party.

So nodding at Seth, she agreed to leave with him now that the situation was settled.

Besides, she had nothing to do there anymore.

Melody stood up from her seat and glanced at her sister as if to tell her that she was leaving.

Sarah turned to her, and understanding her sister's look, she immediately said, "I will stay for a littlelonger, Mellie.

You can leave first if you are tired already.

Don't worry about me.

Tyrone is here, At the mention of her sister's manager, Melody's gaze shifted to him.

Tyrone was still dumbfounded.

He didn't know that Melody actually had such a strong background.

Although she was the least favored member of their family, her title as Seth's fiancee was enough tomake up for it.

She could probably do whatever she wanted in the city now.

On top of that, she took Gustav's company down without even batting an eyelash, which gave Tyronegoosebumps.

So when Melody's eyes landed on him, he felt shivers run down his spine and said, "Yes, Miss Melody.Ipromise to take care of Sarah.You won't have to worry about her while I'm here."

It was as if he was swearing an oath after a member of a royal family by the way he spoke.

Melody raised an eyebrow, noticing the wine stain on Tyrone’s clothes, but she didn't say anything.

Following Melody's gaze on his clothes, Tyrone immediately felt glad inside.

He tried his best to stop Gustav from attacking Sarah earlier, making him spill wine on himself.

Despite the initial humiliation he got from Gustav's insults of him, it was still a relief that he steppedforward to protect Sarah.

At least he did something about the situation instead of just standing on the side and doing nothing.

After all, he was only a small-time manager.

It was already a big move for him as someone who had no power and great background to go against abusinessman like Gustav.

It was the least he could do as Sarah's manager.

After making sure her sister would be fine, Melody turned to leave right away.

Without even waiting for Seth, she walked in front of the crowd by herself to get to the door.

All heads turned to her.

They were a little surprised to see her cold demeanor.

She was not like those other women who were timid and meek around their boyfriends.

Instead of her following after Seth, Seth was the one trailing behind her, like an obedient servant.

Wasn't she being a bit conceited and haughty towards him? The crowd was stunned.

In fact, being stunned was an understatement because this was Seth they were talking about! He wasnone other than the head of the Harrison family, but when it came to Melody, he appeared submissiveand soft.

Only when the two were farther away did Tyrone and the rest of the crowd come out of shock.

With widened eyes, Tyrone turned to Sarah beside him.

"Sarah, your sister is really intimidating.The two of you are..." he gaped.

Sarah already knew what Tyrone was trying to say, and even she was in awe of her sister.

"Different from each other? No two leaves are alike, Tyrone.Besides, what's wrong about us being alittle different from each other?"

‘A little different? Is that just a little?’ Tyrone couldn't help but comment in his mind.

He looked at Sarah with furrowed brows.

Sarah was also aware of the difference between her and Melody, which was greatly influenced by theenvironment they grew up in.

It was expected that they would differ in personalities on some levels.

But probably, even if they did grow up together in the same environment, their personalities would stillbe poles apart.

A sudden thought came to Tyrone's mind.

He turned serious right away.

"Don't tell me you also have a secret hotshot fiance? You're just hiding him, right?" he said, squintinghis eyes at Sarah.

"What? No, I don't have!" Sarah said, rolling her eyes at Tyrone.

Had he seriously forgotten about her breakup not long ago? This man was ridiculously forgetful! Wherethe hell would she get herself a secret boyfriend anyway? Even if she set out to replace one now, shewouldn't get one fast enough! Tyrone nodded his head in relief.

He was just too shocked to learn about Melody's hotshot fiance that he thought her sister might haveone too.

If Sarah did have a secret fiance, she wouldn't be working so hard in the entertainment industrybecause she could just live a happy life as a rich hotshot's wife.