How can you people sully our innocent and lovely Princess Melody? Princess Melody, don’t listen to them, look at me! I’m not married yet, no wife to hit you, and no spouse to rip your clothes off! All those sinister and sleazy people on the internet came out of the woodwork, leaving messages for Melody Ashworth, using extremely vulgar language to recommend themselves for the role of her husband. Tonight should be the liveliest night in the State of Westria for years, the entire royal family must be wide awake, with some stomping in rage and others staying up all night handling public relations. Melody Ashworth’s mask of twenty years, all her carefully accumulated feathers, were ripped right off by... young Caden Crawford. Hayden Crawford put down his phone and looked rather helplessly at the little baby lying in bed. He did let him do it on his own, but the commotion he caused was just too big. Hayden Crawford sat on the bed and called out, "Caden Crawford, wake up, stop sleeping!" At this time, the little baby was still managing to sleep. Young Caden Crawford had already entered dreamland. Hearing his dad’s voice, he lazily turned over without opening his eyes, "Daddy, what’s up?" "You’ve caused an earthquake in the State of Westria, and you still have the mood to sleep? If I’m not mistaken, the royal family’s top PR team and elite computer hackers are desperately looking for you right now," Hayden Crawford said. Young Caden Crawford was really sleepy, his little face as delicate as carved jade was flushed red from sleep, making you want to kiss it hard. He sleepily muttered, "Let them fuss all they want, they’re never going to find me even if they search the whole world." "..." Hayden Crawford was speechless. "Caden Crawford, that Melody Ashworth framed your mommy, and so you edited a video of her. I’ve only heard of editing pictures. Why did you jump straight to video editing? Isn’t that overkill?" Young Caden Crawford pouted his little pink lips, "I’ve said it before, anyone who bullies my mommy will never have a good end. This is just a little lesson!" ..." Hayden Crawford felt like his son was a total mommy’s boy. What could he do? His woman, his son, all he could do was keep doting on them. He’d let the little one play freely, and all the consequences, as a dad, he could only help handle them. "Go to sleep." Hayden Crawford tucked the blanket around his son. Young Caden Crawford quickly drifted back into the dreamland. Hayden Crawford stood up and walked to the balcony; he took out his phone and dialed Corvus’s number. Soon the call was connected, and Corvus immediately knew about the little Crown Prince’s big stir in the Westrian royal house. "Young Master, I heard Titus Ashworth is furious. He’s already shelled out a fortune, rallying the world’s top ten computer hackers to search for the young master. This widespread net will catch any trace the young master might reveal." Hayden Crawford pressed his thin lips together; he had confidence in his son’s skills. "Caden Crawford won’t leave any traces, but to be safe, keep an eye on the royal side." "Yes." Updates are released by novᴇlfire.net Melody Ashworth was already crying in Consort Willow’s arms, "Father, Mother, you have to help me this time, that explicit video is fake, it’s not even me." Consort Willow’s face was dark with anger. She had raised Melody Ashworth herself, and she’d never made a mistake in all these years. Who would have thought she’d fall so hard this time? Titus Ashworth was the most furious. He’d already smashed everything in the room. Kyle Ashworth didn’t dare come over because he knew that if he did, he’d be the scapegoat, and Titus Ashworth would beat and curse him, calling him useless. "Master, this issue is very tricky. It has severely damaged Princess Melody’s reputation..." the PR Minister said cautiously. Titus Ashworth’s face turned beet red with rage, and he immediately shouted, "That explicit video is edited, that woman isn’t even Melody—issue a statement, quickly issue a statement!" The PR Minister was too scared to speak. The explicit video was edited too realistically; even if Princess Melody told everyone she’s still a virgin, most wouldn’t believe it anymore. In short, Melody Ashworth was left deeply wounded by this blow. "Yes, Master, we will definitely handle the PR, but the urgent task now is to find the mastermind behind this," talking about the mastermind, the PR Minister felt terrified, "Master, the mastermind is definitely a genius. Now that we’ve assembled the world’s top ten elite computer hackers, this person is not within the top ten, yet their skills are definitely above the top ten. I’ve never heard of such a powerful and twisted figure emerging!" Titus Ashworth suddenly stood up, "No matter who the mastermind is, I must spare no expense tonight to bring them out. They dared to target Melody and turned both the entire royal family and the State of Westria upside down, I will not let them get away with this!" Titus Ashworth, Consort Willow, and Melody Ashworth entered the study. Now the world’s top ten computer hackers were all gathered, each with a computer, and their screens buzzed with fast-jumping numbers as they searched for young Caden Crawford’s ID. But there was no result. "How’s it going, have you found anything?" Consort Willow urged. Melody Ashworth wore a dark expression, "Are you guys capable or not? It’s already been an hour, and you haven’t found a single trace!" One of the computer hackers looked grave, "Princess Melody, this mastermind is really too formidable. They can switch multiple IDs in a second, automatically counter-tracking, ever-changing; we simply cannot pin them down." Melody Ashworth was so furious she bit her gums until they bled, wondering when she ever provoked such a twisted individual! Suddenly, a hacker exclaimed, "Oh no, there’s an intrusion!" With a "thud," that hacker’s computer screen quickly went black, slowly revealing a large X. Followed by the other nine hackers’ computers, also quickly showing the large X after going black. Everyone present was dumbfounded, unable to believe the sight of these ten blacked-out computer screens. They were the world’s top ten computer hackers, yet someone hacked their computers right under their noses—this person was truly arrogant beyond belief! This X, exuding a dark aura, was a warning. "What’s going on, who hacked your computers, is it the mastermind, have they shown themselves?" Titus Ashworth asked in shock. "No, it’s not the mastermind; this is someone else, another twisted person has popped up. In our circle, X is the ultimate warning from a king—this twisted figure warns us to stop meddling. Let’s quickly retreat."
Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband - Chapter 605
Updated: Oct 28, 2025 8:33 AM
