CHAPTER 49: CHAPTER 49: HE NEVER EXPECTED THAT MAN BACK THEN TO BE ADRIAN DAVIES...

Maxwell Parker looked at Melody Parker, who was calling him "Mr. Parker" with such distance that it was even less than that of a stranger, and tears streamed down his face.

He was tongue-tied for a long time, ultimately not saying anything in defense, just speaking with tearful, clouded old eyes: "Melody, there are many things I can’t tell you right now. When you become strong enough to protect yourself, I will tell you everything I know, so you’ll understand what’s going on. For now, you don’t need to know so much; just live your life well."

After speaking, Maxwell seemed to suddenly remember something and asked Melody, "Melody, how is the child?"

"Thank you, Mr. Parker, for your concern. We are doing well, my son and I!" Melody said coldly and walked away.

Maxwell opened his mouth, wanting to say more, but Melody was already leaving.

Watching Melody’s receding figure, Maxwell shouted loudly, "Melody, one day you will understand your father’s good intentions!"

Melody’s figure went further away, gradually turning into a small black dot.

Looking at the distant black spot, Maxwell suddenly remembered the incident when Ava Parker secretly took the child away.

He never dreamed that the child Melody was carrying back then turned out to be Adrian Davies’s!

He wanted to catch up with Melody and tell her everything.

But seeing the increasingly distant silhouette, he thought of Ava Parker’s current identity.

With that child, Ava had changed her life and become the fiancée of the Davies CEO.

If the truth were revealed, Ava might lose her life.

The methods of the Davies Clan are well-known; deceiving the Davies CEO has consequences too obvious to mention.

Flesh of his flesh, both are his daughters; how should he choose?

Maxwell looked in the direction where Melody left and shook his head, "Alas! ...Maybe this is all fate."

...

After leaving the cemetery, Melody went straight back to her apartment.

She was drenched, wearing a black tight-fitting outfit that clung to her graceful, alluring figure, presenting her curves to those who looked on.

Utterly enchanting, utterly enticing!

Melody got out of the car and walked toward the apartment building.

What she didn’t know was that not far from the entrance of the Imperial Vista Garden, a Rolls-Royce Phantom was steadily parked there.

The dark polished windows blocked the outside view.

People outside couldn’t see inside the car, but those inside could see everything outside.

Melody, stepping quickly in seven-centimeter heels, walked into the Imperial Vista Garden within a few strides, disappearing from the Rolls-Royce Phantom’s view.

Seeing the woman disappear, the man immediately opened the car door and got out.

With auburn handmade leather shoes, black tailored trousers, a white handmade shirt, and features of almost divine nobility, the man immediately caught the attention of the residents of the Imperial Vista Garden.

Seeing the man come out, Locke immediately opened an umbrella, "CEO, would you like to go over?"

The man didn’t speak, taking the umbrella from Locke with a stern expression, heading in the direction of the woman.

This man was none other than Adrian Davies, who somehow had Locke drive him to this location.

His always calm, lake-like heart had been disturbed; ever since he kissed Melody Parker two days ago, he hadn’t had a peaceful moment.

Standing at a height of 1.9 meters, he had extraordinarily long legs.

He took long strides forward, and it didn’t take long before Melody’s figure reappeared in his sight.

He followed her, clearly seeing her drenched in a black outfit that tightly outlined her figure.

What had happened to her?

Had she encountered some trouble?

From the first moment she appeared in his sight, he noticed her red and swollen eyes—eyes that had clearly cried.

And she was wearing such a black outfit.

He followed her, his icy gaze blocking anyone who wanted to take a stealthy look at her.

He watched as she walked into the elevator without looking back, her expression sad and indifferent, as if no one else existed in the world.

As the elevator doors closed, he watched her slender, graceful figure completely disappear from his sight.

He couldn’t quite explain it; his whole body was burning, as if on fire.

Her waist, dainty enough to fit in his palm, was no longer hidden by the rain-soaked fabric, and its sensuous curve, highlighted against the deep black, was all the more enchanting.

This enchantress was incredibly bewitching!

He wanted to rush into the elevator and seize her right there, to tame that alluring figure, to squeeze and knead her right there in the elevator.

But she had cried and was wearing that peculiar black outfit.

More than anything, he felt a stronger urge to wipe away her tears, to pull her into his arms and comfort her.

These feelings were foreign to him, emotions he had never experienced before.

He stood there in a daze, watching the elevator ascend floor by floor.

He didn’t follow her; he did nothing and turned away from the apartment.

Back in the car, recalling her swollen eyes and that peculiar black outfit, Adrian Davies frowned slightly and instructed Locke in a low voice, "Locke, investigate Melody Parker, find out everything about her from childhood to now!"

Locke responded respectfully, "Yes!"

The Rolls-Royce Phantom started and soon left the Imperial Vista Garden, heading towards the Davies Group.

Along the way, Adrian wore a solemn expression, his mind filled with images of Melody drenched, her black outfit, and her swollen eyes.

He didn’t know if something had happened to her, nor was he sure what the situation was.

All he knew was, for the first time, seeing someone cry had caused an inexplicable ache in his heart.

When the Phantom came to a stop, Adrian got out and walked toward the Davies Building, striding with his long legs.

His mind was so preoccupied with thoughts of Melody that he didn’t notice a child rushing toward him.

It wasn’t until the child collided with him and was about to fall that he reacted and grabbed the child, preventing the child’s buttocks from hitting the cold marble floor.

The child steadied himself and immediately thanked Adrian, "Thank you, Uncle!"

Only then did Adrian have a chance to take a good look at the child who had bumped straight into him.

It was a boy, a boy about the same age as Daniel Davies.

He wore a Mickey Mouse mask that covered most of his face.

Not only that, but he also wore a baseball cap.

As a result, his small face, aside from a pair of big eyes exposed, was entirely concealed.

"Uncle, I want to go to the advertising sales department. Can you take me there?"

Adrian frowned, looking at this boy, about the same age as Daniel, and only reaching his leg’s height.

Going to the advertising department?

What does he need to do there?

Since when did employees at the Davies Group start bringing children to work?