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.

Melinda went through with the divorce and

table with Lilin, she caught a glimpse of Sophia's smirk from the corner of her eye. She halted and said, "What are you smiling

her smile and assumed an innocent expression.

I have no intention of leaving empty-handed. Since your father wants to leave all his

a pushover like Melinda would one day be that assertive.

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

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