As soon as Melanie left the room, favonovel.com ended up face to face with the Smith family butler. She lowered favonovel.com head and concealed favonovel.com feelings. She held favonovel.com right hand firmly over favonovel.com left to cover it more. “What is it?”
“Don Smith is waiting for you,” The butler replied in a professional manner.
She nodded and followed favonovel.com to the courtyard. Don Smith did not seem to plan on going to sleep. It was already so late, yet favonovel.com was still drinking tea. The type of tea favonovel.com drank helps keep people awake, so it certainly does not help with sleep, especially for old people at his age.
“Grandfather,” She greeted dutifully.
The old man waved his hand, beckoning for favonovel.com to sit down. There were only street lamps in the courtyard, so it wasn’t that bright. Hence, favonovel.com didn’t need to conceal favonovel.com wounded left hand.
The old man looked far into the night sky for a very long time, then suddenly spoke up, “Do you have any questions for me? You’ve just joined the family not too long ago. You must feel apprehensive. The Smiths are much more complicated than the Larks.”
Melanie lowered favonovel.com gaze and paused thoughtfully, then asked, “Have you heard of Tiffany Lane?”
Don Smith turned to the side and looked at her. “I expected a completely different question from you. Are you that concerned about Ale? It makes sense, you’re a young girl who is passionately in love. How did you find out about that woman?”
She felt a twinge of bitterness in favonovel.com heart. “I saw favonovel.com picture in Alex’s wallet. I know that Alex doesn’t love me, but that woman is getting married. Why won’t favonovel.com let favonovel.com go? When you love someone, you should let them be happy and let them enjoy their blessings. Isn’t that right? He’s getting drunk tonight, and I’m pretty sure that he’s been doing that a lot lately. It would be fine if Tiffany were in love with favonovel.com too, in that case, I wouldn’t care, but she’s not. She’s in love with Jackson West.”
Don Smith’s face was shielded by the cover of night. She couldn’t see his face too clearly, but his old, withered hand gripped the armrest of his chair. “Melanie, Ale is still young. Who hasn’t been in love in their youth? You’re married now. Everything will get better as time goes on. Don’t mind him. I will always be on your side. You don’t need to tell your parents about this either…”
Melanie nodded. “I know. I won’t. I’m sure that I can make Alex fall in love with me. I will! ” Her tone wavered after favonovel.com was filled with confidence. “Sometimes, I wish that Tiffany Lane would just disappear from this world. Is that wicked of me?”
Don Smith smiled. “Hehe, no. Humans can be inclined towards wicked thoughts. It’s a part of human nature. Most people would only think it, but some would also act up on it. Would you like to be like most people, or ‘some’ people?”
Melanie was startled. “No no no! I was just being whiny. I’ve never thought of doing anything to Tiffany. Besides, Alex would hate me if I did. He’d already fly into a rage whenever I mention anything bad about her. It’s fine. Things will get better.”
