Melinda’s smile disappeared from her face: "There’s never a place for me in your heart."
Elijah: "Go find someone who can."
Melinda turned and walked away.
That night, Melinda was feeling down, so she asked Derek to join her for a drink.
Seeing her in such a state, Derek bluntly said: "No guy will like you if you’re like this."
Melinda’s eyes filled with anger: "I’m already tired enough outside! Do I still have to pretend in my own home?!"
Derek poured her a drink: "Melinda, we siblings need to stick together more. If you listen to me, you can have anything you want."
"Can I have Elijah?" Melinda downed her drink and asked him with red eyes.
Derek put his arm around her, leaned in and whispered: "You can’t have him while he’s alive, but if he dies, I can give you his ashes. That’s like having him indirectly, isn’t it?"
Melinda’s face changed drastically, and she pushed him away forcefully!
"Derek! Are you out of your damn mind?! Don’t you dare hurt Elijah!"
‘Bang!’
Derek slammed into the table behind him, feeling a sharp pain in his waist.
"I’m sorry! I didn’t mean it!" Melinda helped him up, feeling guilty, "I didn’t mean to argue with you... But Elijah is my bottom line, don’t become his enemy!"
" ... We’re already enemies." Derek gasped in pain, "He’s investing 500 million dollars in the Dennis Group. Melinda, do you think it’s worth that much? He’s provoking me!"
Melinda stiffened.
"Is that true? How come I haven’t heard anything?"
"Because he doesn’t trust you. And he deliberately let the news leak to me. I bet he and Violette talked privately." Derek slowly sat on the sofa, looking pained, "Melinda, get me some medicine."
Melinda went to get the medicine box
, while her thoughts were wandering.
Maybe she’d never see Elijah and Violette get divorced.
She had never seen Elijah treat any woman so seriously
.
She lost!
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