Chapter 817

When Beverly Herbert saw Colin Herbert’s tense expression, she thought that it was another big shot friend of Melody. She smiled mechanically.

There were a total of two people getting out of the car. One was a man in his forties or fifties, wearing a suit.

The other was a girl as beautiful as a celebrity in a bright red dress.

The two of them looked a little similar. It was obvious that they were father and daughter.

However, this time, before she could greet him, the man said with a dark expression, “Call Melody Fox out!”

Beverly Herbert was stunned. He looked at Colin Herbert in surprise and asked, “What’s going on?”

It was none other than Russell Fox and Mabel Fox.

Colin Herbert quickly said in a low voice, “This is Melody’s biological father.” He tried his best to squeeze out a smile and went forward.

“Mr. Fox, I didn’t expect you to come over even though you’re so busy. If I had known that you could spare the time, I would have asked someone to pick you up.”

When Beverly Herbert heard that the other party was Melody Fox’s biological father, his face turned pale.

She more or less knew a little about the father-daughter relationship. She also knew that Russell Fox had a bad temper.

However, the other party’s extremely nasty tone still frightened her.

Colin Herbert greeted Russell Fox politely. He then reminded Beverly Herbert in a low voice, Beverly, go up and inform Melody first.”

Beverly Herbert’s mind was blank. Almost reflexively, she walked towards the elevator.

The elevator was still on the sixth floor. She couldn’t wait any longer and ran up the stairs to the second floor.

Meanwhile, Russell Fox, who was at the door, was still looking down at Colin Herbert with a sullen expression.

“Looks like you’re Colin Herbert. Stop pretending! Don’t think I don’t know that you adopted her because of the person who registered their marriage with her. Let me tell you honestly, they’ll get a divorce soon. Your Jennie plan is wrong. Hurry up and get Melody to come down!”

Before Colin Herbert could say anything, Mabel Fox chimed in, “Dr. Herbert, if you really wanted to invite us here, how could we have gotten the news that our sister wanted to acknowledge her godparents from someone else? Shouldn’t you have brought gifts to the Fox family the moment you thought of this?”

Russell Fox’s anger was ignited.

That damned b*stard. Why did he have to acknowledge his godparents outside when he had a home to return to? Wasn’t this slapping my face?

He could already imagine the rumors about him spreading like wildfire tomorrow.

Russell Fox glared at Colin Herbert and said, “Have you asked me, her biological father if you want to acknowledge my daughter as your goddaughter?”

Colin Herbert was an extremely honest man. He had never seen such an aggressive scene.

He was instantly speechless. His face turned red, and it took him a long time to say, “I’m really sorry. I was rude. Please don’t mind me. I’ll bring a gift to apologize tomorrow…”

“Forget it! I don’t agree with this matter. Give up!”

Colin Herbert’s face turned stiff and pale.

“Well …”

However, Russell Fox’s patience had already been exhausted.

He could not be bothered to waste his breath on Colin Herbert. He walked past him and headed for the elevator.

Mabel Fox hurriedly followed closely behind. The corners of her lips curled into a faint sneer.

Melody Fox…, Melody Fox, I was wondering what kind of high status you could climb up to become a godfather, but it turned out to be a cowardly cheap father. What a joke!

When Russell Fox made a scene, she would see what other big shots would be willing to accept Melody Fox as their goddaughter in the future.

What she wanted was for Melody Fox to be unable to return to the Fox family. She also wanted her to be unable to climb to a higher position and forever be an orphan who was despised by others.

The more Mabel Fox thought about it, the more excited she became. She couldn’t wait to see Russell Fox make a scene at the banquet.

Coincidentally, the elevator arrived downstairs.

As soon as Russell Fox and Mabel Fox walked in, Colin Herbert followed them in.

“Mr. Fox, I know you have many misunderstandings with Melody and are not familiar with me, but I hope you can be rational. There are many guests upstairs. If this really blows up, it’s easy to lose face for both of us.”

Russell Fox was furious.

“What do you mean? Is this the fault of someone like me who doesn’t know anything and is kept in the dark?”

“Of course I’m not that…”

Colin Herbert held the elevator door open and said, “I just want you to calm down and listen to me. I acknowledge Melody as my goddaughter. It’s not what you think. I don’t want anything from her. On the contrary, we will soon leave Silverlake to travel the world. We might never come back for the rest of our lives. We have also decided that after we acknowledge Melody, we will give all our fixed assets to Melody.”

Upon hearing this, Russell Fox’s eyes quickly turned twice, and his eyes were filled with calculation.

He said leisurely, “What do you have in your fixed assets?”

Colin Herbert quickly answered truthfully, “In addition to Silverlake, I also own seven chains of traditional medicine shops in other provinces and cities, as well as several small herbs shops.”

“Seven clans…”

He knew Herbathrive. It was the largest traditional medicine Pavilion in Silverlake.

Before coming over, he thought that this guy was a certain doctor from Herbathrive. He did not expect him to be Herbathrive’s boss…

Although Herbathrive was not as valuable as his Justalion Group, the 7 chains of traditional medicine shops added up to an objective income.

Moreover, the clinic rarely incurred losses. If he could get his hands on this godfather, he could consider letting Melody acknowledge him.

Russell Fox quickly calculated in his heart.

Mabel Fox immediately guessed what Russell Fox was thinking.

This did not match her original intention! If the matter did not blow up, how could she make an issue out of it and suppress Melody Fox so that the Swanson family people would hate her?

She was about to persuade Russell Fox not to listen to Colin Herbert’s nonsense when Russell said, “If what you said is true, I can consider taking a look…”

“I can swear to God that I didn’t lie at all! We really like and dote on Melody, so we want to acknowledge her as our goddaughter.”

“If that’s the case…” Russell Fox rubbed his chin pretentiously and said, “Then I’ll forgive your rudeness. I’ll just make up for it at home later.”

“Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Fox.” Colin Herbert sighed in relief.

As long as Russell Fox did not disrupt the banquet and embarrass Melody, it was fine for him to lower his head to Russell Fox. After all, there were so many important figures present tonight. He had to consider Melody’s future and dignity.

However, in the next second, Russell Fox spoke again, “But I have a condition. You have to write my name on all your fixed assets.”

Colin Herbert looked up.

“Well …”

“Why? Are you unwilling?”

“No… It’s just that I’ve already mentioned this to Melody. Should I tell Melody?”

“She’s my daughter and I’m her biological father! I can make the decision for this kind of thing. There’s no need to tell her! Besides, she’s still young. She has so many assets in her hands. What if she’s cheated? Just transfer the account to me tomorrow. I’ll tell her!”