The peaceful family reunion dinner that Adam had hoped for had gone awry. As a man, he felt he should not take offense to her outburst and decided to placate the situation. "Ahem! Mel, I admit that I shouldn't treat Lilin like that. I-"

"Come with me, Lilin. We're done with them." Melinda took Lilin's hand and prepared to leave. She had no interest in listening to Adam's feeble attempt at salvaging the situation.

Lilin nodded and stood up with her mother.

When Melinda and Lilin were about to leave, Sophia could not hide her smile. That was the outcome she had long hoped to achieve! Though she was always aware of her father's consistent favoritism toward her, she still felt unhappy that a tiny little fraction of his love and attention had been diverted to someone else.

be best if Melinda went through with the divorce

Sophia's smirk from the corner of her eye. She halted and said, "What are you smiling at, Sophia? Do you think you've finally achieved your goal

an innocent expression. "I wasn't smiling. Why are you

empty-handed. Since your father wants to leave all his

no longer maintain her smile. She never expected that a pushover like

that what you were going to say? Let me be clear. I don't need the money, and I don't care about your father's wealth either. I'm only fighting for half his property for Lilin's name. When I win and receive that half, I'm going to donate it all to charity in Lilin's name. I'd rather donate it than see you inherit

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