Chapter 411

With a tight clench of her hand and her teeth biting down hard on her lip, Clara felt an agonizing pain slowly welling up in her heart.

She thought she could have maintained her calm, even in the face of the prospect of Emmett being together with Leah. But then why did it still hurt so much for her?

“My boy, you haven’t gotten over her, have you?” Sophia’s words hit like a sledgehammer. She quickly pulled her son aside. “Don’t waste your pride on a woman like that. Kick her out of the Melendez family now! It’s been humiliating enough having her around, and now you’ve given her a job in our house? Are you trying to give me a heart attack? Every time I see her face, I feel

sick!”

“Well, then I’ll have her work with me and keep her away from you.”

“You’re missing the point entirely, son. She…”

Before Sophia could finish speaking, Emmett interrupted her curtly, “I have my reasons for my decisions. You brought Leah back without consulting me, didn’t you?”

I…” Sophia was at a loss for words. “I did that for your own good. Leah is the biological mother of the two children, and if you two could be together, it would be good for everyone involved.

“I know what I’m doing, and

watched her son walk away, Sophia was angry but didn’t dare to vent her anger

master tell you to serve us dinner? Hurry up and

I better not see you during dinner! I don’t care whether you pretend to have a stomach ache or feel nauseous. Just find

“Yes, I understand.”

her a dismissive glance before speaking again. “If this dinner goes well, Leah might soon become the lady of the Melendez family, and you’ll regret it then! You’ve let down my son’s affection for you, even going so far as to defy me, his mother. Clara, you

nails digging deep into

the Melendez family to be tough, but she hadn’t anticipated that her self-esteem would be trampled on her

she had no power to

Dinner began.

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