Chapter 143: Double-Edged Sword

A second later, Axel, who didn't seem to have any plans on stopping his complaints about how Iven
was a person who had never seen the world and knew only how to make a fuss all day long, finally
shut his mouth when he tasted the stew.

Wide-eyed, Axel looked at the crowd with a face full of surprise and asked, "Oh my god! What kind of
beef stew is this? Why is it so delicious? The seasoning is so fragrant, and the soup is just amazing!"

lven's lips were now red and swollen from the spiciness of the stew, yet he was still drinking the soup
from the bowl.

One would see that he had no intention of stopping at all.

Luke snorted in disdain.He didn't need this man to praise him at all! The stew he made was his very
own recipe, and Melody liked stew the most.

Back when he was still a servant in the Phillips Family, Luke had put his blood and soul into working
with a master chef in Italy for more than a month so that he could get the secret recipe the master had
for stew.

Luke even carefully improved the recipe according to Melody's taste so he could have today's results!
The aroma of the stew wafted to the air.

The more Iven ate, the happier he became.

Even his opinion on Melody significantly improved.

"Melody, you said earlier that you'll treat us somewhere after we lost to you," lven said in between
eating a spoonful of stew.



"If I had known earlier you'd treat us with this food; I wouldn't have made an effort and lost sooner.Then
I would've eaten this stew earlier.It tastes heavenly!"

"I agree!" Axel chimed in.

To them, losing around two hundred thousand in poker was a small matter.

However, finding something delicious to eat was a challenge.

Especially ven.He loved stew the most.He even spent millions of dollars just to buy a restaurant that
specialized in cooking stew.

He only bought it just so he could eat some of its stew.

Melody only watched the two men with a poker face.He noticed them speaking, although their mouths
were full.

Luke listened in on the conversation from the side and frowned.

It was quite hard for Luke to accept that there were some things that he didn't know about Melody.

"Boss, what kind of bet did you guys have?"

Before Melody could respond, lven answered first.

Iven was very cunning.

In his opinion, currying favor with Luke and getting closer to him would be an advantage to him in the
future.

Everything Luke did, he carefully thought out.



But Iven never accounted for Luke's temper and how much Luke hated him.

In Luke's opinion, all the people who wanted to compete with him for Melody’'s favor were bad guys,
which meant that they were his enemies.

He glanced at Iven and, with a voice full of distaste, said, "Don't try to get close to me.Who would want
to play poker with someone like you, anyway? Disgusting!"

Iven never had problems making friends, and his life had been smooth sailing.

Until now! He had never been treated like this, and it was even in front of Seth.

Yet today, a little brat of all people just declared his disdain towards him! Iven was at a loss for words.

But just as he was about to lecture Luke, the said little brat turned around.

Luke turned towards Melody, and his face, which was full of disdain a while ago, fell apart and looked
at Melody with admiring eyes.

He stared at Melody with respect and appreciation as though he was looking at his star idol.

"Boss, you actually play poker? When did you learn it? Do you like playing the game?" Luke asked
simultaneously.

Melody spoke very softly and replied, "I learned it this evening.It's not bad!"

Melody said the words as though she was simply commenting on the weather.

Luke, who received a response, looked as happy as a child who had received a reward.

"I knew it!" Luke exclaimed.



"Our boss is the best.No matter what she studies, she learns it fast.She won just after learning it
tonight.She is too amazing.Boss, I can do it too.I will play with you next time".

Seeing how attentive Luke was, Iven and Axel subconsciously looked towards Seth.

In their mind, Melody already belonged to Seth.

Thus, Seth was the only gentleman who was qualified to accompany Melody.

Iven and Axel gulped almost at the same time when they saw Seth's cold face, his brows tightly knitted
together.

His obsidian eyes were as dark as a stormy sky that no one would even dare look towards him.

Never mind what Luke did to Iven, but even Seth couldn't agree with Luke's attitude towards Melody.

Seth could see how much Luke admired Melody, but the way he worshiped Melody seemed a little too
close and too affectionate for comfort.

AS aman, no one could stand having a little brother who loved to compete for attention against him with
his woman.

"Mellie, can you get me some water?"

Seth suddenly opened his mouth and called Melody with a deep and magnetic voice.

The others were astounded, and even Melody herself was stunned.

Melody looked over and found that Seth had already drank all the water in his cup.

Because they were just drinking a while ago, they no longer drank water and only drank some after
coming to Luke's house.



Melody was about to ask Luke to get up and get the water, but she subconsciously remembered Luke's
attitude towards Seth.

She was used to Luke's hostility towards everyone other than her, but she didn't think that there was
anything wrong with it.

"I'll go get it!" Melody said.

She then stood up and walked into the kitchen.

Luke looked at Melody in shock.

Then he angrily looked at Seth and roared angrily.

"You dare order my boss to do things? Do you want to die, mister?!"

He had always been the one to deliver things to Melody.

Since when did anyone have the guts to order Melody around? Luke was so angry that he wanted to
teach Seth a lesson.

But before he could do anything, Melody walked out and happened to hear Luke roaring at Seth.She
looked up and saw the fierce look in Seth's eyes.

Her expression changed, and she harshly called out, "Luke!"

With that one simple word, Luke shrank like a deflated balloon.

He was hurt, but he still looked unwillingly at Melody and cried out resentfully.

"But boss..."



Melody's face darkened, and her expression turned serious.She said coldly, "Come here and help me
get some water!"

She was still unfamiliar with Luke's kitchen.

It was mainly because Luke never let her inside.

Luke never dared to disobey Melody's orders, and even though he was reluctant, he still obediently
stood up.

No one noticed that the cruel coldness in Seth's eyes gradually faded away when Luke stood up.

When lven and Axel turned to look at Seth, they raised their hand and gave him a thumbs up.

They were amazed at how the cunning Seth tricked Luke to get mad at him for Melody to see.

Sure enough, the most devious of them all was still Seth.

No wonder all the businessmen in California would rather go bankrupt than offend Seth when they
were competing with him.

Seth was just too ruthless.

He killed without a trace, and offending him was worse than death.

Seth lazily leaned back in his chair, and his deep eyes narrowed to a slit as he stared at the glass in
front of him; his eyes looked cold and distant.

But then, who could tell if Seth was really cunning or was Melody simply too alert and immediately
noticed the situation before it happened?


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