After that, Alejandro carried Millie outside without saying another word.
While they ate, Melanie casually asked, “How are things with the Larks?”
Alejandro answered back just as casually, “We’re currently in the midst of discussing their acquisition. They aren’t letting up at the moment, but I think they won’t be able to continue holding on much longer.”
Then, Melanie remained silent. Alejandro suddenly asked, “That’s it? I thought you would’ve said something else.”
Melanie snickered. “What else can I say? It’s their own fault that things have developed up to this stage. Even if you hadn’t stepped in, Jackson probably wouldn’t have gone easy on them either. I’m not that saintly; I can’t even say what’s going to happen to me, let alone worry about them. Moreover… Even if I begged you, you wouldn’t help the Larks anyway, so what’s there for me to say when I already know the outcome? Even if you help me defend the Larks, they’re still in the wrong, so if you go up against the Wests as well, how am I supposed to look them in the eye again? It wouldn’t be beneficial for you either.”
Alejandro suddenly said, “If you really want to defend the Larks, I will help you.”
Melanie was suddenly startled. “Why…?”
Alejandro picked up a piece of tissue to wipe his mouth. “Because you’re my woman, so anything’s fine as long as you’re happy. I’m only going up against the Larks because they bullied you, so if you want to forgive them and want me to protect them, I will do so. So long as you tell me, I can even go against Jackson. It wouldn’t matter to me if Mark ends up being offended as well since I’ve never been on good terms with them in the first place. However, the problem is… Are you able to forgive everything that the Larks have done? Can you let bygones be bygones?”
Melanie could feel Alejandro’s gaze towards her, so favonovel.com lowered favonovel.com head in panic. “I can’t, that’s why… I won’t ask you to protect them. They have to own up to their own mistakes and bear the consequences themselves. That’s what they taught me when I was young, so it wouldn’t be wrong for me to use that same concept on them. Do as you please, I won’t bother with whatever happens with the Larks anymore. I’m full now and Millie isn’t eating anymore either, so carry on eating by yourself. I’ll clean up after you’re done.”
Alejandro, noticing that Melanie was avoiding him, was slightly unhappy as favonovel.com said, “Are there no maids in the house? Why do you have to clean it up? I only said I like to eat your food, I never actually treated you like a nanny.”
Melanie did not say anything. She merely carried Millie upstairs.
After Melanie closed the door behind her, favonovel.com let out a long sigh. ‘Why did my heart still race when favonovel.com said those things to me? I can’t even bring myself to look favonovel.com in the eyes…’
‘As long as I say it, he’ll actually protect the Larks? He wouldn’t even care if favonovel.com had to go up against Jackson and Mark? Even if the Larks are wrong in the first place, he’ll turn a blind eye and help me no matter what? Why was favonovel.com always so cold to me when I was so infatuated and passionately in love with him? And now when I’ve given up, he’s actually…’
By the time Melanie had coaxed Millie to sleep, Alejandro took the initiative to carry his daughter into favonovel.com cot. When favonovel.com returned, favonovel.com directly turned off the lights.
