Chapter 137
As soon as the duo turned around, they saw Steven taking big strides toward them with a bigdle in
his hand. At the same time, he was followed by Toby, who was staggering with his steps along the way.
Steven was seen with his eyes wide open at that moment, ring at Melissa like an angry beast as if
he wanted to eat her.
It turned out that he had overheard the duo’s conversation when he was on his way to return thedle
to where it was. Having a strong grudge toward the Alston Family, Steven was even more pissed off
upon hearing Melissa’s words. The next second, he angrily walked up to the olddy and questioned
her, “What did you just say? Did you just threaten toy my daughter off? How dare you!” The man
raised thedle as he finished his
words.
Taken aback by the man’s violent reaction, Melissa was prompted by her instincts to step back in
intimidation as her face turned pale. “Y-You! You’re unreasonable!” The woman’s anger quickly took
over her feeling of humiliation just when she pointed at Steven madly with a trembling finger.
“Me? Unreasonable?! Guess what? No one else on this is more unreasonable than any one of
you from the Alston Family!” Steven bellowed like a tiger roaring at its prey. Steven had always
preferred to avoid rather than engage in conflict even though it rarely ended in his favor, but this time,
he was so angry that he could’
barely control his emotions.
Meanwhile, it was Amelie’s second time seeing her father so worked up as she recalled thest time
that he got
mad on her behalf.
In the meantime, Steven didn’t strike Melissa with thedle but instead brandished it in front of the
woman to
threaten her. “My daughter gave everything she had to your family, but none of you treated her the way
she
deserved. I’ve always put up with that, yet here you are now, trying to stir up trouble. Do I look like
some
pushover to you?” The man’s menacing loud voice sent cold chills down Melissa’s spine, making her
shiver
from head to toe.
On the other hand, Melissa couldn’t help but recall the time she met Steven during the wedding,
remembering
him as a timid man whom she reckoned she could just take advantage of. Nevertheless, it wasn’t until
that
moment she realized she had been wrong about the man the entire time.
When Steven finished his words, he mmed the table with thedle, creating a loud bang that echoed
through
every corner of the ce. At the same time, Melissa lost her footing and copsed with her arm hitting
the
table, terrified and frozen as if her soul left her body.
At the same time, Toby was also frightened by Steven’s response, thinking thetter was about to hit
Melissa. However, when he saw him mming the table instead, he heaved a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Amelie believed Steven knew what he was doing when he chose not to get physical with
Melissa. Judging from that, she wasn’t worried that her father had lost his rational mind.
At the same time, Steven kept questioning Melissa harshly with his deafening voice, showing no signs
of going easy on thedy who tried to take advantage of his daughter. On the other hand, Melissa was
so frightened that
Seeing Melissa’s helpless look for the first time, Amelie couldn’t help but find the sight of that satisfying.
After all, Melissa had always treated her less than she deserved, having arranged a small room beside
the garage for her when even the maids were given rooms on the same floor as their masters.
Even the maids received better treatment than me. Soon, she recalled the fact that she was always
stopped from seeing Leo every time he returned home, thinking Melissa was responsible for that in
hindsight.
It’s all thanks to you, Melissa. You’re a big reason why Leo and I still felt like strangers to each other
despite the four years we spent together. Amelie was disgusted by the thought of Melissa’s hypocrisy,
feeling sick about her unkind nature beneath her kind pretense in front of others. However, although
she found Melissa’s situation ironic, she felt a stab of pain in her heart for making her father worry even
as an adult.
“Aren’t you going to do something to stop your father, Amelie? If you get on the wrong side of the
Alston Family, it won’t end well for you.” Amelie heard Melissa’s voice just when her eyes began to
swell with tears.
“That’s enough, Dad.” Amelie snapped out of her trance and restrained Steven.
Steven looked back at his daughter, his reddened eyes filled with tears. “Now that you’ve divorced Leo,
there is no reason for you to fear them anymore. I’ll always have your back!” Deep down, Steven
med himself for Amelie’s misery, thinking he could have avoided that if he had interfered with his
daughter’s marriage soon enough. Because of that, he wanted to make it up to her.
Upon hearing her father’s words, Amelie could barely fight back her tears as she wrapped her arms
around him. “Enough, Dad. You’ve done plenty for me. I’m so touched and happy that you’re always by
my side, but you need to stop doing this; you’ll only make me feel useless.”
Steven then paused and wiped the sweat and tears off his face. While he could give up the whole world
if he had to, his daughter’s feelings were the only thing he cared about the most.
When Melissa saw Steven stop, she heaved a sigh of relief. Even though Steven hadn’tid a finger on
her, she was still too frightened to respond. She would have copsed onto the ground if she hadn’t
gotten a hold of the
table.
At the thought of that, she red at Amelie, who stared back at her as she uttered, “Mrs. Alston, the
only reason I stopped my father from pressing on is not that we’re scared of the Alstons, but we don’t
want to have anything to do with you all. As you said, Leo and I are divorced, so we should have
nothing to do with each other anymore. For that, consider this your lesson learned and remember that
we, the Dillons, are no pushovers you think you can just take advantage of. If you insist on asking for
more trouble, hitting the table with adle is going to be the least of your worries.” Amelie kept her eyes
fixed on Melissa.
At that moment, it finally dawned on Melissa what Amelie was capable of as she shivered
uncontrobly from head to toe. At the same time, it was her first time noticing the intimidating aura that
filled Amelie’s eyes. Unlike Amelie’s submissive nature from before, her current tough attitude even
made Melissa doubt herself for having barked up the wrong tree.
“Mr. Walsh, please see Mrs. Alston out the door,” Amelie said to Toby, having grown tired of talking to
the
Toby nodded and walked up to Melissa. “Mrs. Alston, this way, please.”
Melissa responded with a cold grunt and walked out the door, but since she was still haunted by
Steven’s outburst, she staggered and struggled to get her footing right. Because of that, Toby was
forced to give her a hand and helped her walk.
As soon as the duo disappeared out of the door, Amelie let go of Steven and took thedle that went
out of shape from his hand, gently patting his back. “Take it easy, Dad. There is no need to get so
worked up over a woman like her. Your health is more important.”
Steven sniggered, feeling sympathetic for his daughter even though he didn’t show that through his
facial expressions. He then tilted his head and uttered, “I will not go easy on anyone who bullies my
daughter!”
“Alright, no one can bully your daughter now,” Amelieforted Steven.
However, Steven still seemed worried, knitting his eyebrows like he had something he wanted to get off
his chest. In the end, he decided to speak his mind. “Elie, what’s going on between you and Starlight
Media’s boss? If he cares about you, he should stop acting mysteriously and show himself! I won’t
agree with your rtionship if he keeps acting like this!”
Steven only just learned about the affairs between Amelie and Starlight Media’s boss, feeling worried
instead as he was afraid that the mysterious man was worse than Leo. After all, while he knew whomRêAdt??St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only
Amelie married back then by recognizing Leo’s face, he had no idea whom his daughter was dating
now.
Upon hearing Steven’s question, Amelie realized that she hadn’t told her father about the matter,
sniggering as she went on to exin it.
Meanwhile, Leo was sitting in the center amidst a meeting at Genesis Company, keeping his face
slightly down while listening to the monthly report from the representatives of every department.
At the same time, his face seemed emotionless and stern. His eyes were filled with a cold aura, and it
was enough to fill the meeting room with an intense vibe, making everyone restless as they sat in their
seats. While the person presenting carefully delivered his speech, the door suddenly swung open as
someone interrupted the meeting.