Chapter 43 Being Sarcastic

It had been three days since Jonas finished his work. Melinda was shocked when she saw him—his eyes were dark and sunken, and his facial hair was unkempt. It was an understatement to say that he looked haggard.

Despite this, he still looked presentable in his tailored suit, and his eyes were still as sharp as ever.

It was the weekend, and Jonas stayed in the company for half a day before coming back to the Gu's mansion. William's people proved to be quite reliable. Meanwhile, Emily was much better now. As he took care of Emily every day, he reported the situation to Jonas in real time.

Nelson was playing chess with Melinda. Jonas was standing behind her, watching their game with a slight frown.

Melinda's fingers tapped against the table, her short elegant nails rasping against wood.

Just when she was about to raise her hand and move a chess piece, a voice came from behind her.

"Move it there," Jonas mumbled. For a moment, Melinda hesitated, wanting to follow Jonas's suggestion.

She was so focused on their game that she had almost forgotten that Jonas was standing behind her. At first, Nelson was the one who was winning, but when Melinda took Jonas's advice, the tables had been turned quickly. Nelson looked at Jonas with dissatisfaction, and leaned over the table with more concentration.

Finally, the game was all taken over by Jonas. He helped Melinda win against Nelson by a narrow lead.

"Well, how is it fair that I'm playing against two people? It should be against the rules to coach like that!" Nelson stated as he crossed his arms over his chest. There was, however, a smile on his face as he said this, as he was glad to see that Jonas and Melinda looked like they were getting along with each other.

When they put away the chessboard, Nelson excused himself. It was routine for him to take a nap in the afternoon. Before leaving, Jonas freshened up and changed into his casual clothes.

"Are you going out?" Melinda asked.

It was such a surprising question for her to ask since it had been such a long time since she had shown any form of care towards Jonas.

"I'm going to see Emily,"

he said matter-of-factly. Looking at his frank manner, she didn't know what to say. She pursed her lips and looked at Jonas without saying a word.

Inexplicably, under such eyesight, Jonas felt a bit uncomfortable from the guilt he suddenly felt.

Melinda saw this, and forced a slight smile. "Okay, I understand."

After saying that, Melinda turned around and walked away, feeling that she must have been out of her mind. As soon as she said that, she wished she could bite her tongue off.

They had been having such a pleasant time together that she had forgotten to distance herself from him. Melinda took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

Jonas tried to shrug it off and went to see Emily. Whenever Emily saw him, her face instantly lit up. Knowing that he was worried for her made her feel very happy.

In truth, Emily had been actively keeping her distance from Jonas, as if they were just ordinary friends and nothing more. But he didn't notice that, and just did what he thought he should do.

In the following days, since there weren't a lot of company affairs going on, Jonas went to visit Emily after dealing with his work. Even though this was the case, Nelson was still dissatisfied with Jonas's behavior.

Jonas wasn't shallow not to notice the current atmosphere in the Gu's mansion. It was obv

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Seeing this, Jonas smiled with satisfaction and handed a glass of warm water to Melinda to comfort her.

All the while, Emily had been watching the whole scene silently. Her hand tightly gripped on the cup, almost making it break. Gritting her teeth secretly, she put down her cup as well and never touched it again.

After chatting for a while, Nelson went upstairs to take his routine afternoon nap. As soon as he was gone, the atmosphere between Jonas and the two women was really weird and awkward.

"I didn't expect that your health was so delicate and fragile as well,"

Emily said sarcastically as she looked at Melinda's face, a hint of envy flashing through her eyes.

"I guess I'm getting too old to bear hardships. Besides, it feels so nice to be spoiled. Wouldn't you agree?"

Although there was a smile on Melinda's face as she said this, it was obvious that she was directly attacking Emily. Her comment made Emily think of how Jonas had been taking care of Melinda for the past few days, which consequently left Emily alone in the hospital.

"I always thought that you are a strong woman, not a frail girl like me,"

Emily said with a shrug, her eyes filled with resilience and stubbornness.

"But I am strong. In fact, I am actually very different from you," Melinda said in a meaningful tone.

Just when Emily was about to ask her what she meant by that, Melinda suddenly changed the topic. "I've read the news some time ago. About some uncultured Internet celebrities. They talked rubbish and affected their fans. They often spread bad ideas," Melinda said.

"Don't you think these kinds of people are a bad influence? Oh, and by the way, you often go live stream as an influencer. Are those people really like how they act on camera or is it just so that they can get more attention?"

Melinda turned to look at Emily confusedly. How could Emily not know the irony behind it? How could she compare those low-end girls with her!

"Personally I don't think it's the right thing to do, whether or not you're just trying to attract attention to yourself. This kind of world view just invites nothing but trouble to others. They are so disgusting!"

Since Melinda jeered at her again and again, Emily had no reason to be polite to her any longer. She knew how to fight back.