Alanna collected her thoughts and dried her body off with a towel. She then returned to the bedroom.Hades' phone kept ringing non-stop. Someone was bombarding him with message notifications, but he didn't know who.He just cast his phone an impatient glare before dialing a number."Just send her home."Terrence's voice appeared on the other end of the line. He said in an unsure tone, "Hades, Melanie is drunk and she keeps calling for you. She said you didn't like her anymore. Did you both fight?"Hades lit up a cigarette and took a drag of it. "No," he said.Melanie was a stubborn young woman who often did as she pleased. She would also kick up a fuss over nothing more often than not like she was today.She hadn't been pleased to learn that he would be returning today, but he'd insisted on it."Then hurry here and bring her home."Hades frowned. "If you don't want to take her home, then call up her home and get her driver to send her home."Terrence responded, "Hades, what a

Alanna was shocked by Chelsey's words. She was so stunned that she began to laugh. "How's that even possible?"Anyone who'd seen the way Hades behaved whenever he was with Melanie would have never said such a thing to her.The only person Hades wouldn't be able to bear parting with was Melanie. He had a soft spot solely reserved for her."Why not?" Chelsey insisted.Alanna didn't want to continue the topic any longer, so she switched it."We haven't had a meal together in ages. What would you like to eat? It's my treat!"As expected, Chelsey dropped the topic as soon as food was mentioned."Let me think about it!"In the end, they both ended up at a restaurant that had gone viral overnight on social media. They entered the restaurant smiling but never expected that they would run into Terrence there.There was another young woman right next to him too. When he caught sight of them entering, his eyes flashed for a brief moment.Alanna ignored Terrence completely and led Chelse

Chelsey was shocked and did a double-take.Alanna had told her she'd wanted to end things with Hades when she first wanted to abort her baby. But after Alanna decided not to abort her baby, nothing else happened to their relationship. Chelsey had thought Alanna changed her mind for the sake of her baby.Alanna just never brought Hades up again for some time. So, why did she bring him up again now?"What has that fucking bastard done to you again lately?"Chelsey looked at Alanna and continued, "Is it because of Melanie?"Alanna shook her head. She'd had this thought for a while. It was just that she wasn't able to leave him due to several reasons.Garrett was one of them, her mother's hospital fees were another, and the unborn baby in her belly was the third. Alanna had to deal with all of them.Although she'd managed to save up a few months' worth of her mother's hospital fees, Alanna still wasn't sure if she'd be able to find a new job after leaving Hades because of her pregna

Alanna's eyes flashed for a bit. "Are you worried about something?"Hades just chuckled coldly and said, "You must be dreaming, Ms. Jacinto."Alanna felt embarrassed. She said, "Don't worry, Mr. Florentine. I didn't take his offer."Hades gave her a dark look. "Why not? Was his price not high enough for you?""He told me to state my price and said he'd be waiting."Hades narrowed his eyes and said, "If that's the case, is it just that you haven't thought of the price you want, Ms. Jacinto?"Alanna looked at Hades and tried her best to sound as natural as possible. "Mr. Florentine, are you worried about the price I want or the fact that I'm considering it?"Hades laughed coldly and released her. He just sat on the couch and continued looking at her like that."It doesn't matter whether or not you want to put a price on your head. That's your own business. I'm just wondering if you're going to breach our contract, Ms. Jacinto."He said it in such a faint and nonchalant manner th

Alanna felt her mind going blank.She hurriedly got out of bed and tapped on the Twitter icon on her phone.A photo of Melanie and a "mysterious man" entering a hotel at midnight was trending on the social platform. Alanna could tell at once that the man in the photo was none other than Hades.Because of their photo together from a few days ago, many of the commenters guessed that Hades was also the supposed mysterious man in the photo. Hades Florentine was the true heir to the Florentine family. Brilliance Jewels was also under his name.For a man as wealthy and powerful as him to be seen at a hotel late at night with a D-list celebrity who'd just returned to the country, people just assumed that they were in a sugar daddy arrangement. A lot of comments in the comment section leaned toward curses and criticisms of the couple.Since Melanie was the ambassador for Brilliance Jewels, the company's reputation was also a reflection of Melanie's reputation. If her reputation was ruin