Chapter 545: Chapter 487 You Were Almost Hurt Because of Me
"Do you like Murray?" Demetrius asked. He didn’t know who Adela was, but as long as she liked Murray, she would help me from the heart.
Adela nodded and put her hands on her forearms. "Yes, I like him, and I know Melissa. Therefore, I think I can help you get her. That way, we’ll both get what we want."
"Alright!" Demetrius answered without hesitation. He took out his phone and exchanged his contact with Adela.
After Demetrius left, Adela grinned, revealing a line of white teeth. After checking on Demetrius’ phone number a bit, she put away the phone with satisfaction.
What a stroke of luck!
After getting back home, Adela looked around a bit. Noticing that Declan had not returned yet, she then sat on the sofa and waited for him.
Declan didn’t come back until forty minutes later. It was almost 9 o’clock when he returned. Declan was back this late because of a business dinner. He had to represent his company today to attend that. And that was also why when he came back, his suit smelt of smoke and alcohol.
"Adela, didn’t you go out today?"
It seemed like Declan was used to Adela not being at home. Therefore, when he saw Adela, he was slightly surprised.
"No, I’m still tired from shopping yesterday. It was exhausting." Adela replied lazily and even knocked on her shoulders a bit. "Declan, you smell horrible. Why don’t you take a shower first?"
"Do I?" Declan raised his arm and sniffed at his suit a bit. Sure enough, he smelled of smoke. "Yes, I stink. They drank and smoked a lot tonight. I’m going to take a shower now. If there’s a phone call, help me answer it."
Adela nodded. A while later, after Declan placed his phone on the table and returned to his bedroom, Adela checked on Declan a bit. Noticing that Declan had closed the door of his bedroom, Adela hurried to take his phone and flipped through his contacts. Soon, she found Melissa.
Adela pursed her lips and sent a message to her, "Ms. Eugen, are you available tomorrow afternoon? Can we meet in Room 302 of the Crane Hotel at four? I want to talk to you about the details of our cooperation."
Melissa was watching a TV series when she heard her phone buzz. She then took her phone and looked at the incoming message. It was from Declan. She found it strange that they would meet in a hotel. But despite that, she replied, "Alright."
Seeing that Melissa had replied, Adela smiled wickedly.
I’ve done my part to help. Demetrius, you’re on your own now.
After Melissa put down her phone, she had a gut feeling that something was wrong. Noticing that, Murray, who had just come out of the study and sat beside her, asked with concern, "What’s the matter?"
"Declan asked me to meet him in a hotel room tomorrow. He said he wanted to talk about cooperation." Melissa showed him the message.
Murray frowned upon hearing this. He knew about Declan and had met him before. Although he spoiled Adela a lot, it felt not like him to set up a meeting in a hotel room.
He glanced at Melissa, "What are you going to do?"
"Play by ear." Melissa shook her head, deciding to be careful.
The next afternoon, Melissa got to the hotel on time. The moment she knocked on the door, the sound of footsteps came from inside the room. Soon, the door opened, and then Demetrius appeared with a big smile.
"Demetrius?"
Melissa, perplexed and yet alert, took a step back subconsciously. "Why are you here?"
It was strange.
Demetrius halted for a moment and asked, "Shouldn’t I be here?" But soon he thought of what Adela told him. "I came to find you. As for Declan, he said that he needed to go out and make a call. But since you are here, drink some water while waiting."
As he spoke, he walked inside the room and brought over a glass of water that had been put on a table. Adela had come over just now and told him to give Melissa the glass of water that Adela had prepared.
Demetrius did as he was told.
"Alright." Melissa, suspicious, sat on the edge of the bed. And after Demetrius brought the water over, she sniffed it before sipping a little. It turned out that this glass of water tasted sweet and cloying.
With her face darkening, Melissa held the glass in her hand and turned around to look at Demetrius solemnly. "Why did you do this?"
Demetrius noticed that Melissa hadn’t drunk the water at all. Also, Melissa’s question sounded weird. Demetrius then asked, perplexed, "What’s the matter? I give you a glass of water. That’s all."
Melissa paused and started to study Demetrius’ eyes. It seemed like Demetrius didn’t know what had happened.
Therefore, she let out a sigh, thinking, it seemed that both Demetrius and I had been set up. As for by whom? It cannot be more obvious.
"Something is wrong with this water." Melissa put the glass on the table and pushed it toward Demetrius. "Someone has drugged it."
"What?"
Demetrius looked at the glass in disbelief, his eyes full of surprise.
Melissa nodded in earnest and asked, "Can you tell me who poured this water into the glass? Since you just came to America and only know me and Murray, I don’t think you will do things like that."
Demetrius halted before telling Melissa about everything, including how he met Adela outside Star Entertainment and how Adela instructed him to come here to meet Melissa. Melissa’s expression turned strange while she was listening.
That was so Adela! She would never change! Only she would do things like this.
"She had deceived you. This woman wanted Murray so much that she hated my guts. It should be a coincidence that you met her, but..." Melissa looked down at the glass in front of her and laughed. "This is not a coincidence. She prepared this water for me on purpose."
Then Melissa told Demetrius briefly about what had happened between Adela and her, "This woman is called Adela. She is the sister of a business partner of mine. You’d better stay away from her."
Only then did Demetrius understand what Adela was doing. And then he revealed a look of disdain right away. Demetrius was actually very young. Just like Michelle, he had just graduated from college. Therefore, it was only natural that he did not know people would actually do things like that.
Although he liked Melissa, he would never act so despicably just to get her.
"I see!" Demetrius looked at Melissa, his eyes full of righteous indignation, which made Melissa laugh a bit. Demetrius then said, "I thought she wanted to help me. Melissa, I’m really sorry. You were almost hurt because of me."
