At noon that day, Michelle sat on the sofa in the living room alone, not moving for long.
She was thinking about Glen's words, so if that woman wasn't an ordinary person, did she come to her family's home for some other purpose?
In other words… she really bothered to hide her identity in order to become Leonard's servant!
Even so, Michelle still does not want to accept all this.
People only knew her but not her story. Yes she won the seat as the main wife of the current patriarch, but what actually happened to her?
She only raised the son of another woman!
In the end, she needed to brace herself to see Leonard take the position of Patriarch of the Adler Family. How could she calm down?!
That wild animal that Leonhart brought back from outside... must she allow herself to live in Leonard's shadow forever?!
Impossible!
Michelle was silent for a long time until her body stiffened, and still she didn't move.
Her eyes fell on the teacup, her fingers slowly stiffened, and her face began to turn white.
After a while, a dark cloud appeared in her silent eyes before she quickly got up and went to the study on the second floor.
...
Outside the door, Leonard was standing under the shade of a tree with Mellisa. The scorching sun pierced through the leaves and formed a mottled halo.
Mellisa looked at him, then glanced towards the living room. "Are you really that determined to break off your engagement at the banquet later?"
Leonard's handsome face was covered with a soft glow. "Yes, are you ready to go to the banquet with me?"
"I'm always ready, but I didn't expect it to be so soon!" Mellisa read Leonard's determination in his eyes.
There was a hint of embarrassment in his faint expression. "Have you ever thought that if you upset your parents, you'll be able to bear the consequences?"
"Yes!" Leonard reached out and pulled Mellisa in front of him. He looked at her cheek and whispered, "No matter what the consequences are, I can bear it! Mellisa, I just need you tonight. I want you to be by my side at the banquet tonight, and leave the rest to me, okay?"
Perhaps the current atmosphere was so beautiful that Mellisa felt Leonard's inexplicable tenderness.
Leonard had always been stubborn and firm, but this man before her looked at her with tenderness and affection.
At this moment, Mellisa could say nothing but nod at his promise.
She stared at Leonard's handsome face for a moment, raised her hand and gently traced his brows with her fingertips. "Have you planned this long ago?"
No matter what outsiders said, she always felt that Leonard was not a incompetent person.
Even when he was in Jakarta and Surabaya, he secretly did many things for her.
Such a person, as the heir to the Adler family, is it really as worthless as outsiders say?!
She couldn't believe it!
At this moment, Leonard and Mellisa looked at each other. The man was silent for a moment, licked the corners of his mouth, and then said, "I had planned it long ago, and now I can't put it off any longer. Melissa, everything I did was for you! I don't want anyone to look down on you anymore!"
He naturally didn't care about the status of the Adler family that he had. He also ignored many speculations about him from other people.
But Mellisa was the woman he put at the depth of his heart, so she shouldn't have endured this blasphemy for him!
Even if everyone was against his approach, as long as Mellisa was still around, he would do anything for her!
Listening to his stern tone, Mellisa might find what's on his mind.
She smiled gently, and slowly leaned into his arms like a little girl. "Leonard, no matter what you want to do tonight, I'll be with you!"
...
In the afternoon, at three o'clock, Lilia woke up leisurely.
She opened her eyelids, blinked, and then subconsciously looked to the side.
Jean wasn't here!
Lilia rubbed her forehead, sat down and calmed herself, then walked out of the room in her slippers.
In the living room downstairs, Glen was chatting with Leonard and Mellisa.
Lilia noticed that there were two beautiful gift boxes on one of the sofas.
Mellisa caught her, and immediately waved at her. "Lilia, are you awake?"
Lilia nodded, and as she walked into the living room, she pointed at the gift box and asked, "What's this?
"Our banquet attire." Mellisa explained.
Lilia's eyes flashed, opened the lid of the first box, and turned around in surprise. "Isn't this a woman's dress? How about yours? Is that also women's attire?"
Even though this was the Adler's family dinner, Lilia secretly hoped to see her sister wearing a women's dress and standing next to her future brother-in-law.
Seeing Lilia's face full of hope, Mellisa invited her to sit down, then smiled and nodded. "Yes!"
"Is that true?" Lilia looked at Leonard happily. "Has it been announced?"
Leonard sat across from her with folded legs, returned Lilia's expression, and replied, "Tonight... there will be a good show."
Lilia leaned back on the sofa. On the back of the chair, she stretched out her eyebrows and exhaled teasingly, "This is great, you two finally don't need to play pretend!"
When the words fell, Leonard couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Not long after, Lilia's gaze started to patrol around the living room.
She had been awake for a while, but she hadn't seen Jean's figure.
Glen observed Lilia's behavior, then lifted his chin and said frankly, "Don't bother looking for him, Jean was summoned by the Patriarch!"
Lilia glanced at him and scratched her hair. "Oh…"
"Lilia, how long have you two been married? Why do you still look like a girl who just fell in love? Aren't you tired of facing Jean's face all day?" Glen's silly tone was still a bit confused.
He also had a woman, but they weren't as close as Lilia and Jean.
At this moment, when Lilia heard his joke, she smiled. "If you get married, you'll be like us."
Glen selflessly waved, "No way!"
Still, he still had confidence in himself.
At this time, Leonard heard that his friend was so arrogant, and moved a little to the side. "Don't bite more than you can chew!"
Glen sneered "How is that possible? Just wait and see if you don't believe me!"
...
In the blink of an eye, it was already 4:30 pm.
Lilia and Mellisa went upstairs to put on their dresses, and Leonard also ordered the butler to send him a suit and went upstairs to change.
Glen sat on the sofa alone and looked at his shirt and pants, he felt there was nothing wrong with him.
He wasn't paying much attention to dinner this evening anyway, so he didn't care.
In less than ten minutes, Jean finally came to the Royal Garden.
As soon as he entered the living room, Glen asked, "Why have you been there for so long? What were you talking about for almost two hours!"
The man's handsome face didn't show any clue, he just walked to the opposite side and sat down. In a soft voice, he said, "Just a few cups of tea."
Glen raised his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes. "He called you before dinner just for tea, huh? Do you think I'm stupid?"
Jean just smiled without saying a word.
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