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    Melody''s days were a routine of administering the lonic Rehab treatment to Edward. The results were undeniable! But making money was still her main priority.


    Past experiences had instilled a deep distrust in her. Family was unreliable, and love affairs. were a guaranteed path to heartbreak. Only by bing self-sufficient, she believed, could she control her destiny.


    Suddenly, the door mmed open, and Bernard rushed in, his brow dripping sweat, his pants caked in mud. "Mr. Moore! Disaster! Mrs. Moore dug up all your expensive nts and reced them with weeds! Right now, she''s watering them with this crazy look on her face!"


    Bernard was tempted to unload everything- How Melody destroyed Edward''s expensive nts and turned him into her personalborer, digging like a mindless drone.


    But then he remembered Melody''s seemingly gentle smile, which held a hidden threat. Bernard gulped and held his tongue.


    Edward tapped his long, perfect fingers on the table, a smirk on his lips. He looked like a million bucks, even with his cold stare. He said nonchntly, "What''s the damage? Keep a tally."


    Melody had been MIAtely, except for nights when she came to administer him with her lonic Rehab. Edward couldn''t help but wonder what she''d been up to during the day.


    "Well, I''d ballpark it around eighty million to begin with. Mrs. Moore is in quite the financial pit, she wouldn''t dig herself out even if she sold her soul," Bernard remarked frankly.


    As Edward''s loyal right-hand man, Bernard knew who buttered his bread. He followed Edward''s orders without question. Looks like someone was about to be swimming in debt for messing with the boss. Having thoroughly investigated Melody''s background and finances, Edward had


    intentionally clipped her credit cards to "incentivize her to work for more money. What a wily man he was!


    ''Ugh, why do I kinda feel bad for Mrs. Moore?'' Bernard thought.


    Edward''s eyes gleamed with a cunning glint. "Draw up a bill for her, Bernard. She loves money, right? Let''s give her some extra incentive to work it off."


    He was dressed in a ck shirt, undone cor, and rolled sleeves. The dark color entuated his cold, ruthless aura.


    Bernard chuckled under his breath. ''Yeah, yeah, keep ying games. We all know you just


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    He couldn''t deny that his boss was one cunning individual with tricks up his sleeve! Bernard did as he was told and drafted the bill before heading off to find Melody.


    A momentter, Melody stood outside Edward''s study, holding the bill and shing a sugary-sweet smile through the crack in the door. Her nose was smudged with dirt, her face flushed. with a healthy glow from exercise. Stepping into the study, a mess from head to toe


    Melody breezed into Edward''s pristine study room, mud-stained from head to toe; she remarked, "Mr. Moore, I haven''t even invoiced you for the medical expenses yet, and you''re already settling scores with me. Isn''t that a tad rude?" She knew his clean freak tendencies were going into overdrive, judging by the deepening furrow in his brow.


    Edward, a stickler for cleanliness, couldn''t help but grimace at her disheveled state. "I supposed so. What''s your point?" he i


    his demeanor guarded.


    Melody raised an eyebrow, taking a step closer. Her mud-caked fingers brushed yfully across the exposed skin of his chest. "So not cool! And you take your punishment like a man."


    Her touch lingered on his stomach, sending a jolt through him.


    The increased frequency of lonic Rehab treatments had an unexpected side effect.


    Lately, Edward found himself inexplicably drawn to Melody, his body responding to her every move, whether deliberate or unconscious.


    Of course, it was worse when she did it on purpose, like now. It made him wonder if she''d tampered with his medication.


    "What kind of punishment are we talking about he asked, grabbing her hand firmly to stop her teasing.


    But even though he was trying to be stern, there was a hint of fondness in his eyes, something he wasn''t even aware of.


    Leaning in, "How about this, Melody purred into his ear. "I give you what you want, and you tear up that IOU?"


    Her breath tickled his ear, and her eyshes brushed against his cheek, sending shivers down his spine. Edward''s heart hammered in his chest. A warmth spread through him, his skin tingling


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    With a firm grip on her waist, he struggled to maintain hisposure. "Woman. Are you ying with fire again?" he asked, his voiceced with desire. Melody couldn''t resist pushing his buttons, knowing all too well the effect she had on him.