Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

Chapter 61 To Say Goodbye

"And why is that?" Melinda asked, when she finally broke out of her astonishment. Jonas had subtly emphasized their relationship was nothing more than partnership a while ago.

For him to suddenly act possessively, and over such a small matter, was confusing to his wife. 'What is he even trying to say?'

Jonas leaned against the doorframe and crossed his arms over his chest. "If you go there, you will only bring shame on the Gu family," he drawled out. Melinda wanted to punch his pompous face.

"What are you talking about? What shame? Kent and I are friends, and he’s getting married. It’s only natural for me to celebrate it with him and offer my best wishes." Melinda paused and mimicked Jonas’s stance. "What’s going on in your mind, exactly?"

Jonas snorted and rolled his eyes, and it only made his wife even more pissed at him. "If I say I don’t want you to go, then you can’t go." With that, he turned and walked away with a satisfied smirk on his face.

In spite of her bafflement, Melinda felt outraged at the childish way her husband was acting, and the means with which he exercised his whims. 'Damn it, he isn’t called a tyrant for nothing!'

If Jonas expressly forbade it, there was no way Melinda could work her way around his iron-clad word. She paced back and forth in the room, nibbling on the tip of her thumb as she thought the matter over.

After a while an idea came to her, and she hurried over to the main villa to speak with Nelson. If there was anyone who had greater authority over Jonas’s instructions, it was Nelson.

As soon as she got there, Melinda recounted the whole situation to the old man. "Grandpa, Kent and I really are just friends. He’s helped me a lot through my toughest times. Of course I want to give him my best wishes on his special day."

Nelson sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Don’t worry, child. I’ll discuss this with Jonas for you." It didn’t take much convincing to get their grandfather on her side, and it relieved Melinda greatly.

Soon after that Jonas was called into Nelson’s study, and the door remained shut for a considerable amount of time. She had no idea what warranted such a lengthy conversation.

All she knew was that Jonas came out with a thunderous expression on his face, and he was grumbling when he told her she could attend the wedding.

Having achieved her goal, Melinda chose not to dwell on the matter any longer. The important thing was that she would be able to give Kent her blessing.

The ceremony was set to be held in a five-star hotel within a week’s time. As far as she knew, Kent personally took care of the banquet design. He did make a few calls to Melinda, asking her for some input.

She was a writer, after all, and her imagination was bound to be more profound. Besides, women usually knew what other women wanted.

On the day of the wedding, Melinda wore a lilac dress paired with nude pumps. She donned a white windbreaker coat over it, making the perfect picture of a well-dressed woman from a rich family.

When she came down the stairs that afternoon to leave, she spotted Jonas lounging on the living room sofa, sipping coffee while reading the newspaper. He was wearing a black coat over his suit.

That was a curious detail, but her thoughts were sidetracked by how devastatingly handsome her husband was. He looked like a regal senior official.

As soon as he saw her, Jonas put down the newspaper and rose. He looked utterly displeased as he looked Melinda up and down, although his eyes may have lingered a tad longer on her luscious mouth.

"Let’s go," he finally said, a little roughly, the frown never leaving his face.

"Wait, what?" Melinda was just about to walk past, but turned instead to look at her husband.

"Are you attending the wedding or not?" Jonas asked impatiently, grabbing his car keys from one of the side tables. "What are you saying? Are you coming with me?" Melinda was dumbfounded at this development.

"What’s wrong with that? Am

provoke him any further lest she kept her from going at the last minute. "Just remember that you already agreed I could go. Don’t go breaking your word out of the

was the one who asked me to

the first place. Letting the matter slide, Melinda

few hours away, people were milling about in the banquet hall, getting acquainted with each other

wafted around the room. Melinda had her hand on Jonas’s arm

Janet, Kent’s parents, were stationed near the entrance,

Janet got a little flushed in the face, but they both greeted her with warm

instead of a wedding. Catching herself, Janet brushed away her negative thoughts and asked kindly, "Hello, Melinda

this is my husband, Jonas Gu." Melinda turned to Jonas as she introduced him, but his expression did

and muttered under her breath, "This is meant to be a joyous celebration, fix

quiet tension between the couple. "I’ve heard that he is a successful young man, and very dashing, too,

kept his stony silence.

pulled the sulking man with her into the hall and looked for a table. A big screen

really happy together, and looking at it gave

his guests. When he spotted Melinda, he excused himself

next to her. He helped himself to a

very handsome today," Melinda chirped. The elders usually said that people

by a light banter between Kent and herself as they joked about their shared

from Melinda’s other side. She and Kent

don’t want to be here, you can just leave." She knew

him no mind and carried on with their conversation. They were old friends

talk about his wife-to-be, and Melinda expressed her interest. Their exchange became even

entire time, and soon people who

are dissatisfied with?" Kent also had a temper to

gave him a lazy look and drawled out,

but we ordinary people consider weddings as a joyous occasion. I imagine it’s vastly

of guests milling about nearby, drawn by the obviously charged interaction they were

people were turning and looking at

at each other, the former with a sarcastic, challenging glint in his eyes, the latter with a cold, unrelenting

lips, alarming Melinda. She hurriedly spoke up to break

some of your old classmates. Why

two short-tempered men be, things would have escalated quickly. It would have been an ugly

and rose to go to his friends. When he left, Melinda immediately turned to

start a fight and

his time sipping it. The air around them grew colder, and being alone with him gave Melinda the dreadful sense that she was definitely

came back after a short while. He headed straight to Melinda and popped a question. "Melinda, will you be my wife’s maid

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