Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley) novel Chapter 278

After Melody finished speaking, Sharon sat there, with the ashes of her father in her arms. For a long time, she remained silent.

Melody thought for a while and sat down beside her. Yesterday, Sharon suddenly came over saying that her father had passed and she was extremely down in the dumps. Under that kind of situation, it was difficult for Melody to ask anything.

Today, seeing that she was calmer than last night, Melody took the chance to ask, "Can you tell me what's going on?"

Sharon lowered her eyes and shook her head.

She preferred not to say it, and she also did not know how to tell Melody all these.

"Then..." Melody did not make things difficult for her. "Let's go out for breakfast! I bet you didn't eat anything yesterday, did you? If you don't eat anything, you will not be able to withstand it."

Again, Sharon was silent for a moment, then stood up and followed her out.

Seeing that Sharon finally showed some reaction, Melody was so happy that she pressed her down on the chair and patted her on the shoulder. "Sit down and leave it to me! I'll cook for you. It'll only take me a few minutes..."

Before she could finish her words, the doorbell rang.

Melody muttered, "Who is it?" Then, she walked over and opened the door. When she saw the person outside, she froze for a moment. "Mr... Mr. Stanley?"

Politely, Stanley nodded, and his gaze passed over her and landed directly on Sharon, who was in the living room. Following that, he said in a hoarse voice, "I went to buy some food for both of you. Miss Graham, share it with Sharon."

Immediately, Melody took it from him. "Okay. Great. Thank you!" After a pause, she invited him, "Mr. Stanley, since you're here, don't just stand outside. Come in and join us for breakfast."

"Is that okay?" Stanley stared straight at Sharon.

"Of course!" Melody nodded repeatedly and said, "It's fine. Just come in..."

With a creaking sound, Sharon, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly pushed the chair aside. Then, she stood up and said, "You guys enjoy your meal. I'm not hungry."

Melody was stunned. What was up with that girl? She was fine minutes ago.

On the other hand, Stanley's eyes darkened, and he said in a low voice, "I'm not going in. Enjoy the food. I'll be downstairs."

After that, he turned around and left.

"Hey..." Melody shouted. Seeing that he went downstairs directly, she frowned and then closed the door. She then turned to glare at Sharon, "Sharon, why did you do that?"

Suddenly, Sharon began to cry.

Melody was dumbfounded. "Hey? I'm not saying that you —don't... don't do this. I didn't mean to blame you. I just feel that Mr. Stanley has had a hard time. He stayed out all night and came up this early to deliver food for you. A guy would rarely do this. So, no matter what happened between the two of you, you shouldn't have... Okay, okay! Fine, I'll shut up now. Sweetie, please don't cry!"

In the end, Melody had no choice. She walked over, took out a napkin, and wiped her tears. "There, there..."

One drop at a time, Sharon's tears were falling like pearls. "Melody, I want to divorce him, but, but I don't want to..."

Melody was stunned by her words. What did she mean? So, did she want a divorce or not?

"What's the matter? Why are you talking about divorce again?" Melody patted her on the back. "Don't cry. Tell me everything, clearly!"

Without giving a reply, Sharon silently wept. In her heart, she hated herself for being so useless. She argued with herself silently, "The members of the Jones Family harmed your father, so you should hate them. Why do you still like Stanley?"

If she continued to be together with Stanley, her father in heaven would not be able to rest in peace!

Therefore, she could not be together with Stanley!

For her father's sake, she must not!

Anxious, Melody did not know what to do. Sharon was hugging her while her tears kept falling on Melody's shoulders. Sharon sobbed, "Melody, don't ask, just don't..."

The truth was, she could not bring herself to say it. Just the thought of divorcing Stanley made her feel as if her heart was being cut by a knife!

But if she didn't divorce Stanley, her father's death would cast a shadow on her for the rest of her life!

Frightened by her sad look, Melody answered,

"Okay, fine! I won't ask. Don't be sad."

After staying up all night, Stanley was in a trance. He leaned back on his chair with his head facing up. Then, he closed his eyes to get some rest while his brows were shrouded with a dark shadow and his tightly pursed thin lips were like sharp blades carved into his sharp facial features.

"Mr. Jones." Anthony's voice came from outside the car window.

With his eyes closed, Stanley did not move.

Anthony looked at him and said in a low voice, "We just received a call from the personnel manager. Several managers in the company suddenly resigned and took some capable employees away."

Hearing this sudden news, Stanley opened his eyes and tilted his head. "A collective resignation?"

"Yes." Anthony nodded and pursed his lips. "I just called the managers who resigned and asked about the situation. Two managers were unwilling to tell me the reason, and they handed out their resignation letters unilaterally. They were willing to compensate for the liquidated damages."

After a pause, Anthony added, "The other manager secretly revealed to me that the Isai Jones was the one who caused this, as well as Liam Frazier. At such a time, he paid a huge sum of money to hire those managers into their company. He even took some of the large contracts that we were about to sign!"

When Stanley heard this, he fell silent.

About this matter, he did not even need to think about it and could understand that Isai and Liam had joined forces to suppress him. For the past few years, his reputation in Beachmarsh City had almost eclipsed the entire Jones Family. So, this was a lesson and warning that Isai gave him, to tell him that no matter how capable he was, he was no rivalry against the Jones Family.

Scornfully, Stanley laughed, "Don't worry about those clowns!"

"But..." Anthony was still worried. "If you don't go back to the company to take charge now, I'm afraid things will get worse."

Stanley didn't even think about it. "I can't leave right now. Sharon needs me by her side."

"But..."

"There's no 'but'!" Stanley's expression was indifferent. "If they want to use these cheap tricks, just let them do it! At most, we'll just lose some performance."

But these sales are worth several billion. For the sake of Mrs. Jones, the price is too high. Anthony sighed in his heart.

Anthony seemed to want to say more, but Stanley suddenly opened the door and got off. With that, he looked in the direction of Stanley's gaze. Sharon and Melody came out of the corridor.

As Melody saw that Stanley was still outside, she was not surprised at all. She raised her hand and greeted him.

Again, Stanley nodded politely. Then, he walked towards Sharon and stood in front of her. "Where are you going?"

Without even sparing him a glance, Sharon directly walked past him.

Despite being ignored, Stanley frowned and followed her.

Sharon kept going forward and came to the main road. Finally, she stopped and entered a photocopy store.

Stanley did not know what she was going to do. Just as he was about to go over, Melody stopped him. "Stanley."

Stanley glanced at her. So, Melody quickly said, "There's something I'd like to ask you."

"Miss Graham, please go ahead."

"You two... Did you guys had a huge quarrel this time? And her father, what's going on? I've known Sharon for several years and know that she had a deep relationship with her father. All she only hoped was that her father could one day wake up. We haven't met for two days, but her father suddenly... passed?"