Chapter 612: A Crooked Mind

Mrs. Fairchild breathed a quiet sigh of relief when she saw that Megan Langdon understood her.

‘This girl is sensible, after all.’

You couldn’t force matters of the heart. It was Evan, after all, who was looking for a wife, so of course, it had to be someone he himself was fond of.

“I’ve heard some news recently… it’s about Evan,” Megan Langdon said, feigning nonchalance. “But it might not be true—it’s all just online rumors.”

“About Evan?” Mrs. Fairchild’s interest was piqued. “Do tell.”

“There’s a celebrity who’s become quite popular recently, named Melody Monroe. Have you heard of her?”

“Mm, I’ve heard a little.”

“Well, speaking of this Melody Monroe, she’s quite a character. She’s so young but already has a child. I’m not sure if it was because she wanted to terminate her contract with Stellaris, but rumors started flying about her and Evan. And just as you’d expect, once the scandal broke, her fame skyrocketed. She even managed to win two Golden Orchid Awards.”

“After Evan came back, he started an entertainment company. He’d been abroad for so long… I’m not even sure what he was up to over there. He decided on his own to go abroad when he was only seven, so now that he’s almost thirty, it’s not like I can control him. Is this Melody Monroe you’re speaking of one of his company’s artists?”

“No. I heard she started her own studio. I suspect she’s trying to use Evan’s status to establish herself in the entertainment industry. It’s a very complicated world.”

Mrs. Fairchild nodded.

“A complicated world means complicated people. And she is very beautiful—the kind everyone seems to adore,” Megan Langdon said. Although she was praising Melody Monroe, her words held no trace of actual admiration.

And what kind of person was Mrs. Fairchild?

From the details Megan had revealed, she could already tell that this Melody Monroe was trouble.

The matter of a child born out of wedlock was a stain on Melody Monroe’s character.

A stain the Fairchild Family could never tolerate.

“What’s the story with her child?” Mrs. Fairchild suddenly asked.

“It caused quite a stir a while back, and it has to do with Jedediah Scott. Melody Monroe and Jedediah’s daughter, Yasmine Scott, were supposedly good friends. They used to go to bars a lot together, and rumor has it that Melody fell for a singer at one of the bars. Yasmine got jealous and pulled some tricks… and Melody ended up pregnant. As for who the father is, Melody probably doesn’t even know herself.”

Megan Langdon related the version of events she knew, choosing her words carefully.

She was secretly pleased to see Mrs. Fairchild’s brow furrow in consternation.

“For her to be doing so well in the entertainment industry must be hard, especially while saddled with a child. I think she’s quite impressive, being a single mother. At first, she didn’t publicize her child, supposedly to protect them, but once the child was exposed, it became a free-for-all. I see news about the child online all the time. A lot of fans adore the kid since they look so much like Melody. I also heard the child isn’t even in preschool and is always appearing before the media. Probably to make a bit of money.”

“Isn’t that just using her child to make money?”

“One might suspect as much. But even if that’s not the case, the child should be in school, receiving a proper education. A situation like this is just ruining the child’s life.”

Mrs. Fairchild nodded. “Sending a child to school can’t be that hard, can it? Don’t celebrities earn a lot of money?”

“That’s up to Melody Monroe herself.”

Noelle Grant had just brewed a pot of tea and was walking toward the conservatory when she heard Megan Langdon’s voice.

‘Didn’t she go to Jansburg? Why is she back in Argent already?’