Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

Chapter 96 A Book Launch Event

"You’ve gone through a pretty good fight, Mr. Gu." William beamed with pride at Jonas. "Now people scurry to their seats when they see even your shadow approaching."

Jonas gave him a brief but grateful smile. He had been so busy with the affairs of the company especially the acquisition case, and he had never taken a proper rest. He was exhausted, and it showed on his face.

"Thank you for your hard work this time around as well," he said to William. "It’s my treat tonight; go ahead and choose whatever restaurant you like." His voice had grown hoarse, and he rubbed his throat uncomfortably before taking large gulps of water.

"Understood, Mr. Gu. We’ll make sure to find an excellent place to express your gratitude. By the way, Mr. Gu, may we bring any family member with us?" It was not an unprecedented request; William had always been thoughtful of the employees that were assigned to the CEO office.

Besides, after working for Jonas for so many years, he knew that despite the strict and rigid demeanor of his boss, Jonas was always generous to the employees.

"That’s all right. Just add it to the overall tab, I’ll take care of the total expense."

That made the secretary pause. "Won’t you be joining us, Mr. Gu?"

As it was supposed to be celebratory dinner, he had, of course, assumed, that the boss was coming.

Jonas shook his head. He had been living in the company for a long time. He missed Melinda very much.

It was only one of the myriad emotions he had been finding himself caught up in recently. Only one of the new feelings that he had never encountered before in his life.

"Very well, Mr. Gu." William took care of the rest of the minor paperwork as Jonas rushed back home to his wife.

Meanwhile, Yulia’s sanctions still weren’t lifted, and she remained grounded at home. Although, thankfully, she was no longer confined to her own room, and could now freely walk around the mansion.

This was one such occasion when the young woman decided to take a stroll around the grounds, her cat in her arms. It was autumn now, and there was a biting chill in the air.

Yulia wore an expensive looking vest over a light dress, looking every bit as upper-level socialite. She headed towards Melinda’s villa.

Due to her miscarriage in the past, Melinda had grown overly sensitive to the cold, and would usually fall ill in colder weather. These days she kept inside and wore thick layers of clothing, her regular walks in the yard abandoned.

It was just as well, because she had also been busy recently. Her new book had been completed, and she had been absorbed in the last phase of editing. She also had to make negotiations with the publishers and the periodical office.

She had already received a tiny bout of fame with her first book, but the recent controversy with Emily made people pay more attention to her. Needless to say, she had gained more fans, especially from within the city. Hence, her editor was quick to draw up plans to hold a book launch event for her. And they wanted to brand her as a well-known author.

"Melinda, are you busy?" Yulia barged into her sister-in-law’s villa with her cat.

Melinda was on a video call with her editor, discussing the book launch event. She quickly said her goodbye and ended the call.

"What’s up?" She gave the younger woman a tight smile. Lately, Yulia would drop in by her villa at the most random times for the most random reasons.

Melinda couldn’t tell if she actually cared for her in particular, maybe her husband’s sister was only bored of her confinement. But the fact that Yulia kept on showing up brought her much discomfort and always sent Melinda on edge.

"I don’t understand why you stay cooped up in your villa," Yulia drawled as she glanced around the room, her right hand stroking the cat in her arms. "The weather is rather nice today. Why don’t we go take a little walk outside?"

dying to get out of the mansion. Already she

it was Melinda. If she were to run out of there with her sister-in-law,

have a lot of things to do. Why don’t you

She struggled to soften her tone. "Melinda, you must know I’m still grounded." Melinda paused at that. Perhaps the younger woman only meant outside at the yard?

words. She smiled again, this time a little more warmly. "Well, we have everything we could possibly want in this mansion. If there’s anything else you wanted, I’m

Well, there was nothing to be done about it, anyway; she didn’t know what

feeling embarrassed for herself, and so did not notice the resentment that flashed in her guest’s

easily, even after lowering her pride and coming here to find some

her frustration, Yulia’s fingers dug a little

on her with a hiss, leaving

of the way as the cat

Momo heard the commotion, its ears perked up and it opened its eyes. It stalked the other cat, hissing

fat cat turned to her, and Yulia's black kitten took

also eyeing Momo with caution. It was then

messy desk and floor, his gaze quickly flew to his wife. Upon seeing her torn sweater, he

whole show of inspecting her body where the claw marks were, asking repeatedly if she was

Momo does a poor job of keeping watch over you," Jonas grumbled, and the cat in question gave him a look as

growing pale at the prospect of incurring

still young and quite playful. I apologize." Her words,

Momo," Melinda scolded her husband. "Never mind all that. Did you finally finish the

could tell from his haggard face that he had been pushing his limits. For a moment she thought of reprimanding him for handling his

and Melinda found herself thinking she was feeling a little hot

hair and curling

at having been ignored, but to be a witness to such a scene left a sour

were together, everyone else seemed to fade into background. Their display was making her

to her then, his surprise evident on his face. "Why are you still here? Don’t

out of the room without another word. It was true that in recent days she had been

their grandfather held the woman in high regard, even more so than his own granddaughter. It was only logical for her to cozy up with Melinda in order to

furiously as the events from moments ago played in her mind. She had really reached a new

humbled herself enough to come to Melinda and even act nicely, only to be dismissed so

also dismissed a second time, by her

began surfing the internet. She was never above playing dirty to begin with, and now she was looking up Emily

weeks, and her

a handful of young men, all of whom were now popular names in show business.

off. Melinda was at the bottom of the mess she had to face, and

there was no other perfect candidate

the

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