His Heiress Wife (Retika)

Chapter 190: Let's Remove That Makeup 

Quince sat upright and faced Kieran with a serious expression.

"Kieran, as you have heard, Melody is a child who isn't used to the education given by this family.After being in the countryside for so long, it seems like she has gone feral.I think it's best to send her off for military service.That way, she'll be able to learn self-control and discipline!"

Gwendolyn also responded while looking stressed out.

"Yes, that's right.That girl really needs to learn her lesson.Did you know that she hit Charles only because she didn't like what he said?"

Kieran’s gaze was drawn towards Melody once more.He was intrigued by how a young woman of that caliber could be so bold and capable.

It hadn't been long since she returned, but she had already caused quite an uproar for the Callahan family and the Sullivan family to join hands in dealing with her.

It was evident that this young woman was something special from the get-go.

The fact that Kieran was intently looking at Melody didn't actually bother her at the least.She continued to sit lazily as she watched them talk about her.

Kieran was kind of taken aback by how calm and collected she appeared.

Being able to maintain such a level of maturity at such a young age suggested that she was anything but ordinary.

As he saw the attitude and behavior of the Callahan family and the Sullivan family members towards Melody, Kieran couldn't help but feel embarrassed by how the two families were acting.

The Callahan family was always wrong about how they perceived people.

He was more aware of this than anyone else, but he didn't take into account that Quince would be the same as them.

The Callahans were only in favor of Charles’ side of the story, as they indiscriminately turned a blind eye to the truth.

Under the pressure of the people around him, Charles even went so far as to reveal his bruised face, almost as if he was showing the entire room how badly Melody had beaten him up.

Charles couldn't care less how embarrassing it was to be the center of attention at this moment.

Getting rid of Melody and keeping the Sullivan family's wealth and assets were more important to him that anything else.

The people around them, especially their relatives, were criticizing Melody.

Their facial expressions and behaviors suggested that they couldn't wait to have her expelled from the household.

It seemed like Kieran had already understood what really happened between Charles and Melody.He already had a rough guess of what Charles planned to do.

However, he feigned cluelessness as his gaze was still fixated on Melody, still waiting for her response to the matter at hand.

At first, Melody had no intention of paying attention to people like them.

All that mattered to her were the ones who had always been there for her since the beginning.

As for those who were all talking and gossiping, she couldn't care less about them since she had never put them in her eyes in the first place.

However, after seeing Sarah seething with worry and concern for her, Melody decided to expose Charles' bluff and reveal his trickery.

Melody raised her hand and gestured in Charles’ direction, beckoning him to come closer.He trembled but couldn't get himself to look away when he saw Melody's eyes, which were as deep and cold as a dreary lake.

Charles took a step back, almost subconsciously.He had suffered a great deal because of Melody’'s presence in his life.

The thought of walking closer to her made him nervous.He didn’t want to risk getting beaten.

Charles knew that he was not stupid enough to do that.

"Do you think of me as a fool, Melody? Why should I go near you? I'm not stupid enough to let myself get beaten.Do you see this?" Charles said while pointing at his bruise.

"I still have the bruise from the time when you hit me."

Melody stared at him and smirked, "It looks like you're afraid that I might hit you, but aren't you forgetting something? Maybe you're guilty of something you did.That's why you're reluctant to come closer."

"I..."

Charles was at a loss for words.He didn't know what to answer.

Elizabeth grabbed the opportunity and nudged him behind, indicating that he should just go and walk towards Melody.

If Melody was still able to make a move in such a situation, her arrogance would be exposed without a shadow of a doubt, and she would look ridiculous and unreasonable.

In order to deal with Melody in the future, they thought of using the incident of Melody slapping Charles in front of everyone as a justification for her rowdy actions.

On the other hand, Elizabeth was confident that Melody wouldn't be able to hit her son in front of everyone.

Under Elizabeth's instruction, Charles unwillingly stepped closer to Melody, despite his worries and doubts.

"Why don't you just tell me the reason why you want me to come closer?" He asked, his voice tinged with discontent as he looked at Melody's eyes hesitantly.

Everyone's attention was focused on the two of them.

They were quite interested in what Melody was planning to do.

Melody made her move without the need for a hint of a surprise.She rose to her feet with such force and speed that even Kieran couldn't keep up with her.

In an instant, Charles closed his eyes instinctively and started screaming out of fear and panic.

Melody had her hands pressed against his neck, and he feared that he would be strangled to death by her grip.

After clearly witnessing Melody’s actions, Kieran, who had decided to mediate between them, suddenly stopped in his tracks.

A few seconds later, Melody also stopped what she was doing and swiftly removed her hands from Charles’ neck.She immediately looked in Sarah's direction and showed her the makeup remover that she was holding. Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

A malicious smirk formed at the corners of her lips as she curled them up.Her arrogance could be seen in her cold and vile expression.

"Sarah! Don't get mad, but I used your makeup remover without your permission.I needed to test something out, and you know what? Your makeup remover works really well," Melody enthusiastically said, with a seemingly victorious grin on her face.

Melody immediately let go of the used makeup remover and it dropped directly on the ground.

She threw it aside without a second thought, but in Elizabeth's eyes, what she did was like a slap to her face, and it made her feel humiliated.

Charles came back to his senses when he felt that Melody was not going to hit him.

But he realized that there was something wet on his face.He touched it and saw that there was a smudged makeup excess.He tried to cover his face in panic and attempted to hide the fact that he had faked his bruise using makeup, but it was already too late.

His efforts had been for naught because the truth had already been revealed to everyone in the room.

They had already witnessed his underhanded scheme.

Members of the Sullivan family had a fairly good complexion.

It was evident that it was a trait that the children of the Sullivan had inherited from their ancestors.

This factor played as an advantage for Melody since the smudged makeup could be clearly seen on Charles’ skin.

Sarah couldn't believe what she was witnessing.She immediately walked towards Charles to reprimand him.

"Charles, you stinking brat! Why on earth did you do such a thing? You're still young, but you're already a compulsive liar.You even tried to frame Melody for something that she didn’t do! Don’t you have an ounce of respect left? For goodness’ sake, she is your sister! I couldn't believe that you had to resort to such cheap tricks."

Charles had an extremely unpleasant expression on his face.He was already on the verge of bursting into tears due to humiliation, but Elizabeth forcefully suppressed him.

Quince glared at Elizabeth, clearly dissatisfied with the outcome of the situation.He had no idea that she would be unable to deal with such a trivial matter.

Elizabeth also had no choice.

At first, she had intended to slap her son a few times to worsen the situation so that she could frame Melody and expose her wrongdoings in front of the entire family.

Charles was reluctant and unwilling to follow through with what his mother had originally planned.He was afraid of getting hurt, so he outright refused the idea.

Elizabeth also couldn't believe that she had thought of such an unacceptable plan.She doted on Charles ever since he was young, so there was no way that she could hurt him and make him suffer.

In the end, she decided to use makeup to dramatize the bruise marks.

What she had not expected was that Melody had a keen sense of sight, to the point that she was able to figure out that it was just makeup.

Not only was Melody able to see through Elizabeth's scheme, but she also managed to reveal the truth in front of everyone.

This is bad.

If this goes on, I will be greatly humiliated.

Sarah even stood up for Melody.I don't know what got into that child's mind, but she has been becoming more and more disobedient than before.

She even dared to go against me!' Elizabeth gritted her teeth as she was trying to make sense of all the things that were happening.

After exposing Charles, Melody turned her head to look in Kieran's direction.Their eyes met, and Melody's gaze was both provocative and domineering in its intensity.

‘Don't all these people want Kieran to discipline me? Well, then let's see what he can do to me" Melody confidently thought to herself.

Melody had already exposed Charles’ scheme in front of everyone, and it was now up to Kieran to handle the remaining situation.

Kieran couldn't help himself from letting out a hearty chuckle.He was not expecting that someone like Melody would actually grab his full interest and attention.

When Melody forcefully approached Charles a while ago, Kieran already had a sneaking suspicion that something was off about her.

It looked like he had underestimated the might and vigor of a young woman like Melody.

The speed that she had demonstrated was unquestionably faster than what a normal person could do.

It was undeniably something that could only be accomplished through formal and professional training.

It seemed like his decision to come back to celebrate his mother's birthday party this time was the right choice.— Maybe it was fate that he had the opportunity to come across something so intriguing and fascinating.

Since it looked like Melody wanted him to take care of the situation, he decided to do so on her behalf.

Kieran immediately scanned the room to look at where Charles was.

The moment their eyes met, Charles immediately averted his gaze and lowered his head.It seemed like he couldn't directly look at Kieran in the eye.

He faced both of the elderly members of the Callahan family with a serious expression.

"Father, Mother, it is true that being a part of the military service is definitely beneficial.It is known to help people, especially teenagers, to hone their skills and improve their attitude."

Kieran continued, "However, based on the things that I witnessed tonight, I believe that the person we should send is Charles and not Melody."

The moment he finished what he wanted to say, Charles and the other members of the Callahan family were caught off guard.They were quite alarmed by Kieran’s words.