Chapter 164

Chapter 164

There was a hint of apology in Janet’s eyes as she said to Melody under Yolanda’s questioning gaze, “I apologize, Miss Meloily, I didn’t look closely earlier. This brooch is the same style as the one I gave to Mabel, but it’s not the one I gave her. It was our mistake, Miss Melody”

Yolanda held her breath instantly as she thought. How could my second plan fail as well! How did Melody discover it? Did she guess my plan from the very beginning! No, that’s impossible, there’s no way Melody could be this clever.

Clinging to her last hope, Yolanda asked Janet. “Miss Murphy, are you sure this isn’t the brooch you gave Mabel?”

Janet maintained an apologetic smile and said. “Yes, I’m sure.”

Janet wished she could say it was the one she gave Mabel, but seeing how calmly Melody was handling things, she couldn’t be sure there wasn’t another trap waiting

Instead of letting people suspect she was in cahoots with Mabel and Yolanda, Janet thought it was better to temporarily let Melody off the hook because her reputation was much more important than Melody’s

With Janet’s response, Yolanda and Mabel’s faces turned very ugly.

They had already thought that Melody might not be easy to deal with, which was why they set up two traps but they didn’t expect Melody to avoid the first one and even swap out the brooch in advance.

Yolanda’s mind was already in chaos, but she managed to hold it together and forced a smile, saying, ‘Melody, I made a mistake, and I’m sorry for the misunderstanding. But it was all for your good as I fear you might have picked up some bad habits in the countryside. I believe you won’t blame me, right!

Melody responded meaningfully. “Yolanda, most people in the countryside are quite simple and honest, it’s the big cities where you find more pickpockets.”

Yolanda didn’t understand what Melody meant, but Melody couldn’t be bothered to explain and walked straight up to Mabel.

Mabel was not as good at hiding her emotions as Yolanda, so her feelings were displayed on her face, which was a mix of disbelief, unwillingness, anger, and confusion.

As Melody suddenly approached her. Mabel was startled and quickly tried to hide her expression when she heard Melody ask calmly. “Mabel why do you seem so surprised that the brooch I’m wearing isn’t the one you lost?”

“I am not.” Mabel blushed with anxiety.

Yolanda frowned and stood up for Mabel, saying, “Melody, what are you trying to do? Mabel is just anxious because she can’t find the brooch.

“Really? You’re not feeling guilty, are you?” Melody asked Mabel again.

“What nonsense are you talking about?” Yolanda’s face darkened.

Mabel also argued back. “Why would I feel guilty!”

Melody calmly said, “That’s something you should ask yourself. Why do you feel guilty, and why are you so surprised?”

Mabel replied loudly, “I’m not”

“Are you not? Then I must have misunderstood. Sorry, Mabel. I think you wouldn’t mind my misunderstanding, just as I don’t mind Yolanda’s misunderstanding of me, right?” Melody smiled apologetically and linked arms with Mabel.

Mabel found Melody’s closeness very repulsive, but at this critical moment, she couldn’t show discord between them and could only force a smile, nodding. “Yes, I don’t mind.”

However, in the next moment, she felt Melody’s fingers press on a cemain point on her arm.

Then, Mabel gasped in pain, her lund lost strength, and the purse she was holding fell to the ground.

Just as she was about to question why Melody pinched her, she saw two shiny items slide out of the fallen purse; one was the brooch she had personally pinned on Melody’s cloth, and the other was a diamond bracelet.

Mabel’s eyes widened in shock as she didn’t have such a bracelet, and then an ominous feeling spread throughout her body, making her scalp Lingle.

She instinctively wanted to step on it to hide it, but it was too late as Melody had already picked up the bracelet from the ground, holding it in her hand while examining it in confusion

Melody remarked, “Mabel, I don’t remember that you have such a bracelet. Could this bracelet be Ms. Lawreixe’s?”

Fairlee was also shocked as she thought, “Didn’t Janet say she had put it on Melody? Why is the bracelet in Mabel’s purse?”

As everyone’s eyes were on Fairlee, she couldn’t exchange glances with Janet, only pretending to be angry while questioning. “Mabel, how did my lost bracelet end up in your purse??

Since both daughters of the Fox family were accomplices in Barclay’s injury and hospitalization, Fairlee felt that framing either one would be the

Fairlee naturally looked fierce, so when she frowned, her aggressive look seared Mabel so much that Mabel forgot to defend herself.

Not expecting Fairlee’s lost bracelet to be found on Mabel, Yolanda was shocked and quickly stepped in to defend Mabel, smiling apologetically. “Ms. Lawrence, there must be some misunderstanding”

“Misunderstanding?” Fairlee picked up the bracelet before asking Yolanda, “Is this what you call a misunderstanding? Did my bracelet grow wings and fly into your daughter’s purse?”

“Well Just as Yolanda was about to speak, Melody suddenly stepped in front of Mabel to face Fairlee. “Ms. Lawrence, Mabel is young and ignorant. please don’t send her to the police station. I believe this is her first time doing something like this and I hope you can forgive her just this once, please?

This dramatic plea made Melody secretly give herself a thumbs–up.

On the other hand, Mabel couldn’t stay calm anymore and burst out. “Melody, shut up. I didn’t take the bracelet

Mabel hated Melody so much that she wanted to strangle her right now.

“Mabel!” Yolanda gave Mabel a warning look, then turned coldly to Melody

In these few minutes, Yolanda had completely understood that the bracelet must have been placed in Mabel’s purse by Melody.

Yolanda and Mabel had planned to frame Melody, but instead they were outwitted.

However, they had no evidence, and due to the brooch incident, they had already lost everyone’s trust.

Thinking that it would only make things worse and cause an even bigger joke if she accused Melody now, Yolanda had no choice but to endure it. trying to brush this off

Feeling deeply troubled or anxious, Yolanda’s gaze was piercing as if it could cut like daggers, then she whispered to Melody so only the two of them could hear, “Bitch, you’ll pay for what you did today”

Melody heard Yolanda’s threat and smirked coldly in her heart, thinking that if it weren’t for her to turn the tables and falsely accuse Mabel, Yolanda and Mabel would not have spared her.

Melody decided to not let them off the hook easily because she knew that if Yolanda and Mabel managed to frame her for stealing something earlier, her fate would be a thousand times worse than Mabel’s.

Melody was no longer the person she

in her past life and would never be defeated by them so easily.

While this was just Melody’s small warning to Yolanda and Mabel, she would make them suffer severe consequences of framing her.