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.

if Melinda went through with

of Sophia's smirk from the corner of her eye. She halted and said,

concealed her smile and assumed an innocent expression. "I wasn't smiling. Why are you

leave all his property to you, I'll hire the best attorney to help me with the divorce and fight for half of his property. I'm sure

expected that a pushover like Melinda would one day be that assertive. "So, you've

had my sights on your father's wealth? Is 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

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