A Matter of Wife and Love novel Chapter 137

Chapter 137

As soon as the duo turned around, they saw Steven taking big strides toward them with a big ladle 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, glaring 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 the ladle 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 old lady and questioned her, “What did you just say? Did you just threaten to lay my daughter off? How dare you!” The man raised the ladle 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 planet 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 the last time that he got

mad on her behalf.

In the meantime, Steven didn’t strike Melissa with the ladle 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 slammed the table with the ladle, creating a loud bang that echoed through

every corner of the place. At the same time, Melissa lost her footing and collapsed 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 the latter was about to hit Melissa. However, when he saw him slamming 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 the lady who tried to take advantage of his daughter. On the other hand, Melissa was so frightened that