His Heiress Wife (Retika)

Everyone was too stunned to react when Kieran said that it was more appropriate to send Charles to the military instead of Melody.

After all, their plan was to send Melody, the jinx of the family, away from there, not Charles! Charles was the beloved son of the Sullivan family, they never even thought of making him suffer.

Murmurs erupted in the crowd except for Melody who remained calm and was already losing interest in the situation.

They were all intrigued by the drama that unfolded in front of them.

Charles’ mouth dropped and his eyes widened.

When he finally came to his senses, he felt anxiety and quickly responded, "No! I don’t want to! I won't go!"

Kieran looked at Charles sternly, putting authority in his words, "I'm afraid this decision is not up to you."

Elizabeth knew that once Kieran decided something, it was considered final and she couldn't accept that, not when Charles was the one getting the punishment.She immediately tried to stop Kieran while asking for help from Gwendolyn as well.

Meanwhile, Gwendolyn felt distressed for her grandson.

She wouldn't allow Charles to be sent to the military! Gwendolyn faced Kieran and nervously tried to persuade him, "Kieran, you know that Charles is still young, don't you? Let's talk about this when he gets older, okay?"

Gwendolyn was smart.She had an inkling that maybe Melody was indeed hard to deal with.She may have aged but her instincts never failed her.

Melody wasn’t just an ordinary country bumpkin, which was probably the reason why her daughter came to ask her for help.

It turned out that this harbinger of misfortune that the former head of the Sullivan family sent to the countryside since childhood brought more trouble than she anticipated.She must turn this situation around immediately.She faked a warm and gentle smile and looked at everyone.

"Alright, enough talk of that.It's my birthday party and we should celebrate.I would like to thank everyone here for celebrating yet another year with me.Now, before the dishes get cold, let's eat!"

After Gwendolyn spoke, everyone ceased their whispers and immediately dispersed.

The reason why Gwendolyn suddenly stopped the discussion was that their plan wasn't going the way they hoped.

It was supposed to be Melody who would be sent to the military but she managed to overturn the crowd's criticisms from her to Charles.

And because of that, Gwendolyn acknowledged that she definitely underestimated Melody.

Who knew she was much smarter than she let on? In Gwendolyn's eyes, Melody pretended to be powerless and tried hard not to stand out, as if she was looking for the right time to unleash her real personality.

And if they continued with the situation from earlier, it was no doubt they would lose against Melody.

They might as well retreat and formulate a more formidable plan to kick that scheming woman out.

Meanwhile, when Elizabeth saw how Gwendolyn tried to divert the people's attention from earlier, she wanted to argue.

she remained silent even though

their seats, the birthday party officially

may have been negatively affected by what happened.She thought that if she were in Melody's shoes earlier, she would definitely cry and wouldn't have the energy to be part of this party anymore.She immediately went to

immature and unreasonable.It was a good thing that you were smart enough to resolve the conflict real quick.At least

nodded and Sarah sighed a

to herself and sarcastically thought, ‘Does Grandma really recognize the truth that it was Charles’ fault, or did she stop the

what exactly happened or why Gwendolyn diverted everyone's attention when Charles was the one being oppressed, but Sarah

Melody didn’t want to tell Sarah their

would choose to protect Sarah's innocence and

the party went on without a

was a magnificent celebration with the guests enjoying the event, and offering their gifts and wishes to

went to

wait for Quince and the others to leave, too.She could

two elders of the

so she spoke for the both of them, "Grandfather, Grandmother, I'm afraid we'll have

has to wake up early for her

understand.Be careful on the road.Take these red envelopes, one for each of

given to them,

Charles received, she couldn't help

still grateful and

it was tude if she didn't accept them when it

got the envelopes, Gwendolyn

remind Sarah of her duties and responsibilities as a lady of the

you? When you're done playing around, feel free to come back

envelopes in her

well aware that Sarah was working hard to

it turned out that the

This old lady really had a knack for hurting and humiliating

even show an ounce of respect for

go home." Melody said as she grabbed Sarah's hand to lead her out, which

two elders again and followed

didn’t walk out without secretly glaring at both Roger and

of Gwendolyn's sight, she finally took the chance to complain to her

nothing but trouble for both the Sullivan and Callahan families.Just look

been led astray.That barbaric girl should just stay in the countryside forever.She shouldn't have come

figures with a disgusted look

her out of our families for good.I was able to send

Sarah out the hall of the Callahan

about to reach for the door,