Chapter 59 The Temporary Assistant

"Didn't you go shopping? Why are you back so soon? I wasn't expecting you back until later."

Sitting on the sofa, Yulia was immersed in her own thoughts, full of fear. She was worried about what she saw and didn't want to talk about it. When Nelson walked into the living room with Gavin's help, he saw Yulia alone.

Nelson knew that she and Melinda went out together, and they had gone shopping. He hoped that they could get along well with each other, so he encouraged them to spend time together.

Gavin helped Nelson sit down on the sofa, poured him a cup of tea, and then retreated to a corner. Yulia was still in a daze until Nelson put the cup heavily on the tea table. He startled her to get her attention and show his authority.

"Ah. Grandpa. I am back,"

Yulia greeted him nervously. Her hands locked together and her eyes were darting around. She didn't dare to look into Nelson's eyes. She knew he would be upset with her and didn't know how best to handle it.

"What are you doing? I asked you something, but you didn't answer me. Didn't you go out with Melinda?" He was visibly agitated and unsure of why on earth she would be back so soon. "Why did you come back alone? Where is Melinda?"

Nelson asked unhappily. Yulia's eyes were wide open when she heard Nelson ask about Melinda. She had run away and was totally unaware of what was going on now. Things had started to get bad quickly and she thought it best to get away.

Besides, she didn't think Jonas could defeat the three men. There were some guys that started bullying Melinda. Jonas came to help and things escalated. She was fearful and fled.

"I...decided to leave. I didn't want to stay. I felt a little uncomfortable so I came back first. Melinda is fine. She happened to meet a friend, so they went shopping together,"

stuttered Yulia. Though Nelson was old, he was wise, so she dared not look at him at all. He could sense her lying and didn't like it one bit.

Nelson heard the fear in her voice and snorted. He didn't believe that Yulia was telling the truth. She was lying and it was obvious. He knew Melinda well. If Yulia was really sick, Melinda wouldn't go shopping with her friend on her own.

"Your sister-in-law went shopping with a friend. Is the friend more important than you?" he questioned her more. Pressuring her to tell the truth.

Yulia was totally confused and took it for granted that Nelson was blaming Melinda for not taking good care of her. At this thought, she could not help feeling happy in her heart.

"Grandpa, Melinda also has her own friends. I shouldn't bother her," she said coyly.

Yulia pretended to be annoyed and blamed Melinda. She was trying to win his favor by throwing Melinda under the bus.

"Yulia, do you think I'm a fool?" Nelson barked angrily. He was beginning to lose his patience. "Tell me where she is at!" he demanded.

There was anger in Nelson's voice. Yulia finally realized she'd best tell the truth and she stammered, "She was stopped by a group of people. And Jonas appeared to protect her. So... I came back. I didn't want to be there. Things were getting heated so I left."

Hearing this, Nelson was almost speechless. He couldn't believe that Yulia came back after she saw that Melinda was bullied. He was angry with Yulia and her selfishness.

"Gavin, please send someone to help Jonas as soon as possible," he ordered.

Lowering her head, Yulia didn't dare to speak a word. 'If I had known this, I wouldn't have come back,' she thought

Drugged one night by her ex-boyfriend, a mysterious man took advantage of her in an ecstatic night filled with sex.

To take her revenge, she married the man, and used him.

"As long as I'm alive, I'm still his legal wife, while all of you are just his mistresses."

She remained adamant even when he was involved in scandals with other women.

Eventually she stormed off after she learned that he had betrayed her again.But life brought her back to him a few years later, to his astonishment.

patient in need of care now.

Jonas covered Melinda with a blanket from the other bed in the room, then walked to the balcony and called William to arrange work.

William was shocked when he heard that Jonas was injured. Then he felt frustrated. Since the boss was injured, he would carry the weight of the whole company.

Jonas needed time to recover from the injury, but he was still able to deal with the affairs. When Melinda woke up, she saw William directing several people to bring a lot of things to the ward.

While she was sleeping, the ward was completely changed, as if it were the office. She rubbed her neck, and the blanket fell to the ground.

Melinda smiled, folded the blanket and put it aside. She was amused by his constant need to work.

"Can't you just rest and relax for a while?" she said smiling. She was so relieved he was okay after the incident.

Jonas was reading a book on the bed, and she was sure that this was the book she had read before. It was boring, which made her drowsier. However, Jonas was reading it with great pleasure.

"I have to deal with some urgent documents. And I can rest after that,"

Jonas answered indifferently as he put the book aside. William walked over at this moment. "Boss, the documents you need to deal with have been put there. If there isn't anything else, I'll leave you be."

"Okay."

William led the people out. On the table, Melinda found the things were divided into two piles. One was a pile of magazines, and it seemed to be prepared for her.

"Are these the documents that you have to deal with?"

Melinda asked while looking at the tall pile of paper. Jonas didn't answer her, but maybe his silence was the best answer.

In the next few days, while Jonas was recovering and working, Melinda looked after him all the time. At the same time, she did her job as his temporary assistant, helping him with the chores. It was also at this time that she felt it difficult to be a boss of a big company.

She always had a headache when hearing the things Jonas dealt with every day. And it was not because she could not understand what he was dealing with it was just all of it.

At the same time, Emily was trying to figure out where Jonas was. She had followed William secretly and now she finally knew that Jonas was recuperating in the hospital.