His Secret Spoiled Wife (Lily and Alexander) novel Chapter 227

Melanie had not thought of how to tell Nathaniel about the abortion even though she had decided she did not want the baby. This issue with the formula came at the right time. It allowed her to stage her abortion as a miscarriage and make Nathaniel feel sorry about it too.

Before that, she needed to see Frank. She met him at a cafe as she felt safer meeting him in public. Frank was late and looked horrible, his eye bags were huge, but at least he made it.

Since Melanie had somewhat of an idea what kind of person he was, he always looked like a man about to die from sickness. However, he could only die after she finished using him.

"Didn't you say you were busy?" He questioned as he dropped several sugar cubes into his coffee, stopping after the sixth cube and stirring with his teaspoon.

"Miss me already?" Frank teased while taking a huge sip of coffee and heaving a sigh of satisfaction after.

Melanie sat there staring at him until he was done talking. "Was there anything wrong with the formula you gave me?" She said it slowly and softly, her eyes boring straight into his.

"Formula? What formula?" He raised his eyes, not remembering what she was referring to. He glanced at

Melanie chewing on her lips nervously while staring at him.

He finally recalled, "Oh, you're talking about that thing I gave you last time. That was just something I thought of at that moment. I've never tried it out, so how would I know it works or not?"

His audacious tone angered Melanie, "You don't know?”

"Why’d you hand me something that you're not sure of? Are you trying to get me into trouble?” Melanie was furious, but she could not release her anger on him. She controlled herself and hissed, "You knew I was planning to use the formulas to participate in the annual perfume contest. How could you do this to me after all I've done for you?"

"Tsk, tsk, such short temper,” Frank clicked his tongue indifferently and smirked, "Look at you, getting all upset. It's a small and unimportant competition just within your country. Why are you taking this so seriously?"

Melanie was speechless at his attitude. It might just be a small competition to him, but it meant the world to her. She won many awards using Lily's formulas. However, since she was a rookie perfumer and MN Inc. was a small company, she could not enter other more significant categories or win a national award.

This time was different. Melanie needed this to gain notoriety among perfumers and get her name out there.

More importantly, she needed to secure her position amongst the upper class and break free from Frank's control. Of course, she would not tell him that, as she needed his help solving his formula's problem.

"I don't care, the formulas you gave me aren’t working, and you need to help me solve this! Help me take a look. I need to start on my perfume as soon as possible. I’ll win this competition!" She said with determination as her eyes drifted toward the scenery outside the window.

"Alright, no problem. Let's go to your lab." He agreed without putting up much of a fight, which surprised Melanie.

However, she was worried now. If Frank came to the lab, Nathaniel could see him. Nathaniel disliked Frank, and he thought Frank was interested in her. It would only attract unwanted attention if she brought Frank back with her.