Beyond the Divorce

He walked in and said, "Chlo..."

He paused, noticing the guest in my office, but then continued walking in.

Melvern, who was seated on the sofa, glanced at him, smiling as he spoke, "So it's you, Mr. Arnold. Long time no see."

Arnold looked at him and smiled back. "Mr. Melvern! It's been a while. You're still alive?"

It was clear that they were very familiar with each other.

Arnold, with his usual lack of formality, asked Melvern, "What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to Ms. Chloe about something," Melvern replied, maintaining a polite demeanor and shifting in his seat.

Arnold walked over confidently and took a seat on the sofa. He looked at Melvern and asked, "What business do you have with my sister? She's engaged in legitimate business, and you're a person of questionable integrity. What legitimate business could you discuss? Stop messing around."

laughed when I heard what Arnold said. It looked like

or later if you do business with him. Stay clean." Arnold looked

is my sister and my father's precious little girl. You'd better not be getting any ideas about her, Melvern. Stop right now, or I'll

at Melvern

to remain composed. There was a faint smile on his

Melvern said. "I didn't know about the deep connection between Ms. Chloe and the Beringer family. Looks

funny ideas," Arnold said freely. "Are we done talking? If

dismissal without hesitation and turned to me, saying, "Chlo, I need to talk to you about

were all adults, and I had to offer him some respect. "I'm sorry, Mr. Melvern. We had

alright. We've known each

childhood. I'm used to his mischief,"

discussed. If you're interested, I'll

this discussion with you if I need