NovelOnlineChapter 1652 The peaceful family reunion dinner that Adam had hoped for had gone awry. As a man, he felt he should not take offense to her outburst and decided to placate the situation. "Ahem! Mel, | admit that | shouldn't treat Lilin like that. I-" "Cwith me, Lilin. We're done with them." Melinda took Lilin's hand and prepared to leave. She had no interest in listening to Adam's feeble attempt at salvaging the situation.
Lilin nodded and stood up with her mother.
When Melinda and Lilin were about to leave, Sophia could not hide her smile. That was the outcshe had long hoped to achieve! Though she was always aware of her father's consistent favoritism toward her, she still felt unhappy that a tiny little fraction of his love and attention had been diverted to someone else.
It would be best if Melinda went through with the divorce and disappeared with Lilin forever! As Melinda was about to leave the table with Lilin, she caught a glimpse of Sophia's smirk from the corner of her eye. She halted and said, "What are you smiling at, Sophia? Do you think you've finally achieved your goal to remove Lilin andfrom your lives?" Sophia quickly concealed her smile and assumed an innocent expression." | wasn't smiling. Why are you making these false accusations?" Melinda smirked and said, "I know a smile when | see it. Perhaps | should remind you not to be so happy. | might be divorcing your father, but | have no intention of leaving empty-handed. Since your father wants to leave all his property to you, I'll hire the best attorney to helpwith the divorce and fight for half of his property. I'm sure you're aware of Molomia's marriage laws. Mothers receive preferential treatment in the eyes of the court." Sophia could no longer maintain her smile. She never expected that a pushover like Melinda would one day be that assertive. "So, you've-" Melinda then said, "So I've always had my sights on your father's wealth? Is that what you were going to say? Letbe clear. | don't need the money, and | don't care about your father's wealth either. I'm only fighting for half his property for Lilin's name. When | win and receive that half, I'm going to donate it all to charity in Lilin's name.
I'd rather donate it than see you inherit everything." Sophia's mind went blank, and she turned to her father. "Do you see her true col-" "Oh, quit acting, will you?" Melinda interrupted once more. "Acting as if you're a miserable little kitten is not going to help you. I'll file a divorce petition in Molomia's court as soon as possible, and he can't transfer his assets to you even if he wants to. Your father will no longer have the authority to decide on matters relating to the distribution of the property until our divorce is finalized." Sophia clenched her fists. Were Adam not around, she would have wanted to give Melinda a tight slap to the face.
Knowing that Sophia was angry, Melinda smiled and said, "You brought this upon yourself. | would've had no problem with your father giving you all of his property if you hadn't treated Lilin badly. | hope you're happy now!"
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