Wendy was getting impatient, but she managed to conceal it well. She leaned over and hugged Helen.

"Helen, please don't be angry. I was just frustrated and said those words in the heat of the moment. Don't take it to heart. How could I not feel your kindness toward me? I'm not heartless. It's just that Melody's actions have caused me so much trouble in the past.

"I've had over ten jobs canceled because of her. How could I not feel angry about that? Now that I've finally landed a few endorsements again, shouldn't you be happy for me instead?"

Helen sighed. "Of course I'm happy for you. It's just that Melody is also my daughter. Seeing everyone criticize her doesn't sit well with me."

However, Wendy did not care. She pressed on, "Helen, about the tasks I assigned you the other day, please remember to do them! Don't disappoint me, okay?"

Helen grasped Wendy's arm somewhat frantically. "Wendy, now that you're getting booked for jobs again, do you still want me to go find Melody?"

lowered her gaze. "Of course. How could I let this go? She caused me so much misery before. I'm not going to pass up a chance for

around Melody as they watched their

Melody did not expect to receive a call

"Melody?"

her name like this. After all, in that household, she

pause button and looked at her, gesturing his

you need something from

herself, Melody realized that she might have asked the question with a bit of

frowned when she heard Melody's

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