Chapter 526: Chapter 468 How Do You Deserve His Love?
Amidst a crowd of revelers, the pain would be unworthy of being mentioned.
Especially when the pain was on one person only — Susan, the anger was magnified infinitely.
When Susan was told that she was disqualified, she panicked utterly. As she came to her sense again, she saw Melissa accepting the award. Susan glared at the woman on the stage with resentment, her lips pursed and her brows furrowed closely. That trophy should have been hers...
Loe, you wicked schemer!
When Melissa and Murray walked out of the design competition site, it was already six o’clock in the evening. They talked while walking towards the parking lot, when Susan suddenly rushed out and glared at Melissa, "Loe ... no, I’d better call you Ms. Eugen. Why did you set me up? Why? This award, the trophy in your hand, should have been mine!"
Susan’s voice was getting louder and louder, and her delicate face became ferocious. Some passers-by stopped to watch. Murray frowned and stretched out his arm subconsciously to keep Melissa behind his back.
Melissa frowned and looked at Susan with disgust. She did not expect Susan was so obsessed with this award.
Melissa tugged at Murray’s sleeve, indicating for him to let her go. She took a step forward and narrowed her eyes at Susan. "You were the one who set me up, Ms. Curson. We are both designers. If you competed with me fairly, I would treat you as a respectable opponent, but you made me look down on you. Plagiarism is a crime here in Wyvernholt."
After Melissa finished her words, she signaled Murray to call the police and mouthed to him, "Anaya."
Murray got the message immediately and nodded. He then took out his smartphone and called the police station. In fluent Wyvernholten language, he not only told the police about the situation outside the award ceremony venue, but also the ins and outs of Susan’s plagiarism and Anaya’s stealing of the design drawings.
Susan’s facial expression changed suddenly. She had lived in Wyvernholt for many years and surely knew what Murray was talking about, but it was too late to stop him. Murray hung up the phone and put the phone into his pocket mercilessly.
About half an hour later, the police car arrived. Two policemen got off the car and took Susan into the car. Susan’s fame was completely ruined over the night.
On the other side, Anaya had watched the live TV broadcast of the award ceremony in the hotel room. She was scared and restless. She never thought that Melissa would be able to turn the tables.
She held her smartphone tightly but was hesitant whether she should call Susan.
Suddenly there was a burst of urgent knocking on the door.
Anaya’s heart skipped a beat. Anxiously she looked in the direction of the door, then slowly walked over and asked, "Who’s there?"
She put her hand onto the door handle, rotated it gently, and the door opened with a click.
To Anaya’s surprise, two policemen came in. One of them showed his police badge and said, "Ms. Knowles, you are reported to be suspected of stealing and kidnapping. According to the investigation, these were true. Now you are to be detained according to the law. Please follow us to the police station."
Anaya was so shocked that she stepped back instinctively, but the handcuffs were already on her wrists. She was no longer able to escape. In the end, all she could do was lower her head and follow the policemen into the police car outside the hotel.
Everything seemed to have been settled. Many people had seen Melissa being proposed to through the live TV broadcast. It made a big splash across the Internet.
However, Melissa and Murray did not seem to care about this. They had a great time in Wyvernholt for a few days. Without anything to worry about, they either went out for a date or stayed at home to enjoy their time together.
As soon as they returned to Aldness, they went to the old house to visit Marc.
Murray held Melissa’s hand tightly, as if he was afraid that she would run away, and entered the house with a big smile on his face, "We’re back, grandpa."
Marc had been missing these two youngsters dreadfully since their departure. When he saw that Murray and Melissa had returned, he was surprised and delighted. "Finally! I missed you so bad."
"Melissa had said that she wanted to come back to meet you after the competition, but I thought that she was too tired, so I let her rest in Wyvernholt for a few more days. Moreover, we planned to prepare for our engagement ceremony as soon as possible after we came back. I proposed to Melissa at the award ceremony, and she agreed."
Marc looked at Melissa in surprise and, as expected, a smile appeared on his face, "Meli, you finally agreed to marry this bastard? That’s great! I’m finally relieved."
Melissa nodded her head in embarrassment, "Yes, I did. And we even bought our wedding rings. You can rest assured, Marc."
The middle finger of her right hand was wearing a diamond ring. On the second day after the award ceremony, Murray took her to the jewelry store and bought it. It was a unique hand-made diamond ring.
As the three of them were talking, Sarah and Claire arrived. The moment they entered and saw Melissa and Murray sitting beside Marc, Claire’s facial expression changed immediately.
Sarah’s expression was normal though. After all, she was way more experienced than Claire. She smiled and said to Marc, "Marc, Claire and I came to see you."
Murray heard the noise and looked up at the two women in front of him. The smile on his face slowly disappeared. "What’re you doing here? You’re not welcome. Just leave," said Murray gloomily.
Melissa frowned and whispered, "Murray."
Melissa did not want Murray to have a direct conflict with Sarah and Claire. The place would be messed up if they did so.
"Murray, why are you so furious? We are only here to see grandpa. Nothing else." Claire turned a deaf ear and said to Murray with a fake smile, then put the tonic she brought on the table.
"Grandpa, Aunt Sarah and I bought the tonic for you. You must accept it," Claire said to Marc.
Marc pursed his lips and said in a flat voice, "You guys are considerate."
"You must have just arrived back from Wyvernholt. I watched your competition and the award ceremony," Claire said in a casual tone as if she did not care. She straightened up her back and walked to the side to look at Melissa with an arrogant attitude.
She had watched the award ceremony of the design competition and knew that Melissa had won the championship. Therefore, she had also watched the scene of Murray proposing to Melissa. Claire was jealous. More precisely, she was jealous to death.
Melissa, how do you deserve Murray’s love?
