Chapter 558

When Mabel heard this, her hand that was holding the fork suddenly froze and she reflexively followed Cadence’s gaze, only to see a slender woman sitting opposite her. The woman’s eyebrows were very similar to Melody’s, but she was much prettier. Mabel even felt that if the woman wore full makeup, her appearance might be comparable to hers. Mabel, who had always thought that she had peerless beauty, disdained the feeling of being compared. So she just looked at that woman for two seconds before looking away. “Cadence, you’re mistaken.”

‘Melody couldn’t be so beautiful. You must be joking.’ But she didn’t express her jealousy.

“But…” Cadence’s tone was very certain. “Her expression, that eating posture… I’m very sure it’s her. I ate with her in the Swanson family before. Mabel, can’t you even recognize your own sister?”

Mabel turned around and looked in that direction again. Melody had been wearing makeup for the entire day. At this moment, she suddenly wiped the sweat off her forehead and more than half of her foundation was removed.

Mabel’s eyes suddenly widened. ‘It’s really Melody! Does she look like that with makeup? What?’ For a moment, she could not tell what she was feeling. However, something called fear suddenly crawled out from under her feet.

Ever since Melody returned to Silverlake, Mabel had been humiliated too many times. She had also lost her mother’s support, and it could be said to be a heavy loss. However, Mabel still did not feel afraid from the bottom of her heart, because no matter how powerful Melody was, she would still be defeated by her unmatched appearance. But now, this self-confidence which had been persisting until now seemed to be gradually crumbling.

Just as Mabel was immersed in her complicated emotions, Cadence spoke again, “Let’s go. She seems to have seen us too. We should go to say hello.”

“There’s no need for that, right?” Mabel really did not want to have any contact with Melody right now.

First, Melody’s appearance before removing her makeup made her panic. Second, when she met Melody during the day, Ken was so protective of Melody. These two things made her extremely uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Cadence revealed a puzzled expression. “I heard that although your sister is always causing trouble, you’re still very protective of her. Now that you have finally seen her true colors, why do you act like you don’t want to be sisters with her? But anyway, you’re right to be like this. We don’t bother to approach an abject person, Right?”

Mabel’s expression froze on her face. If she didn’t go and greet Melody, the nice image that she had been maintaining all this time would collapse. Nobody was sure that Cadence wouldn’t gossip about her in front of others after separating from her tonight.

At the thought of this, Mabel could only force a smile and said, “She, she’s my sister after all. For my sake, don’t say that about her. How about this? I’ll go to say hi. And you just stay here.”

“Alright.” Cadence’s goal had been achieved, to let Melody know of Mabel’s existence.

She waved her hand and gestured for Mabel to greet Melody, so Mabel had no choice but to stand up.

Mabel took a few steps towards Melody and realized that the person eating with Melody was Ruby, whose husband ran a bank. The year before last, Russell needed a loan and even brought her along to grovel and treat them a great meal. However, this rich lady, who even she had to curry favor with, was eating with a bastard like Melody.

‘How did they meet? Because Melody has used Ken as her backer? Damn it, why is Ken with her? Did she bewitch him?’ The more Mabel thought about it, the angrier he became. When she came to Melody, she could not control her emotions and said, “Melody, why are you here?”

Melody had already seen the two of them when they entered, but she could not be bothered with them. Now that Mabel had taken the initiative to greet her, she pursed her lips impatiently and said, “Can’t you see that? I’m eating.”

When Ruby saw Melody’s displeasure, she also revealed a dissatisfied expression towards this girl who had suddenly appeared. “Young lady, what’s the matter?” Her tone was unwelcoming.

Only then did Mabel realize that she had given Ruby a bad impression of being too emotional. She quickly restrained her sulk and revealed what she thought was the most appropriate smile. “Ruby, so you’re here too? I’m sorry, I didn’t see you just now.”

Ruby tilted her head and asked in confusion, “You are?”

“I’m Mabel. I had dinner with you last year. My father is Russell Fox.”

“Mabel…” Ruby combined Mabel’s peerless appearance and tried her best to search for the memories in her mind. Finally, she remembered who Mabel was. “Oh… last year’s Best Celebrity.”

Mabel’s lips curved. “You finally remember me…”

However, Ruby still did not give Mabel a nice look. She repeated himself and asked, “What’s the matter?” In other words, don’t disturb their meal if there’s nothing serious.

Mabel felt a little embarrassed. At the same time, the resentment in her heart towards Melody had almost reached its peak.

She couldn’t take it anymore and said, “Ruby, you might not know about it, right? She’s my half-sister.”

Ruby was stunned and looked at Melody in shock. Seeing that Melody had no intention of denying it, she was even more surprised. “You… are sisters?”

Melody did not say anything as she silently observed Mabel’s expression. She was quite curious about what Mabel was doing here.

“That’s right.” Mabel nodded and said, “Didn’t you ask me what’s the matter? I’m here to look for Melody and ask her to apologize to Dad.”

“Apologize?” People were gossipy. Out of curiosity, Ruby subconsciously followed Mabel’s words and asked, “For what?”

Mabel looked at Melody and said with a pained expression, “I shouldn’t expose our family matters in front of outsiders. But, Ruby, I appreciate you so much and know that you won’t spread it outside, so… I might as well say it in front of you.”

Mabel said a lot before getting to the point. “Melody hired someone to beat me and my father up.”

“What?” Ruby exclaimed in surprise. No matter who it was, they would be shocked to hear that someone had beaten up their father and sister.

However, in the next moment, Ruby felt that something was wrong. She was not familiar with Mabel, but she was very familiar with Melody. With Melody’s character, she would never do such a thing.

Ruby took a deep breath and spoke up for Melody, “There must be some misunderstanding. Melody is not that kind of person.”

Mabel originally thought that she could ruin Melody’s image easily, but she did not expect Ruby to still trust Melody so much.

Ruby’s eyes were telling that she thought Mabel was slandering Melody.