Chapter 300

– Whip

Before Melody left the car, Ken confirmed again, Tee you sure you don’t need me to go in with you?”

Melody said, “No need; if you go in with me, it will only make Yolanda uneasy. Yolanda overthinks everything, so needs to be very careful in preventing mistakes. When the time is right, I’ll throw all the damning evidence at her, ensuring she has no way to make a comeback. Otherwise, if she gets the chance, she’ll fight back with everything she’s got, and that would be counterproductive.”

After saying that, Melody noticed Ken looking at her deeply as if trying to see into her soul, then instinctively lowered her gaze and self-mockingly said, “Do you think I’m scary?” Ken shook his head. “I never thought you were scary”

Melody didn’t believe him and shrugged. “I’m going in, please take care of Hattie. She’s very reliable and hardworking; if she stays with you, she’ll take good care of you.”

“I’m not a child, so stop mentioning taking care of me all the time. You should go in.” Ken paused before adding, “By the way, Cadence was discharged from the hospital today. When she was hospitalized, my people kept injecting her with drugs, but now that she’s out, they can’t act anymore. She’ll probably regain consciousness soon, so you need to prepare.”

“I understand.” Melody clenched her teeth as she thought of everything Cadence had done in her previous life, determined to get well-prepared as she knew Cadence wouldn’t let this go easily.

Last time, if she hadn’t been worried about implicating Ken, she might have taken drastic action right away, but now she was fearless, ready to face any challenge that came her way.

Waving goodbye to Ken, Melody walked towards the Fox family’s villa, feeling that a storm was awaiting her.

As expected, the villa was still brightly lit when she arrived at the door, though the lights usually would be off by this time.

Taking a deep breath, she pushed the door open and stepped inside, noticing Russell sitting sternly in a chair in the living room, with Yolanda and Mabel standing on either side of him.

Russell’s face was full of anger with his expression as dark as ink, meanwhile, Mabel looked worried, but her immaturity showed through her obvious excitement.

Melody noticed Yolanda’s anxious expression, seemingly worrying if Melody had found Hattie,

Russell expected Melody to step forward and apologize, but seeing her indifferent and aloof expression only fueled his anger. “You still dare to come back?”

“Are you saying you don’t want me to come back, Dad?” Melody asked.

Russell stood from his chair, cursing, “You wretch, what kind of attitude is this? Not only did you defy Yolanda, but you also ran away from home. How could I have such a disgraceful daughter?”

Melody fearlessly met Russell’s almost fiery gaze when he was talking.

For the past two months, Melody had been trying to please Russell, still, it was clear his favoritism towards Mabel wouldn’t change because his bias was deeply ingrained, with no amount of appeasement would alter this reality. Instead of continuously playing the meek lamb and enduring grievances, Melody found it better to let Russell feel he couldn’t control her so that he would be hesitant to hit or scold her.

With this in mind, Melody’s expression grew colder as she said indifferently, “I didn’t run away from home, I went to find Hattie. Since her phone is unreachable now, I suspect she’s missing.”

At these words, Melody noticed Yolanda visibly relax, and then Yolanda spoke softly, “Hattie is unreachable because she’s on a train. You know how bad the phone connection is on trains, so you can’t just claim she’s missing because you can’t contact her, and you certainly can’t blame me for

Russell gritted his teeth. “Yolanda, don’t waste your breath on her, she brat is getting more and more out of hand and I need to teach her a good lesson today. Someone, bring me my whip.”

“Yes,” The servant responded and went to take the whip.

Mabel’s expression became even more joyous and excited, but Yolanda gave her a warning look, signaling her to restrain herself.

The servant soon returned with a black whip, which was thick and slick.

It wouldn’t break the skin but would cause excruciating pain and internal injuries with a few lashes, perfectly suitable to Russell’s cunning because internal injuries would not draw outside attention compared to visible wounds.

Having suffered many times from this whip in her past life, Melody knew well how painful it was and her gaze became even colder as she asked, “What did I do wrong that deserves such punishment?”

Yolanda seized the opportunity to advise, “Russell, don’t hit her as we can talk to her calmly. If you hit her, she’ll only hate me more. Also, with just a lash from that whip, I’m afraid she might not be able to bear it.”

Yolanda’s worried expression would convince anyone that she was a caring stepmother.

Melody pressed her lips together, her eyes full of mockery when she recalled that in her past life, Yolanda would always intervene when Russell wanted to hit her, making Russell hit even harder.

Despite this, Melody had trusted Yolanda back then and even thanked her for speaking up.

Melody realized that once one trusted a person, one would lose sight of reality, but now, she felt lucky that fate had given her another chance.

As expected, Russell grew even angrier after hearing Yolanda’s words, replying, “She needs a beating to learn about respecting others. Whether she likes you or not doesn’t change the fact that you’re her mother.”

As Russell spoke, he took the whip to strike Melody while Melody was ready to grab the whip.

However, just as Russell raised his hand, the servant guarding the door suddenly rushed in to report, “Sir, Madam, we have guests here.”

Upon hearing this, Russell froze and retracted his hand that was about to swing the whip because he didn’t want anyone to see him disciplining his daughter.

Handing the whip back to the servant, he asked, “Who’s here so late?”

Yolanda couldn’t help but clench her fists, wondering if it was Ken again because although Melody’s other supporters could be dealt with, Ken was the real problem she couldn’t get rid of.

Yolanda also thought it was her fault to let Melody treat Margaret’s illness back then that Melody now had Ken’s powerful support; it was truly infuriating.

Just as Yolanda was vexed, the servant replied, “It’s a couple and the man is called Ander Morgan.”

Mabel couldn’t help but cover her mouth in surprise. “It’s Mr. Morgan.”

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