“Thank you,” Jane said politely to Melissa. She didn’t want to cause any conflict in front of Mike. Beatrice acted as if she hadn’t seen anything and continued talking with Mike, even though he wasn’t fully engaged in the conversation. Patrick kept a close eye on Beatrice, afraid that she and Melissa would do something to harm Mike.
The group had lunch together at the old mansion, but Melissa remained silent throughout the meal. Even when she looked up, it was mostly at Jane. Patrick and Mike were constantly serving Jane food, making it clear that they saw her as part of their family while Beatrice and Melissa were outsiders.
By the poolside, Jane stood with the wind blowing through her hair. She wanted some fresh air and inspiration for designing clothes when Melissa came out from the balcony door and saw her standing by the poolside. A cold smile appeared on Melissa’s face – one filled with jealousy.
“Why don’t I push her into the pool? It would be entertaining to see her soaked,” thought Melissa.
She walked over casually towards Jane who only glanced at her before crossing arms across chest while stretching them out a bit.
“Enjoying yourself here?” asked Melissa nonchalantly as she approached closer towards Jane’s back.
“Yeah,” replied Jane calmly without looking back at her rival. “Just enjoying nature’s beauty while seeking inspiration for my designs.”
Melissa chuckled softly before saying, “I don’t have your luxury of free time but I’d love… to help you swim!”
As Melissa uttered these words, she subtly took a few steps toward Jane, her hand surreptitiously reaching behind Jane. When her words fell, her expression changed, and she tried to push Jane fiercely, a look of ruthless satisfaction in her eyes.
“Jane, go to hell!”
But just as she was about to push, Jane swiftly stepped aside.
It turned out, Jane had long noticed Melissa’s subtle movements and had been vigilant. Otherwise, given this woman’s temperament, how could she suddenly approach her?
Melissa was taken aback, but it was too late. She tumbled into the swimming pool.
“Splash!”
The pool erupted in a large spray of water, while Melissa could do nothing but flail with her eyes closed.
She couldn’t swim at all, and the deep end was enough to engulf a person.
“Help! Help me!”
Melissa struggled to call for help every time she surfaced, but ended up choking on water instead.
Jane stood coldly by the side, calculating the time in her head.
When Melissa’s face turned pale, she decided it was enough and jumped into the pool to pull Melissa to safety. She dragged her out of the water and onto the poolside.
Melissa’s makeup was ruined from being in the water, and her hair and clothes were soaked. She coughed a few times when pulled out of the pool, feeling uncomfortable in her throat and chest.
“Are you done causing trouble?” Jane asked as she crossed her arms and looked down at Melissa with indifference.
Melissa looked up at Jane with anger in her eyes that made them turn red. “Jane, you’re so despicable!”
“Despicable?” Jane laughed like she was talking to an idiot.
“If anyone is despicable here it’s you! You conspired with Mrs. Pansy to frame Grandpa, then tried pushing me into the pool! You’re nothing but a lowlife! Let me warn you now, don’t mess with me again or else next time will be even worse.”
With that said, Jane turned around and left without another word. She needed to change clothes before catching a cold from being wet for too long.
Watching Jane leave made Melissa clench her teeth in hatred; one day she would make sure that Jane paid for what she did!
Jane returned to the guest room in the old house, changed into clean clothes, and as she was leaving, she happened to meet Patrick walking towards her. Patrick noticed that Jane’s hair tips were still slightly wet, which puzzled him.
“What happened to you?” he asked.
“It’s nothing. Melissa tried to push me into the swimming pool, so I let her go in by herself,” Jane casually replied. Patrick’s furrowed brow relaxed, and he looked at Jane, suddenly breaking into a smile.
“What’s up?” Jane looked at him, feeling somewhat perplexed. “Why are you laughing?”
“Nothing, nothing,” Patrick waved his hand. “I just didn’t expect you to have that side to you.”
Jane found it inexplicable, but the next moment, she didn’t really care. She just went back to her room for a while, mysteriously pulled out a notebook and held it close to her chest. Then she grabbed Patrick’s hand and ran into the garden.
Following Jane’s steps, Patrick ran into the garden. Standing on the grass, he couldn’t help but feel puzzled. “What’s going on? Why did we suddenly come here?”
“Look.” Jane finally let go of the notebook in her hand and handed it over to him.
It turned out that what was drawn on it was a wedding dress, with a pleated gradient skirt.
No one didn’t know what kind of paint or colored pencils were used on it, but when the sunlight shone on it, the gradient part really showed up.
Patrick looked at this design drawing and couldn’t help but show a surprised expression. Suddenly, Jane thought of something and revealed a mysterious smile. Without saying anything, she ran back into the room and only came to the garden after a while.
Patrick heard her voice and turned around to see that the woman was wearing exactly the wedding dress from the design drawing. He was completely stunned until Jane walked up to him and asked if he liked it or not. Only then did he wake up like from a dream and nodded repeatedly.
“It’s beautiful, beautiful! You look good in anything.”
Upon hearing this compliment from Patrick, Jane lowered her head shyly for a moment before raising her head again saying, “This is originally my design for our engagement ceremony’s wedding dress. I’ll redesign one later when we get married.”
The stunning look in Patrick’s eyes never faded away as he hugged Jane’s waist with his arms tightly around her body bringing them closer together instantly. He looked into Jane’s eyes lovingly as he said, “No need for another one; just wear this one because no matter what you wear, you always look beautiful to me even though I’ve already seen this wedding dress before.”
Although Patrick usually didn’t talk much about lovey-dovey stuff with anyone else except for his beloved girlfriend, Jane, he could easily come up with sweet words whenever talking about their relationship which made their waltz on grassland even more romantic.
After Florence returned to the country, Peter was delighted to see that the scar on her hand had disappeared. However, to his surprise, Florence happened to come across the widely circulated video of Patrick proposing to Jane.