Mommy Alert! The CEO Daddy Won't Stop Courting-Chapter 578: Melody Parker Suffers from Poisoning Again, Neal is Heartbroken...
The phone connected, and Benjamin Parker’s young, cheerful voice sounded on the line, "Mommy!"
"Hmm." Melody Parker responded softly to the phone, "Baby, Mommy and Uncle Galan have something to do, we might be back a little late. Is it okay for you and Daniel at home?"
"Mommy, go ahead and handle your business. My brother and I are not at the apartment right now; we came to the villa halfway up the hill." After saying that, Benjamin added, "Since Mommy has something to do, my brother and I will finish dinner here and let Matthew drive us back."
After hearing this, Melody Parker felt relieved.
After ending the call with Benjamin, Melody accompanied Neal Galan to the restaurant for dinner.
Neal was in a very bad mood, heavy-hearted, and drank a lot during the meal.
Melody knew Neal’s current situation, so she didn’t persuade him, just quietly sat there watching Neal drink glass after glass.
Quickly, Neal got himself drunk.
Neal placed his hand on his chest.
With drunken, bleary eyes, he looked at Melody and said in a mournful tone, "Melody, do you know? I feel so uncomfortable, so much pain!"
"I know." Melody looked at Neal with empathy, softly comforting him, "Neal, you can’t blame yourself for Oliver’s situation; you don’t have to put the blame on yourself. You don’t need to worry too much about Grandfather Galan’s health; he will be fine."
"Melody, you truly understand me the best." Neal smiled, but his smile was very bitter.
He looked at Melody, continuing to pour out his bitterness and pain, "Melody, do you know? I don’t want to go back to Y Country, and I’m afraid to come back here..."
"I know, I know. Whether it’s Y Country or here, you have family you can’t let go of." Melody looked at Neal with warm eyes, softly advising, "So Neal, don’t make things too difficult for yourself; follow your heart."
Neal reached out, holding Melody’s small hand, his eyes hazy with drunkenness filled with unresolved tenderness, "Melody, the place I’m most at ease is where you are..."
Remembering that Melody’s heart belonged to someone else, and that person was not him, Neal’s expression turned pained again.
He looked at Melody this way, his eyes full of determination despite the pain, "Melody, I am your fate, born to protect you. So Melody, don’t worry about me, I just want to guard your happiness... Melody, promise me, let me stay by your side and protect you, okay?"
Seeing Neal like this, Melody felt as if her heart was being sliced into pieces...
Melody knew about Neal’s feelings for her, but she never knew they were so... intense.
When they were in Fland, Neal didn’t explicitly state it, so Melody pretended to be clueless.
She saw Neal as a brother, a benefactor, and if Adrian hadn’t appeared, she might have naturally become Neal’s wife.
But the heavens didn’t follow human wishes, and Adrian appeared.
At that time, Melody wasn’t ready for love and never thought about building a family with anyone; she just wanted to live with Benjamin alone.
Because she couldn’t reciprocate Neal’s feelings, and didn’t want to hold him back, when Neal jestingly told Melody, ’he likes her, wants to marry her,’ Melody seriously and clearly expressed her stance.
Melody once told Neal: she only wanted to live with Benjamin alone, and Neal deserved a better girl, it could never be her; Neal would always be her friend, someone she viewed as a brother.
Later, to avoid Neal’s feelings and to help him forget her, Melody brought Benjamin back to River City.
But Neal followed...
From that moment, Melody once thought to herself, if she really had to marry someone in this life, it might as well be Neal.
Because he didn’t want to leave her, and she couldn’t escape him.
Or she might just marry him naturally.
But in River City, Melody met Adrian.
That strong, domineering man unexpectedly entered her heart.
Melody’s heart was small and could only hold one person.
Love is an unpredictable thing, it doesn’t follow the order of events or reason.
Aside from that one unknowing incident, Neal appeared in Melody’s life earlier than Adrian.
Neal protected and accompanied Melody for four years, but in the end, Melody fell in love with Adrian.
Unable to return Neal’s feelings, Melody could only see him as an older brother, believing that as long as she didn’t respond, Neal would eventually give up.
But now, that doesn’t seem to be the case.
"Neal, don’t be like this." Knowing that it would hurt Neal, Melody still firmly refused.
She looked at Neal and continued seriously, "Neal, you’ve protected me for four years, and those four years you were my benefactor, my family. In my heart, I hope that in the days to come, you’ll find happiness, so I can be at ease. You need a better girl to be with you, not to keep guarding me."
Neal’s expression grew even more pained.
He looked at Melody for a long time without saying anything.
In the end, he unwillingly spoke, "Melody, I’ll leave, once I’m sure you’re happy, I’ll definitely leave."
There were still some words Neal kept in his heart, unspoken.
He would leave, but only not to burden Melody.
He is Melody’s destiny and will never give up protecting her in this life.
Even if he can’t be by her side, he will protect her from afar, silently.
"I’m sorry, Neal..." Melody’s tears fell like rain.
She looked at Neal, wanting to say more.
But then Melody suddenly realized, there was nothing more to say.
Because Neal’s love for her was too heavy, no matter what she said, it couldn’t avoid hurting Neal.
At this moment, all Melody hoped was for the girl meant for Neal to appear soon, to soothe Neal’s loneliness and pain...
Neal watched as her tears fell, he raised his hand to wipe them, "Melody, don’t cry, you won’t be beautiful if you cry..."
Suddenly, Melody began to tremble all over, the poison in her body triggered without warning once more.
Feeling the world go dark, Melody fainted directly onto the dining table.
Seeing Melody faint, Neal was greatly alarmed.
"Melody, what’s wrong?" Neal asked worriedly, half his drunkenness instantly sobered.
Neal hurriedly got up, lifting Melody off the table.
When he saw the two streams of tainted blood flowing from Melody’s nostrils, all the wine in Neal’s system instantly sobered him up completely.
"Melody, is the poison acting up? What, what should I do?" Neal’s expression was frantic, at a loss for what to do.
