After divorce I am a billionaire

Chapter 443 The victim of a business alliance

In the business party.

It was held at CloudTop Hotel, the highest hotel in Suham. And it was on the 98th floor.

All the people who came were the big names in business community of the Suham.

Lyra and Malcolm entered arm in arm just as Shane, with Melissa in tow, came out of the elevator at

the other end.

The two sides met right at the door.

Malcolm, after all, was Shane's boss at the National Investigation Bureau.

Shane saw him and bent over extremely respectfully and politely, "Good evening, Mr. Malcolm."

Malcolm nodded his head coldly and proudly in response.

As soon as Melissa saw Lyra, she tried to run up to her, but Shane pulled her back just in time.

"Melissa, there are so many people watching. Mind your manners."

Her wish to have a private conversation with Lyra fell through, and she could only lower her head in

sullenness.

Seeing this, Lyra released her hold on Malcolm's arm and took the lead, pulling Melissa with her and

looking at Shane with a slight apology.

"Mr. Shane, I would like to borrow Melissa for a few minutes to accompany me to the restroom. You're

generous and won't even disagree for a few minutes, right?"

Shane's eyes narrowed slightly. He glanced at Malcolm twice, and quickly smiled and responded, "Of

course, you ask me for her. How could I not agree?"

With his words, Lyra directly pulled Melissa away.

Two men were left waiting at the entrance door.

It wasn't until they were far away from the two men that Lyra asked, "Why are you here with Shane?

You went back to the Callahan family?"

Melissa nodded, "Yes, after thinking about it for a long time, I still felt like coming back to try to fit in with

the Callahan family. After all, this is what I should have endured."

Lyra patted the back of her hand to comfort her, "It's good to be back. You're the daughter of the

Callahan family. It was a strange combination of circumstances that you suffered a lot in the past. You

will not be alone in the future. You got many siblings."

Melissa's face didn't look good when she mentioned the siblings.

Thinking about her mother, Caitlin, she grabbed Lyra's hand.

"In the past few days, I found that there is something wrong with the family. The day my mother went to

have lunch with us, I saw red marks on her wrists. They are injuries obviously."

"The next two days, because Shane did not come back home, I never saw my mother. But she

probably did not want to see me. She treated me with indifference. Only when she's in front of Shane,

is she polite to me like a stranger."

"Lyra, there are so many things about the Callahan family that are strange. And my cell phone was

taken away by Shane with an excuse two days ago. Tell Keith for me about these things. He will know

and check it out for me."

Lyra listened carefully and patted the back of her hand again, "Don't worry. I'll tell Keith everything

about this."

But Lyra felt puzzled.

"Now that Shane is the head of Callahan family. He's Caitlin's son. For what reason will Shane allow his

mother to carry a wound on her body?"

Melissa pondered for a moment and shook her head, "The penthouse where my mother lives is always

locked at night, so I'm going to wait until Shane lets his guard down and then go up and try to find out

what's going on."

"Then you must be careful."

"Hmm."

The two exchanged a few more words and went back keeping their countenances.

Malcolm and Shane were still at the door, waiting for their respective female companions.

Shane was the first to break the silence, "Mr. Malcolm, you're so blessed now. You have a lovely wife

and two adorable babies. And your career has not suffered any loss."

Malcolm's eyes looked fiendish, "Sounds like you're looking forward to my career being damaged? Are

you referring to White Corp, or the National Investigation Bureau?"

"Mr. Malcolm, you are joking. How dare I? If you are doing well, I will be happy." He bent slightly in fear.

Malcolm looked askance at his pretentious appearance. Not bothering to expose him, he simply said, "I

hope you'll do what you say. But it doesn't matter if you can't, because you're not strong enough to trip

me up."

Shane was stupefied slightly. After a while, he smiled again, which was very respectful.

The two ended their inharmonious chat just as Lyra and Melissa returned.

The two teams entered the main venue one after the other.

As soon as Melissa entered the venue, she was immediately dragged by Shane to meet many

business tycoons, seemingly to help her expand her professional network.

Lyra watched from afar and found that nothing seemed to be wrong, so she did not continue to stare

but focused on meeting her business friends at the banquet, taking advantage of the opportunity to get

the cooperation by the way.

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Melissa's side.

She was dragged by Shane to clink glasses with the business tycoons. She had drunk ten glasses of

red wine and finally got a little drunk.

When another glass of wine was handed to her, she declined.

"Shane, I can't drink. I don't want to drink anymore."

Shane didn't force her and apologized to Ashton Barker. Then he drank the glass of wine for Melissa.

He smiled and turned his head to ask Melissa, "Melissa, take a look at Mr. Barker. What do you think of

him?"

Ashton Barker stood across from the two listening and the corners of his mouth were turned upwards in

what he thought was a nice smile.

Melissa glanced at him. Ashton was close to forty years old. Although he was considered a middle-

aged man in the good-looking, when compared to Keith, he was way much too inferior.

She lowered her head and said perfunctorily, "Mr. Ashton, you're a talented man with a great presence.

You looks like a veteran in the business."

Ashton was delighted by her compliments.

"You really has a good sense. In fact, in addition to these advantages, I'm good at taking care of

people."

He said it and put his hand over Melissa's fair and flawless one.

Melissa decisively ducked behind Shane. Her face was red because of the wine and she was cautious.

"Mr. Ashton, I'm already in a relationship. If you do this, my boyfriend will be upset if he finds out."

Ashton smiled awkwardly and could only withdraw his hand.

When he left, Shane asked Melissa in a whisper, "Who do you think is more suitable to be your future

husband compared to Keith?"

"What do you mean?"

Melissa instantly took a step back and looked at him incredulously, "Keith and I are already in a Owned by NôvelDrama.Org.

relationship. Why do you ask that?"

Shane just laughed, "What are you nervous about? He did ask me yesterday and said that if he can

marry you, he will give 10% of the Barker Group as part of the dowry, but I haven't agreed to it yet. I

just asked you casually."

Melissa didn't trust him at all and took another step away from him.

"10% of the shares are worth nothing to me. If you dare to agree, I will cut off my relationship with the

Callahan family forever!"

Her position on this matter was very firm, "If you insist on using me as a sacrifice in a business, then let

Rebecca do it. Keith and I are already together."

Shane shook his head helplessly and seriously analyzed the pros and cons with her, "The Lloyd family

is better than the Barker family, but it is headed by Lyra Lloyd. And the whole Lloyd Group is in her

hands. Even if Keith really wants to marry you, he can't give you even 10% share of the Lloyd Group.

He can't do this."

Melissa stared at him in shock, "Is it the shares that matter, or the lifelong happiness of your sister?

Even if Keith can't give me the shares, he will never wronged me. Because of this, you deliberately

brought me to the business banquet. You want to introduce your business partner to me, change me

into shares, and sell me to others? "