Love Across Borders: Melinda’s Story - Season 1 Episode 6

Stanley looked at her with a gentle gaze when he heard that, but his emotions were in turmoil now.
“Daddy! I’m Samuel,” the boy introduced himself. “I really, really look up to you! You are the coolest Daddy in the world!”
The man’s eyes only got softer then. With a small smile on his lips, he took out his phone and sent a message to his butler.
The children were directly brought to Emerald Harbor after they entered the city.
Emerald Harbor was where Stanley resided. The expensive land was a retreat from the hustle and bustle of the city, and it had elegant surroundings.
His Lamborghini went on and came to a stop in the huge courtyard in front of a villa in Emerald Harbor.
The sun that hung in the sky shone on the garden path where numerous cobblestones were laid out. There were bushes of breathtakingly beautiful blooming roses along the path as Stanley led the children to the living room.
Not far away were two shiny toy sports cars that had been placed on the lawn.
“Woah! How cool!” Samuel’s eyes glinted the moment he spotted the toys.
Stanley let go of the children’s hands then and patted them on the head. “Go play with them if you like. I had them specially prepared for you both.”
“Yay! You are so cool, Daddy!” Ecstatic, Samuel held Pamela’s hand. “Let’s go, Pamela! Let’s go play the sports cars!”
The quiet yard gradually grew rowdy as the children drove their toy cars and went in circles.
“Mr. Fox,” Gael Swanson, the suit-clad butler, greeted Stanley respectfully. “The children’s room has been prepared as you ordered. The items on the list are also being prepared.”
“Thank you.”
Gael then handed him two specimen bags of which Stanley slipped the hair he held between his fingers. “Keep them company and play with them. You must keep them safe.”
“Yes, Mr. Fox.” Gael gave a respectful bow.
After Stanley put away the specimen bags, he got into his limited edition Lamborghini again when his driver opened the door for him. The car soon drove away.
Ten minutes later, the Lamborghini slowed down and drove into another yard.
This was the residence of his personal doctor, Taylor Cohen, who was also one of the people Stanley trusted the most.
After handing the sample to Taylor, Stanley sat on the couch and waited patiently for the result. The image of the woman being entangled with him under the sheets seven years ago came to mind again…
It felt like a fire was burning inside of him when he recalled certain details from that night. He swiftly rubbed the tip of his nose with his slender fingers then.
Another ten minutes passed before Taylor, who was in a white coat, came out and handed Stanley two test results. “Please have a look, Mr. Fox,” he uttered.
After Stanley reached over to take it, his sharp eyes swept across the contents and finally landed on the last sentence—the probability of paternity: 99.99%.
He was only guessing this to be the case earlier. That was why his mood only started changing now that the evidence was conclusive. As surprised as he was, he was also at a loss.
Taylor was shocked as well when the results came out.
Everyone in the world knew that Stanley had no interest in women in general. There were no scandals about him with other women.
With the sense of abstinence and indifference Stanley exuded, just who in the world was it that had managed to approach him and even bear his children?
“Thanks, Tay.” Stanley lightly patted Taylor on the shoulder and left.
Taylor took a long time to finally come back to his senses as he watched Stanley leave.
Oh, my goodness!
The abstinent man actually has children! This is news that is going to make the headlines!
The Lamborghini drove back to Emerald Harbor again.
Holding the test results, Stanley couldn’t help but recall that night seven years ago and the woman whom he didn’t know was lucky or not.
He had intentionally left a ring for her back then, but she never came for him.
This was the one reason that he thought she was different from other women.
Melinda was the only woman who didn’t disgust him when she got closer to his body. Even he himself was baffled by this strangeness.
He soon took out his phone and dialed a number before he instructed in a low voice, “Help me look up a woman called Melinda Paisley who stays in Sunnyvale. I want all the information you can get on her!”
He had come to accept the fact that he was a father when he was on his way back home.
After arriving at the villa, the first thing he did was remove the mobile watch on the children’s wrists and replace them with the latest, coolest version.
Now that the old mobile watches no longer had a signal, Melinda would definitely come to them out of worry.
Back in Sunnyvale, Melinda couldn’t fall asleep no matter how much she rolled around in bed. She was now leaning against the cherry blossom tree, sulking while ‘torturing’ the beautiful pink flowers by plucking the petals one by one. It was as though she wished she was tearing into Stanley.
She couldn’t help the tears that welled up when she remembered all the time she and her children had spent together the past six years.
There was no way she would accept the fact that her babies had been snatched away with open arms.
She had called the children on their mobile watches earlier, but the watches were turned off.
They promised they would never turn the watches off for more than 24 hours. Melinda didn’t even know if they were being threatened!
Threatened?
She came to a shocking conclusion when the assumption crossed her mind—Stanley wasn’t planning on letting the children come back here!
“Jaxon!” Suddenly panicking, she darted out of the wooden house yelling, “I have to make a trip to the city! Let’s go!”
“Ms. Melinda, you are being too impulsive! Let’s wait a little longer!”
“We can’t put it off any longer!”
Out of impulse, she made her way to the city. She could guess that Stanley had brought the children to Emerald Harbor instead of his company.
She knew where Stanley lived. He was the children’s father after all.
However, she couldn’t help but panic again when she thought about it with a calmer head. What if the kids won’t come with me?
Or what if Stanley refuses to let them go? He definitely has his men in his territory!
She couldn’t think of a more effective way than to secretly take her children back!
Right! I can do it secretly!
She was going to Emerald Harbor to secretly take her children home with her!