‘Guess I’ll be protecting you from now on.’ Melody was still deep in her fantasy when Sage
called out to her, “Melody.” Melody raised her arm up mischievously and said, “Present!” Sage looked
up at her coldly and said, “Is that all from you?” Melody blinked her eyes and looked over at Ross’
sunken face and was reminded that there were things unsettled.
Sigh, it seemed that the good ol’ Ross was actually angry, seeing that his expression had not softened,
as if someone had owed him a million dollars. “Ross,” she called out.
No one answered.
“Daddy,” she called out again.
No one answered.
“My dearest father.” “Yes.” Ross answered. Finally.
Melody muttered, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have run away from home again and again. Making you, Aunt
Sage, and all the uncles worried. I shouldn’t have done that. From now on, I’ll never run away from
home ever again. Since I’m almost of age now, I should act more like an adult. If father could be so
forgiving and kind as to allow Brother Ric… No, Brother Yoel and I to be together, I promise to be a
good and obedient daughter.”
Melody said all of that in one breath, and she was proud of herself.
Yoel, on the other hand, was stunned. Is this kid for real?!
Ross stood up all of a sudden and startled Melody, and she ran to hide behind Yoel. “Help me, Brother
Yoel!”
Yoel was forced to face Ross’ cold expression. He felt Melody pulling on his shirt so hard that she
almost tore it. Yoel smiled forcibly and said, “Ross… Please don’t take what a child said so seriously…”
Melody poked her head out and said, “I’m not a child anymore! Also… you’re my boyfriend. How can
you call my father by his first name, you should refer to him as Mister Ross.”
That one sentence alone almost killed Yoel, and it also made Ross even more furious than before.
With lightning speed, Ross grabbed Melody’s wrists and cuffed them together with a hair tie.
He then tossed Melody into Sage’s arm and ordered, “Get her into the car.” Melody wanted to protest,
but Ross’ voice was heard almost immediately, “If she throws a tantrum, stuff her mouth, knock her out,
and put her in the boot.” …How ruthless.
Melody did not utter another word as she turned to look pitifully at Yoel.
Yoel pursed his lips as if he was going to say something when Ross said, “Mister Yoel, let’s talk.”
“…Oh, alright. Okay.” Sage and Luther brought Melody outside the house, leaving Ross and Yoel in the
living room to have a man-to-man conversation.
Jace stood by the window in the master bedroom. Upon seeing Sage leaving the house, he ran
downstairs in an instant, without even looking at Yoel for a second.
Yoel opened his mouth and closed it again right away, feeling distressed. Who could help him now?
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