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Kendric had already taken his medicine and changed into a new set of
clothes. When Celeste entered the room, he was in the process of tying his tie.
He turned around and saw Celeste leaning against the door.
“Shall we have a talk?”
She quickly added her own condition, “don’t start acting all high and
mighty with me, and don’t lose your temper. Otherwise, I’ll end this talk right away.”
Kendric adjusted his tie, let out a little snort, but you could take it as his agreement.
She went straight to the point, “Manuel is outside. Have him take my dad with him.”
Kendric’s face gradually turned sour. It looked like their talk was on the verge of falling apart.
“If you don’t want your father living in Melville family, you can choose any of my villas for him to move in.”
Just hearing Manuel’s name was like touching a nerve for Kendric. He was all tensed up.
“He’s your father. It’s improper to let him live in Vader family.”
She shrugged, “alright, then there’s no need to talk.”
With that, she was about to leave, showing no hesitation.
“Wait!”
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Celeste turned around, “so you agreed?”
Kendric clenched his teeth and remained silent. He clearly didn’t want
Celeste to leave like this.
“Mr. Melville, it looks like we’ve reached a point where further discussion.
isn’t necessary.”
“Fine.”
After about a minute or two, Kendric’s voice sounded, “but it’s just.
temporary. You can pick a new villa in the next few days, and have your father
move there afterward.”
Celeste knew it’s the biggest concession he could make.
“Deal.”
After Myles woke up from coma, Celeste and Kendric paid him a visit in the hospital. As soon as they entered, Kendric was quickly driven out by Myles‘
snarls.
Celeste told her father about her deal with Kendric. Myles looked concerned, “Cely, are you still planning to get engaged to him?”
Celeste shook her head, “I won’t receive his proposal.”
“Yet I can’t escape, either. Kendric won’t let go of me. There’s only one way to make him give up for good.”
Myles got her meaning, “so, on the day you two get engaged, you’re planning to reject his proposal openly?”
Celeste nodded, “Mr. Caleb Melville will definitely be there that day, and
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with him around, Kendric won’t dare to make a scene. Besides, Melville family
has a reputation to uphold. They can’t force me to marry him in front of everyone. I’ve thought it through, and this is the only way to make Kendric give
up completely.”
Myles had a favorable impression of Caleb Melville, thinking he was a
classic gentleman. It was precisely because of that impression that he couldn’t
understand how Caleb’s grandson Kendric turned out to be such a jerk.
At night, Myles left with Manuel to Vader family, and Cade accompanied
him, while Celeste returned to Melville family with Kendric.
As soon as they entered the room, Madelyn immediately cried out in shock, clutching her chest as if she were about to faint any second.
“What happened to your face, Ken?”
Celeste rolled her eyes at Madelyn’s exaggerated reaction, “you already knew everything, so stop your pathetic acting.”
Mary and Madelyn exchanged glances. Madelyn put on a concerned look, “what on earth happened? Does it hurt?”
Celeste watched her deplorable acting. To be honest, Madelyn rarely showed much concern to Kendric. The most frequent thing she talked about was probably what jewelry set Kendric had gifted her this month…
Clearly, Kendric didn’t appreciate such an overly eager display of care. He offered a few perfunctory responses and then took Celeste upstairs.
As they passed Mary on their way upstairs, Celeste flashed a smile at her, “Marry, you only told Madelyn that my dad gave Kendric a beating. Why didn’t you tell her the reason my father beat him?”
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Mary’s face instantly turned as pale as a sheet of paper. She nervously shot
a glance at Kendric.
Kendric, surely, turned sullen. He had explicitly forbidden anyone from.
spilling the beans about this incident, and now Mary dared disobey his orders.
“You told her?” he asked.
Mary sought assistance through pleading gaze at Madelyn.
Madelyn stepped forward, “I pressured her into telling me the truth. How
could you keep it from me?”
“Mother, you should stay away from things you shouldn’t meddle with.”
Madelyn’s smiling mask started cracking.
In this family, no one dared to defy Kendric, not even his mother.
“I got it,” Madelyn muttered. She tugged at her shawl, and she grew even more repulsed by Celeste.
Suddenly Madelyn recalled the tutor Mrs. Brown had mentioned.
