Lilia's teary gaze fell onto Mellisa's face, and it took her a while to look down at the ground.
Three cigarette butts.
"Why don't you come in and wait?" She turned towards the house next door. After her future brother-in-law Leonard left, the house was completely empty.
Now that Mellisa was back, she wondered if the two of them could get back together.
At this time, Mellisa turned around to follow her movements, then smiled slightly. "It's not cold outside."
She deliberately avoided the topic, seemingly not wanting to say more.
Lilia took advantage of the situation and walked to the door of her house. Then she asked, "Since you have returned this time, are you going to go again?"
Mellisa glanced at her, holding the arm in her coat pocket as she calmly tucks the coat into the lower belly. "I'm not leaving for now."
"For now?" Lilia looked at her sadly, she then sighed softly until she entered the door. "Looks like you still have to go?"
The two sisters hurried through the door. The man behind them stood outside and lit a cigarette.
The person who sent them back was Clifford.
He stood beside Jean and whispered, "She's forbidden to go out by her family."
"Is the news accurate?" The man was holding a cigarette to his lips, a white mist passing through his eyes.
Clifford nodded. "Accurate, but so far, I don't know too much."
The man glanced at him. "Quickly find out, I want to find a way to reveal Mellisa's arrival."
"Good." Clifford turned his head. "As for the one in Jakarta, would you like to continue?"
"Yes."
Even though Mellisa's anti-reconnaissance ability was very strong, they still sent someone there just in case.
When Mellisa came back, she didn't even have any luggage with her, as if she didn't plan to stay long.
...
In the living room, Lilia invited Mellisa to sit together. She explained her story briefly, and then said her own thoughts. "That's the situation, so Sis Mellisa doesn't need to trust the words on the Internet too much."
When hearing all the explanations, Mellisa gave her a strange look. "That conference ... you do not have any influence on yourself?"
Lilia smiled calmly. "That's right! I'm totally fine."
"That… On the phone, are you acting with me?" Mellisa narrowed her eyes with a smile, and a dark, dangerous light flashed through her eyes.
This kind sister seemed to have used her acting skills. The smile on the corner of Lilia's mouth immediately hardened.
'Oops, you know!' Lilia coughed awkwardly, and looked at Mellisa who was so full of seriousness, "If I don't act, will you come back?"
Mellisa was speechless.
They then joked again, and Lilia stepped forward by getting into a serious topic. "Mike and Leila are engaged, you know?"
Mellisa was surprised when she was drinking water. "What did you say?"
Just then, the door of the house opened again, interrupting their conversation.
The man strode steadily into the living room. Mellisa glanced at him, looked at Lilia, and repeated. "What did you just say?"
Lilia and the man's eyes met, then his tone was slow. "They are engaged. They currently live in the capital, Jakarta."
Mellisa was silent for a very long time, her sour and complex emotions constantly tugging at her nerves.
The man sat across from the sofa and caught a glimpse of Mellisa's motionless and silent movements. He interrupted his thoughts loudly, "If there's no accident, the two of them will get married."
Mellisa opened her mouth and was about to say, but no sound came out.
How did it happen? In just over a short month, such drastic changes had occurred.
Mellisa's breathing was a little chaotic, her fingers holding the water cup were too hard, so that the veins on the back of her hand were clearly visible.
After all this time, she smiled bitterly and muttered, "I really didn't expect Leila to have that kind of charm."
Mellisa never thought that Mike would get engaged to Leila.
She couldn't describe the feeling in her heart, it was ironic, shocking, and unable to be said.
It is clear that Mike rejected Leila more than anyone at first.
But he chose her to be with him in the end.
Lilia noticed Mellisa's melancholy expression, bent down and patted the back of her hand. "Although hard to accept, it has become a fact and will happen. This time, I want to bring Leila back for you. Before that happens, the woman took the initiative to appear with Mike. After all this time, it is time for mother and daughter to actually meet each other!"
After those words, a stream of light appeared in Lilia's eyes.
Mellisa nodded unconsciously, but her expression was still blank.
Roughly speaking, Mike's approach was too unacceptable. For a long time, Mellisa didn't speak anymore, and she remained silent even while eating.
...
At half past eight that night, Lilia received a call from the Mayer family home.
At this time, she was reviewing the live video of Sylvia's press conference with Mellisa.
She looked at the caller ID, and quickly stopped the video, shaking the screen. And then she hooked up and pressed the speaker button. "Grandpa!" Lilia yelled sweetly.
Then she heard her grandfather growl in anger. "This shameless bastard. Lilia, you must have been wronged!"
Her grandfather's voice was loud, and that low roar echoed in the living room for a long time.
Lilia moved the phone further, and answered with a smile, "Grandpa, don't worry, I'm fine. By the way, sis Mellisa is back!"
He put the phone in Mellisa's mouth to signal. Mellisa glanced at him. "Grandpa, it's me, Mellisa."
"Oh, you're finally back! Where have you been today? Grandpa knows you used to disappear as a child and make us worry, but you are now an adult and have close people around you ...."
The old man's conversation was always accompanied by complaints and worries. Mellisa's eyes were a little sour, but she said with a wise look." I'm sorry Grandpa, I made you worry."
"Okay, Grandpa doesn't blame you either. No need to apologize! Lilia, since you two are together, then Grandpa will tell you. The Pangestu family's press conference video and those who have already seen it, it seems they are deceiving so many people that they don't look our Mayer family in their eyes." He said.
"In that case, I plan to deal with it. Lilia, Mellisa, the process of changing your names is already in progress. In no more than three days, the process would be completed. The signed documents will then be sent to your company. After receiving it, the two of you will sign it. After you sign off, the two of you will officially change your names to Mellisa Mayer and Lilia Mayer. When the time comes, Grandpa will ask your uncle to hold a press conference in person. Grandfather wants to see how brave the Pangestu family is again after insulting and challenging my Mayer family daughters like this!" The old man said it out loud.
He was determined to change Mellisa and Lilia's names from the start.
Hearing this, Mellisa wanted to say something, but Lilia calmly accepted her grandfather's offer. "Okay, Grandpa."
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