In the depths of Mellisa's eyes, a cold light suddenly appeared.
She lifted her eyes steadily, and met Michelle's blunt cheeks. "My grandfather never taught me to go against elders, but he always warned us that we had to be fair and honest especially when we became parents later."
"I won't mind it even if you dislike me, but don't ever bring this problem to my family. If you try to put pressure on my family, I'm afraid I'll have to tell you that it will never work!"
Mellisa's character who never wants to lose begins to appear.
Right now, she could still sit staring at Michelle, all because she didn't want Leonard to be too embarrassed.
Poor mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship seems to be a cliché problem for every woman in a marriage.
Although she didn't want to be angry with Michelle, there was no reason for her to let herself be belittled by her anymore.
After that, Mellisa stood up. "You might not want to see me, then I will come out and let you two have a nice chat!"
"No!" Leonard quickly caught Mellisa's wrist. Then he turned to look at Michelle. "Mom, she is my wife of choice. Even if you don't like her, you can't change this fact. Instead of being cold to her, it's better for you to put that aside and open your heart so we can all have a good conversation."
Michelle was silent for a moment after listening to Leonard's words protecting Mellisa. Even though her face was calm, her heart still surged like a tsunami.
After considering her plans for so long, in the end, Leonard chose his own woman.
Michelle naturally understood the power that the Mayer family represented.
Because of this, she couldn't calm down at all!
'Leonard, you shouldn't have an opportunity like this!'
Are all of her calculations wrong because she pretends to support Leonard to dare to go to Jakarta?
If he hadn't gone to the Capital, maybe he wouldn't have met this Mellisa Mayer.
In this way, perhaps this boy could still be under her control, step by step into the game of chess she arranged?!
Michelle looked at them, and the suppressed emotion in her heart was eating away at her little by little.
The atmosphere in the room seemed to be at a dead end.
The disappointment on Leonard's face grew stronger. He gritted his teeth and shook his head mockingly. "Mom, since when did you hate me so much?"
Michelle's eyelids fluttered, but she asked back instead, "Why should I hate you?"
Leonard's biggest confusion was that his mother didn't hate him!
Each of the three people in this room was full of their own thoughts.
However, the door of the inner hall was slightly knocked at this moment.
In an instant, Kevin opened the door respectfully, and by the time he stepped aside, Leonhart had already emerged from behind the door.
Seeing the host, Mellisa immediately stood up out of respect and courtesy. "Uncle."
Leonhart waved his hand. "Sit down, just think of this as your own home!"
Kevin then closed the door behind him.
Due to the arrival of Leonhart's figure, Michelle's indifferent expression finally cracked.
Leonhart walked over and sat down in front of Leonard dramatically.
He raised his hands and rolled up his sleeves, then glanced at Michelle. "Don't stand there either, the kids happen to be here, you have to give them an explanation of what you did tonight."
Michelle's heart trembled slightly. She lowered her eyes and walked towards the table. When she sat down, her tone was calm. "I have nothing to explain. This is an important family banquet, all spoiled by Leonard's impulsive and reckless actions. Do you think I shouldn't be angry? I am angry that this has tarnished the name and dignity of the Adler family!"
Leonhart's movement of rolling up his sleeves was interrupted by Michelle's words.
He raised his eyebrows slightly, his gaze fell on his arm, and his tone was sharper. "Then when he was planning to announce embarrassing things about Lyn, did you stop him? If you know how to protect the face of the Adlers, you shouldn't be helping Lyn pass the exam!"
"Michelle, everything tonight, whether it's right or wrong, the crux of the matter is because of what you did!"
After the words fell, Michelle looked at Leonhart in shock. She subconsciously clenched her fists
"What? Did I say something wrong?" Leonhart rolled his sleeves up his sleeves and stretched the folds before sighing and looking at her.
Michelle tightly pressed the corners of her mouth and gasped for a moment. "I chose a wife for him and planned the future for him, but in the end, I was the one who was wrong?"
Leonhart slowly opened his eyelids and narrowed his eyes. "Are you sure you plan for his future?"
Michelle was silent.
There are some things that cannot be said more. Otherwise, those unknown details will be peeled off bit by bit and become a thorn in everyone's heart.
Michelle was constantly reminded by Leonhart that she could be the Adler family's wife because she had promised that she would treat Leonard like her own child.
But it's too hard!
Leonhart's stern expression contained disappointment and coldness. Seeing Michelle not speaking, he was no longer aggressive.
After a while, Leonard broke the silence by saying. "Father, where is Fran? Have you finished talking to him?"
"Well, he is resting in our house for now. If you want to apologize, better not do it tonight"
Leonard looked shocked. "He didn't leave?"
Instinctively, he slightly rejected the idea of ??Frans staying at his family's home.
Leonhart glanced at him and sighed helplessly. "You have ruined the banquet held for him tonight. Although he did not express his anger, he must be complaining in his heart."
"I did not intend to let him stay in our family home, but he said that he was in a hurry when he arrived in Bandung today and did not arrange the accommodation. His intentions are very clear."
Leonard blinked angrily, uncommitted.
Leonhart saw his concern, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Michelle. "Wait for me in your room, I have something to discuss with you later."
Michelle glanced at him, not saying a word. She got up and left the hall in the blink of an eye.
After she left, the tense atmosphere in the room subsided greatly.
Leonhart let go of his seriousness, his eyes shifted to Mellisa and Leonard for a moment, and then chuckled. "Smelly boy, you have opened my eyes today!"
"Is that true? It's an honor for me!"
Leonhart snorted as he stood up, and asked while stretching his arms. "Tell me, since when did you start preparing to attack your uncle? Kevin told me that when Frans arrived, the vicinity of the Flower Hall was already surrounded by police."
"Kevin then went to the entrance gate to check it out, and it was said that before the banquet, you had replaced all the guards with your men. And the tape... how did you do it?"
Leonard looked at his father's figure then pulled Melissa's hand on the table and smiled deeply. "I was getting ready when Uncle and Luke started poisoning me."
"As for the recording, it was just a monitoring device added to my uncle's workspace.. Dad, I used to be a cop. Although this method is barbaric and shameful, it can be used to gain a solid evidence to send them to prison!"
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