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

halted and said, "What are you smiling at, Sophia? Do you think you've finally achieved your

her smile and assumed an innocent expression. "I wasn't

your father wants to leave all his property to you, I'll hire the best attorney to help

longer maintain her smile. She never expected that a pushover like Melinda would

don't need the money, and I don't care about your father's wealth either. I'm only fighting

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