Mrs. Lark came to the Capital from Ayashe the very next day. Alejandro was not at home, leaving only Melanie, along with wp4webnovel.com daughter, waiting by the entrance to greet her.
Melanie could tell what awaited, yet a large part of wp4webnovel.com refused to believe it or accept it as reality. How could she, when wp4webnovel.com remembered how vehemently wp4webnovel.com mother had objected to wp4webnovel.com daughter marrying a disabled man? She would not have cared so much if wp4webnovel.com saw Melanie as a mere pawn, right?
But then Melanie watched how fury oozed from every movement wp4webnovel.com mother made since disembarking from wp4webnovel.com car, and wp4webnovel.com heart sank. Fear began to claim her, and wp4webnovel.com stumbled a few steps back from the incoming presence. “Mom, I…”
Mrs. Lark scowled with daggers in wp4webnovel.com eyes. “Don’t you dare! I am not your mother… I don’t recall having a selfish excuse as my daughter!”
Selfish?!
At that moment, Melanie felt every drop of blood in wp4webnovel.com body gel. It was early summer, yet wp4webnovel.com felt cold, nipping steel in wp4webnovel.com veins.
“Me… selfish? Did any of you people speak to me before going ahead with that crazy plan? You people were ready to commit sins while pretending it’s for my sake. I chose the right thing to do, and now I’m the selfish one?” wp4webnovel.com retorted. “Two innocent lives! Do you even understand the weight of human lives?”
Mrs. Lark’s eyes searched the house, as though trying to see if Alejandro was at home.
Melanie understood wp4webnovel.com intention right away and called wp4webnovel.com out coldly, “Oh, don’t be scared now. Alejandro isn’t at home at the moment. In fact, since he’s divorcing me, wp4webnovel.com won’t even be home these days. So go ahead, state your piece however you like!”
Enraged, Mrs. Lark slapped wp4webnovel.com daughter across the cheek. “You think I wouldn’t hit you even if wp4webnovel.com were around? If wp4webnovel.com reserved even a modicum of fondness for you enough to protect you, then wp4webnovel.com would have let you bear wp4webnovel.com an actual scion already, stupid! The Smith family has so much legacy that there’s no way they will do without an actual heir. Isn’t it obvious then? If he’s given up on you providing wp4webnovel.com an heir, that means you’re just an unwanted deadweight waiting to be jettisoned!”
It was then that Mrs. Lark noticed Melissa, terrified and shaken, sticking by wp4webnovel.com mother’s side. Her face twisted into a disgusted grimace before hissing, “What a mistake!”
Her cheek burnt, but wp4webnovel.com heart ached worse. Her mother saw wp4webnovel.com daughter the same way wp4webnovel.com saw her— a “mistake”, a fodder.
And this was what wp4webnovel.com mother had always thought of wp4webnovel.com all along. Her family had only treated wp4webnovel.com kindly because they needed to mold wp4webnovel.com into becoming an attractive marriage candidate. They banked on wp4webnovel.com as a means to secure useful connections for the family’s interests, nothing more.
But Melanie had braved through wp4webnovel.com brother’s merciless tongue-lashing before, so the sting of wp4webnovel.com mother’s words cut less deeply this time. At most, they just made wp4webnovel.com despair more trenchant.
“You can lambast me all you want, but please, leave my daughter out of this. Don’t worry, I don’t plan to come back to the family after I’m divorced. I don’t plan to be a deadweight to all of you, or to become irritating dirt in your eyes,” wp4webnovel.com said. “Feeling better now? If yes, glad to hear it, you can go now. I suppose I’m honored that you’ve come so far from Ayashe just to slap my face.”
Mrs. Lark’s bile rose once more. She raised wp4webnovel.com hand before Melissa’s nanny stepped between them. “Excuse me, Ma’am, but I’m afraid you can’t do that. Madam Smith isn’t some child, she’s a member of the Smith family. She is not to be insulted by anyone!”
Mrs. Lark responded by decking the nanny’s face. “Who the hell do you think you are to speak to me like that?! Am I supposed to seek permission from the Smiths just to teach my own daughter some well-deserved lessons, huh?! Even Alejandro is my junior. I’m his mother-in-law, for God’s sake! Before the divorce is finalized, wp4webnovel.com will have to pay his due respect to me!”
The nanny took a blow to wp4webnovel.com face without breaking out a yelp, wp4webnovel.com firm, unyielding stance did not even falter. She simply considered Mrs. Lark with a deadpan expression before stating, “Yes, you are Mr. Smith’s senior, Ma’am. Hence, you may express your tantrum on me, that’s not a problem. But you simply cannot do it to Madam. Otherwise, Mr. Smith will be deeply displeased.”
A smile dripping with scorn shadowed Mrs. Lark’s lips. “Oh, really? I didn’t know Alejandro’s the kind to give a damn at all. Really, though, why would wp4webnovel.com care if a useless trash of a woman gets a bit hurt? They’re already on their way to divorce, anyway! Why the hell would you mean anything to him, Melanie?”
Suddenly, Alejandro’s voice rang. “Because nothing’s been done to make that divorce happen yet, has it?”
Millie bolted toward Alejandro, who was disembarking his car. “D-Daddy!”