Olivia held an umbrella with one hand and kept her cape over her shoulders with the other as she looked around in disgust.She had been carefully tailing them, taking detours and hiding behind corners, almost running down a pedestrian at one point. It certainly took effort to finally reach this place!Contrary to her expectations of catching them red-handed at the hotel, she found in surprise that Melody picked a grave for her date with the old man!The bumpkin was really crazy! Even so, despite Olivia's fortune teller recently telling her to avoid sinister locations, she had to come to expose Melody. She would repay every grievance she suffered at Melody's hands by personally tearing her pretentious self apart!With that in mind, she cast a sideways glance at the pair standing in front of the gravestones. Still, the man with Melody was somehow familiar…Though Olivia's disposition was nothing to boast about, she had attended important events as Christopher's mother from time to
"Stop, Frederick!" Melody snapped coolly, cutting him short.While Olivia was flushed down to her neck, Melody's beautiful face was staunch, though the air around her seemed to turn cool just then.Frederick was actually stunned—Melody was really angry now!"What?!" Olivia reared her chin, demanding in disdain despite flinching a little from Melody's glare. "Everything I said is the truth, isn't it? Or are you trying to argue against that?"Melody simply sneered in turn. "You were saying I bewitched your father-in-law, but where's the proof? Come to think of it, you claim yourself to be the sole lady in the Bolton household and his legitimate daughter-in-law… but you're nowhere to be found when he was admitted to the hospital, were you? You were off playing cards and meeting some fresh-faced youth, having no intention of caring for the old man, weren't you?"She spoke with composure, but her words were filled with sharp, prickly barbs. And she certainly struck Olivia where it hu
Everyone was surprised as they turned to find a man in a black baseball jersey striding toward them.His skin was fair and his figure towering, while his handsome visage was brimming with rage. He made a beeline for Melody, putting an arm to shield her behind himself.As Melody locked eyes with him, his gaze seemed to say: "It's alright, I'm here now."Frederick breathed a long sigh of relief in turn—he was aware that Levian would return, but certainly not so soon.Be that as it may, now that he was back, no one would dare to bully Melody now!On the other hand, Olivia's eyes widened so much they almost popped out of their sockets. Still, she completely ignored being called a mongrel, as her only concern was Levian calling Melody 'Mel'.The man was as good-looking as he was well-dressed, making it clear that he was no average Joe. If anything, he looked like he came from riches!Still, Olivia was furious despite her surprise—things were worse than she thought, but she was also
Melody was actually stunned for once. Levian had a bad temper even for a rich kid, but he actually cared to keep up appearances. If anything, this was the first time Melody had ever seen him getting physical!Still, she had no intention of stopping him. Olivia deserved it!After all, she had suffered every day for over three years because of that woman.Olivia had once forbidden her from using the washing machine to wash her wool coat in the middle of winter. Even though Melody ended up suffering from frostbite the next day, Olivia scolded her for being careless!When Jonathan gave Melody some pocket money, Olivia promptly took it from Melody and lost it all on gambling. When Melody tried to reason with Olivia nicely, Olivia punished her, forbidding her from eating for the entire day.And in the middle of the night, she would always be woken up by Olivia, who demanded massages. There was this one occasion when she was really enfeebled from a fever, but Olivia blamed her for bein
"Curse this weather… Oh, crap!"With the breeze buffeting him in the graveyard, Ethan was too preoccupied with holding on to his umbrella that he missed the puddle in front of him. As he stepped on it, droplets of muddy water splashed and splattered over his expensive shoes. "Oh, hell… these aren't stain-resistant!" Ethan grumbled as he took out some tissues to wipe his shoes.He had actually been enjoying himself abroad, only for his mother to send an ultimatum, forcing him to return to visit his grandmother's grave. To make things worse, the weather had to be so terrible on the day of, and it drizzled so much his shoes were dirtied just from one moment of carelessness—after he was so careful! Still, the price of the shoes was not what hurt most—it was the fact that they were a present from his new girlfriend. The babe was going to throw a tantrum if she found out…That being said, he still had to pay his respects to his late grandmother.Ethan threw the tissues into a bin, lo
On the other side of the cemetery, Olivia's mood was the complete opposite. She was practically fleeing as she stumbled on her way out, not daring to look back in the slightest.Levian did not hold back at all, as Olivia's entire face was swollen and red, with several bruises scattered around. Her delicate eyeshadow was smudged from the rain, her perfectly braided hair now a total mess as well, and even her diamond-encrusted hair stick had snapped in half.With her shawl drenched and her high heels covered in mud, no one could ever tell that this was the old Mrs. Bolton at all. At first glance, most would just take her for a madwoman running about.Olivia ignored the odd stares she received, simply finding some kind of shelter to avoid the rain as she dialed Christopher's number.The voice on the other end of the line was cold and calm. "What's wrong this time?""I was beaten up!" Olivia cried hysterically. "Oh, Christopher! I was being bullied the whole time! I just caught that b
Melody did not speak, still staring at him with frosty eyes. Ethan caught himself right before his jaw dropped to the floor, amazed yet sighing deeply. "Oh god, I didn't think I'd ever be so blind! How could I have not guessed? You're Melody Nolan… Your last name is Nolan… So… you're Ms. Nolan…"Levian seemed unimpressed. In his opinion, not only was Ethan blind, but he was not the brightest of the bunch either.'How could he not tell just from Mel's beauty alone?'Melody avoided the question and instead raised her eyebrows at the man. "Do you have a lot of free time to be asking such nonsensical questions? Don't you have anything better to do?"After all, Ethan was one of Christopher's best friends, and he normally put up an unserious attitude. Hence, she did not really like him all that much. At the very least, it seemed he had better logic than Christopher and was able to figure her identity out.Now that she had been found out with no other way to cover it up, Melody decided
The moment Christopher entered the cemetery, he was able to notice a familiar person kneeling from a distance. That lonely aura and beautiful figure could only belong to Melody, after all.As he got closer, he noticed that the tombs were engraved with the names of the late Nolan couple. 'Isn't Melody Nolan just an assistant to Ms. Nolan? Why would a mere assistant need to visit the graves of their boss' parents?'Thinking back to everything that had happened before, Christopher's expression turned dark. It was as if he wanted to see through this woman, his eyes acting as microscopes. Melody was stunned by that and wondered what he was doing there. The handsome man before her was wearing an expensive suit, his entire being radiating hostility and elegance. He did not look like he was here to pay respects to the dead but was here to talk business instead.Melody did not like how he was sizing her up, nor did she think he was here for her, so she merely shot him a dismissive glan