Chapter 1457 Le Is Offended By Holley


    Le''s body went rigid at the mention of Melissa. She was a little embarrassed to tell Holley the truth.


    She had already made contact with Melissa. The result was not satisfactory at all. Superficially, Le


    had asked Melissa to help her with her financial dilemma, but in reality, she had wanted to take


    advantage of the meeting to have a progressive talk with Melissa, to repair the rtionship between


    them. But Le was repelled by her. Besides, Melissa even demanded that they stop contacting each


    other any further.


    Telling Holley the truth about their meeting would mean admitting her failure. Her pride wouldn''t allow it.


    "It''s just so-so. Why?" Le replied, after some hesitation.


    "If you want to be back in Dream Garden, you have to regain Melissa''s trust. She is your only way in.


    With her help, it will be easier for you to go back and stay with the Lu family."


    Secretly, Le rolled her eyes and whined in her heart, ''Regain Melissa''s trust? It''s easier said than


    done. Why don''t you help me repair my rtionship with the old hag?''


    The debit card seemed to have been thest thing Melissa was willing to give her as a genuine gesture


    of their friendship. Now that she had taken the money, they were even. Le knew that Melissa was


    only willing to look out for herself. When Charles had demanded her to leave Dream Garden, Melissa


    didn''t stand up for her. And because of that, she was now living this miserable life.


    "How am I supposed to win back her trust? Do you have any bright idea? To be honest, Melissa and I


    had a falling out. We are not in a good ce right now."


    Holley was pissed. She inwardly cursed Le and considered her an utter fool. Le had stayed in the


    Lu family''s house for quite a while, and should have had numerous opportunities to bring down Sheryl.


    However, she wound up getting driven out of Dream Garden instead and even worse than that, she


    hadpletely lost Melissa''s trust. Holley was tired just imagining what was going through Le''s


    mind. She remembered how Melissa had adored and trusted Le back when she had first moved into


    the Lu family. Holley was rather disappointed by Le''s poor tactics. In her opinion, Le''s misery was


    no one''s fault but hers. She was the only one to be med for her downfall.


    Silently, Holley closed her eyes without responding. Clueless, Le wondered whether Holley was just


    ignoring her, or was just sunk into some deep contemtion.


    The massage helped rx their tense nerves. When Holley opened her eyes again, her cheeks


    radiated energy and vigor, and her eyes looked sharp and bright.


    Feeling refreshed, she finally broke the silence between them and suggested, "Think about it. How long


    have you stayed by her side? You must know her very well. Consider what Melissa cares about the


    most. If you want to win her trust back, you will have to give her what she desires the most. That''s her


    weakness, and you can take advantage of it."


    Le contemted Holley''s words. With a nk expression, she ran her fingers over herp.


    ''What is it that Melissa desires?'' Le asked herself. Countless assumptions crossed her mind in a


    sh, but she failed to pin-point the right answer.


    Holley saw that Le was struggling with her memories, and decided to not add excess pressure on


    her. She was confident that Le would figure it out sooner orter. Besides, to discredit Sheryl was not


    an easy thing. All Holley had now was time. She thought it was better to take advantage of the time she


    had and proceed slowly.


    Le frowned and pressed her lips together into a thin line. She kept looking back to how much she got


    along with Melissa. She was sure that Melissa cared about her, but she didn''t know how much. As she


    continued to follow that thought, Le got stuck in the chaos of her mind.


    To her knowledge, Melissa had always sought to get absolute authority over the Lu family, and she


    fancied luxurious items.


    Even with that information at hand, Le still found it hard to figure out what exactly she could use as a


    leverage.


    Holley patted Le on the shoulder, and said as gently as she could, "Rx. Take your time to think


    about it. I am not in much of a hurry; I can wait. Just let me know when you have a clear picture in your


    mind. We''ll then make a solid n together to lure Melissa into our trap."


    Le took a deep breath. She shed a smile at Holley and nodded in agreement.


    Holley changed the topic. "I know that you have been busy with your businesstely. But you should


    still keep an eye on this. It''s equally important that you somehow get yourself back into the Lu family.


    Do not forget that! You should pay more attention to this instead of fully focusing on your business."


    Though she made it sound like she cared in the beginning, there was an obvious warning behind


    Holley''s words.


    Le had no intentions of allowing Holley to point out her mistakes and criticize her. Their alliance was


    based on equality and mutual respect. Every time Holley talked to her, she felt like Holley was looking


    down on her. She felt offended and was out of patience.


    ''What a self-conceited woman! Who does she think she is? She might be the general manager of


    Tarsan Corporation, but she has no right to order me around like one of her staff. What makes her think


    that she can treat me like her ve? Why should I obey her?''


    Le made a long face and didn''t talk after that. Holley turned a blind eye towards Le''s unpleasant


    expression. She hade there today to convey a message to Le in person. Now that her purpose


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    was achieved, Holley didn''t care about anything else.


    As they headed out of the beauty salon, Holley walked ahead with her head held high. She looked so


    brash, and left Le behind,pletely ignoring her presence.


    But when she reached the exit, she turned and looked at Le. Waving the keys in her hand, she


    asked, "Le, can I give you a ride home?"


    Holley was aware that Le was living a hard life. She noticed that Le hade to meet her by bus.


    So, she was just being nice to her.


    Against the sunshine, Holley''s metallic keys reflected the sun''s sharp light. When the light shed on


    Le''s face, she felt her heart shrink. Le couldn''t see through Holley''s good intentions; she thought


    that Holley was deliberately showing off in front of her.


    Le bit her lips painfully and shook her head. She contained her anger and smiled, "No, thanks. I am


    heading to my store. So, if you''ll excuse me, I should go now."


    Le walked away in the opposite direction. All that time, she didn''t look back. She kept her eyes on


    the road.


    Holley noticed that Le had felt bad, but she didn''t pay much attention to it. Watching Le recede into


    the distance, she walked to her car and drove away.


    At Lansh Technology


    Nick was checking out some technical drawings on hisputer. But his mind was elsewhere; he


    couldn''t focus.


    He was a workaholic, but now, he was being pulled back by sentiments and was unable to work as


    efficiently as he wanted. If his staff found out, it would be breaking news at thepany.


    "Oh God..." Nick sighed, frustrated with himself. The information on theputer failed to get through


    his head. Atst, he gave up and moved away from theputer.


    He jumped to his feet and walked towards the French window in his office. It was a clear day.


    The sky was blue and the wind blew gently. He felt like he could almost smell the faint scent of the


    flowers outside.


    He saw his reflection mirrored in the window ss, blurred and shadowy.


    His eyes slowly widened


    when he saw another blurry face emerge from behind him.