Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness novel Chapter 99

Jonas pursed his lips. He knew why Melinda insisted to know. After hesitating for a while, he finally opened his mouth in attempt to say something.

Melinda's eyebrows furrowed and her lips instantly formed into a line the moment she heard Emily's name. She did not even bother waiting for Jonas to continue. Instead, she hung up the phone abruptly while she felt a tightness form in her chest.

How many more times did she have to feel hurt for her to see that she did not mean anything at all to Jonas?

As long as Emily was in the picture, all her illusions were shattered.

Jonas stared at his phone in shock after hearing the sound of the beep on the other end. He tried calling her again, but the line was busy. Melinda was definitely mad at him.

Melinda took several deep breaths as she tried to calm herself down before heading towards the direction of Kent who was currently talking to another editor. As soon as they saw her approaching, they immediately stopped whatever it was they were discussing about.

"Miss Mo, I hope I get to have the chance to work with you next time. You are very good with words," the editor praised.

His face showed regret over just meeting Melinda after she had already found a company to work for.

A lot of people thought at first that Melinda's writing was too dark, but strangely it was clean. If one were to look into it carefully, they would realize that the persistence of a stubborn person in the darkness was not something any ordinary writer could easily possess.

Because of the strong contrast, her writing became even more distracting.

"I'm glad you appreciate it. I suppose that the opportunity will present itself soon." She smiled politely and shook the editor's hand.

"I won't be disturbing you any further, then. Let's have another chat soon when you have some free time."

The editor then turned to face Kent, smiling as he held out his hand. "I'm looking forward to our collaboration."

"It would be my honor," he replied.

The editor left not long after both of them shook hands. Melinda figured that the collaboration they were just talking about meant Kent would work with this magazine.

Kent glanced over to Melinda. "You look pale. Today must have been exhausting for you."

He was actually aware that the phone call Melinda had a moment ago was the reason behind her miserable expression. After all, Kent was a clever man.

Melinda let out a soft sigh. "Yeah. It has been bothering me for days."

She was always actively participating in the whole process even though the studio mainly handled majority of it. Naturally, she would be exhausted.

"We have an appointment later. Why don't you take a break for a while?" Kent gave her a sympathized look.

Although it was obvious that he did not approve of Jonas not showing up today, he would not say it out loud. The current situation between him and Melinda was a sensitive topic.

All the questions and answers for the interview were already prepared in advance so Melinda did not have to worry about how to answer properly. As soon as Kent had left, Melinda crashed herself into the lounge's sofa.

"Okay, the launch event was a success. You don't have to worry about the rest. I'll handle it. I've already arranged for a driver, so you don't have to drive, and could leave now."

The editor couldn't help but find Melinda's appearance kind of funny. She had always acted like a gentle and elegant lady in front of others.

Melinda forced a smile. "Thank you, dear editor."

She did not really want to return to the Gu's mansion at the time, yet she didn't want to say it out loud either.

The staff continued to take photos of the venue. As soon as Melinda came out, they hurriedly rushed over, eager to take a few shots of her before they proceeded to clear out the props that scattered around.

The driver that her editor had arranged for her had difficulties returning to the downtown area from the Gu's mansion since the place was isolated enough to even get a taxi. Eventually, Melinda asked Gavin to send the driver back to the city, feeling once again the inconvenience of being able to travel to and from the mansion.

Jonas had been waiting for Melinda in the living room as soon as he returned home. The sight of him quietly carrying Momo in his arms was a rare occurrence, seeing that he looked so arrogant most of the time.

Momo meowed at the sight of Melinda. It sounded as if it was complaining to her about something.

"Mellie, are you angry?" Jonas asked quickly.

He knew it was a stupid question. It was clearly obvious from her cold expression, even to Gavin, that she was angry.

Generally speaking, now that the book launch was over, she should have a bright smile plastered on her face instead of the sad frown she currently had.

Since Jonas and Melinda hadn't returned home together, Gavin felt that something was wrong.

Wasn't Jonas supposed to attend Melinda's event today about her new book?

Melinda completely ignored Jonas while he stared at her expectantly. Instead, she reached out towards Momo and silently hugged it without so much as a glance back towards the man.

The cat purred and obediently approached Melinda. She patted the cat's head as it continued to purr contentedly.

"Ah, here. I have brought you a gift," Jonas said.

He knew that he was purposefully ignored and wanted to catch her attention, so he took out an expensive looking box from the sofa. Inside it revealed to be a collarbone necklace.

When Jonas saw the necklace at the mall today, it instantly reminded him of Melinda. He had always thought that her collarbone was beautiful.

"I don't want it," she told him.

Melinda took a glance at the beautiful necklace in front of her. It was adorned with uniquely designed diamonds that were sure to perfectly highlight the beauty of one's collarbone. It looked very delicate and expensive.

If she weren't angry at Jonas that moment, she would have accepted the gift. However, seeing that it was supposed to be a means of compensation from Jonas, she found herself subconsciously rejecting it.