His Heiress Wife (Retika)

Chapter 116: This Was Their True Colors 

Melody’s face completely turned cold the moment she heard that Elizabeth had gone hysterical.

For a moment, the living room was silent.

No one dared to speak.

Initially, Reagan and Charles wanted to watch the show.

But with the sudden change in the atmosphere, they subconsciously felt fear and panic.Elizabeth was stunned in place.

Melody's gaze was too scary.

Seeing that the situation was stuck in a deadlock, Quince, who had been sitting in one corner all night, suddenly spoke.

He spoke in a dead serious deep voice.

"You've crossed the line, Elizabeth"

Since the current head of the Sullivan Family was Quince, Elizabeth naturally didn't dare to confront him.

Elizabeth also felt that she had gone too far due to her anger.

Although it was true that Melody was a scourge, it was not suitable for Elizabeth to say it in public, let alone that she was also a mother.

Elizabeth knew that she was wrong but she still blamed it all on Melody.

She felt that Melody was poorly educated and that Melody deliberately made her angry.

Elizabeth felt embarrassed so she took a step back.

Quince stepped forward and was about to say something.

He was used to being a leader and became observant.

It was normal for Melody to be angry.

To prevent Melody from doing something impulsive, Quince took a deep breath and said, "Mellie, you know that when your mother is angry, she always says nonsensical things.She didn’t mean what she said just now."

"She's worried about you that's why she was so upset.You went to record a program with Sarah without saying a word.We've already had one daughter who is showing her face in public and goofing around, and now we've got another one.Your mother couldn't help but be angry because of this."

After hearing what Quince had to say, Melody lazily lifted her head and stared at him coldly.

Melody could now understand why Sarah would rather be bullied outside than to ask help from the Sullivan Family.

Because, even if Sarah asked for help, Quince wouldn't help her even on the account that she was his own daughter.

In the end, it could even be a topic for Quince and others to ridicule about.

After all, a father like Quince looked down on his daughter's work from the bottom of his heart and even felt humiliated being related to someone in this line of work.

Melody did not respond.

Quince continued to say, "Mellie, listen to me.I'll ask Sarah to cancel the program tomorrow."

"That's not going to happen!" Melody rejected Quince coldly.

There was no room for negotiation.

Quince did not expect that Melody would refute him like this.

Quince raised his head and stared at Melody with his sharp eyes.

His eyes turned cold.

As the head of the Sullivan Family, nobody could challenge his authority.

Although Quince could tolerate Melody’s actions, his patience was limited.

When their eyes met, Melody could sense that Quince was trying to be patient with her.

Melody understood that he would definitely make his move if she defied Quince's orders one more time.

Melody was not worried that Quince would attack her since he didn't have the ability to do so.

However, Melody didn’t want to argue with Quince.

After all, Melody promised Grandpa Alistair that she would not touch the Sullivan Family no matter what happen.

Quince spoke again in a deep voice.

"Mellie, listen to me.You shouldn't attend this program!"

Melody instantly thought of something and frowned.

"Why are you talking like Atty.Lewis? Why won't you allow me to attend this program? I'm just going to be with Sarah on the program.This won't affect my performance in classes."

Quince was stunned for a moment when he heard Melody's explanation.

Quince only heard his wife and daughter complain that Melody and Sarah were fooling around.

They said that the two would show up ona program and ruin Sullivan Family's reputation.

Now that Melody explained like this, Quince wanted to refute immediately.

But Melody’s explanation woke Quince up.

Atty.Lewis and the power behind him were still thinking to use Melody to get the Sullivan Family's property and remove him from his position.

The reason why they chose to pull Melody from their side was that Melody was the easiest to control.

Furthermore, Melody had the will that was left behind by Sebastian.

Melody was the most suitable target candidate. Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.

A girl like Melody who lived in the countryside since she was young naturally liked the feeling of becoming a celebrity and being pursued by others.

If Melody went down into the rabbit hole called the entertainment industry, she couldn't be controlled by Atty.Lewis anymore.

By then, Quince would definitely win the previous bet.

Reputation was not worth a penny in front of wealth.

Quince immediately collected himself.

In order not to make himself too obvious, Quince deliberately acted like he was helpless and looked back at Melody.

"Do you really like it?"

Melody did not say not deny anything.She quietly looked at Quince and saw a smile in his eyes that he was unable to hide in time.

After staring for a while, Quince sighed and said in a low voice/ "Since you like it, then go ahead.

Consider this as my compensation to you.

Don't forget to pay attention to your studies though"

Melody’s indifferent expression became expressionless.

She had long since seen through Quince's thoughts, but Melody did not expose him.

The best way to destroy a person was to let the person addicted to his imaginations to the point that he wouldn't be able to rise back up from oblivion! Elizabeth heard this the moment she came back to her seat.

Her eyes widened and she stared at Quince in disbelief.

But she did not expect that Quince would look at her and warn her to stop with his gaze.

Quince faintly smiled and waved at Melody.

"You must be tired after coming back from work.

Go up and have a rest"

"Okay." Melody replied and left the living room.

Nobody stopped her this time.

The moment Melody left Charles impatiently shouted, "Dad! Why did you let that jinx go? She even followed this path that can ruin the Sullivan Family's reputation! Why did you let her chase this kind of career?!"

After he lost to Melody last time, Charles hated her deeply.

He always thought of ways to chase Melody out of the family and now, he finally found a good excuse.

But Charles did not expect that Quince wouldn't take action to sanction Melody.

Quince coldly looked back at Charles.

He was very dissatisfied with Charles who did not inherit his intelligence.

"Use your brain and think about it.Even if Melody participated in the program, what reputation does she have?"

After getting scolded, Charles instantly chickened out and obediently sat on one corner.He did not dare to make a sound.

On the other hand, Reagan reacted instantly.She had been listening to the conversation this whole time.She also heard what Melody said.

Initially, Reagan was unconvinced as to why Quince did not chase Melody out.

Now Reagan seemed to have understood why Quince refrained to do so.

"Dad, it's almost time for the appointment.You're not going to miss it out, right?"

Quince looked at Reagan with admiration.

Amongst his children, Reagan had the highest perception in every situation.

Unfortunately, she was born a girl in this patriarchal family.

"Rea is right.I know what's going through your head.You have to endure it for a little bit more"

Elizabeth did not understand why Quince refrained from chasing Melody out of the house.

But after she heard what Quince said, Elizabeth knew that compared to her hatred of Melody, Quince cared more about the Sullivan Family's wealth and power.

Compare to Sullivan Family's wealth and power, her hatred was insignificant.

Everyone thought that Melody had already left to rest so they spoke without restraint.

What they didn’t know was that Melody had amazing hearing sensitivity.

After Melody heard their conversation, a faint smile appeared on Melody’s delicate face.Her expression was extremely cold.