The Day I Kissed An Older Man

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 the divorce and disappeared with Lilin

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

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

be divorcing your father, but I have no intention of leaving empty-handed. Since your father wants to leave all his property to you, I'll hire the best attorney to help me with the divorce and fight

that a pushover like Melinda

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 it all to charity in Lilin's name. I'd rather donate