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Not long after Melanie got home, Roderick also came.

Roderick put a lot of medicine and nutrition on the table.

“Mela…”

Seeing that, Melanie knew what Roderick meant and took the medicine herself.

Looking at Roderick’s faint smile, Melanie felt complicated.

“You can go home now. Take good care of Elias.”

“Okay.”

In the evening, Roderick came again with soup.

It was said that Jennifer made the soup in person, and it was good for Melanie’s health.

No one in the Harbour Villa dared to stop Roderick.

Besides, Roderick saved Melanie.

Everyone in the Robertson family could distinguish kindness and hatred clearly.

After Roderick entered the door, he called Melanie “Mela” as usual, and then kept silent.

He just stood there and stared at Mélanie.

Until Melanie stopped what she was doing, drank the soup and took the medicine.

After the incident this time, Roderick became a regular guest of the Harbour Villa..

He came two or three times a day. He was here in the morning, and would come again at night.

Sometimes Roderick came alone, and sometimes he came with Elias.

But Elias preferred to stay in the Lambert Manor rather than the Harbour Villa because he had made friends there.

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“Mommy, when will my brothers come back?” Elias asked Melanie secretly.

“I don’t know. Why? Did you miss them? Do you want me to send you back?”

Melanie seized the opportunity to persuade Elias. Even if she allowed Roderick to come here, she had never planned to let Elias stay with the Lambert family forever.

“No,” Elias immediately refused.

“Mommy, I have a friend named Noah now. You’ll see him when you go to the Lambert Manor.”

Melanie thought, ‘I’m not going to the Lambert Manor. Instead, I’ll find a way to get you out of there.

But Melanie just replied, “Okay.”

A few days later, Melanie was surprised by the information that Darrin got.

“You mean Owen and Steve were college classmates and have known each other for many years?”

“Yes.”

“Did you get anything else?”

“No.”

Melanie frowned.

She really didn’t know about it.

Whether it was in the years when her mother was still alive, or the decade after her death, Melanie never knew that Steve had a classmate who was a media tycoon, nor had she seen them meet or communicate.

Melanie thought, ‘Why did Ryan mention my mother’s death? Did he know anything about it?‘

Thinking of this, Melanie couldn’t sit still anymore and went to the hospital with. Darrin

In a luxurious single ward of Beloris Hospital, Melanie saw Ryan who was

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incapacitated.

Roderick was really bold and fierce.

He directly chopped off Ryan’s hand and broke his knees. Ryan might not be able to stand up again.

Seeing Ryan’s new arm, bandaged legs, and tolerant expression, Melanie burst into laughter.

“Hahaha, Mr. Smith, now you’ve got what you wanted. Your legs are lame and your arm is disabled. How are you gonna bully others afterward?”

Ryan glared at Melanie fiercely, but he didn’t dare to scold her at all.

“Mr. Smith, about what you said about my mother that day. Is it true?”

Melanie stood in front of the bed and grabbed the infusion tube.

Ryan’s eyes flashed with anger.

“I know nothing about it. I just said it casually that day.”

“Really? Then you’re quite good at talking. You said exactly what I want to hear.”

Melanie snorted coldly. Then Darrin immediately stepped forward and pressed on Ryan’s injured knee.

Ryan screamed in pain.

Melanie grabbed an orange from the table and stuffed it into his mouth. His cry turned into a groan at once.

Five minutes later, Ryan’s face turned pale and his forehead was covered with

sweat.

Melanie took out the orange from his mouth and said indifferently, “If you refuse to tell me, I’ll let you enjoy for another ten minutes.”

Ryan didn’t even have the strength to speak but just nodded.

“Tell me, what do you know about my mother?”

“I… I only heard that your father has been looking for a notebook that belongs to

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your mother.”

“A notebook?”

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Melanie remembered that her mother did have a habit of writing a diary by hand. She thought, ‘Is there anything in it that Steve is afraid of? Or something he needs?‘

After thinking for a while, Melanie asked again, “Did the Smith family kill a group of gangsters in Solustria seven years ago?”

“I really don’t know that. You have to ask my second younger brother. He has been in charge of our family’s affairs abroad.”

“Your second younger brother?”

“Yes, Connor Smith.”

They tortured Ryan again. Seeing that he really didn’t know anything more, they finally stopped.

A few days later, Melanie went to Rising Star as usual.

The Spring Auction was coming, and the collection of artworks had reached its final stage. As the CEO, Melanie couldn’t sit still and do nothing.

While Melanie was dealing with company affairs, Angie came back from shopping and brought a lot of delicious food.

“Where did you go?”

“Ahem, just some ordinary places. I just hung out and bought food I wanted to eat. You know my temperament.”

Angie made up a lie casually and didn’t reveal anything about her visits to several eye hospitals.

“Why don’t you help me if you have time? You just play around all the time!” Melanie glared at Angie and smeared cream on her nose.

“No way. That’s Jeff’s job. How can I ruin his job? That’s not gonna happen.”

Angie waved her hands and stuck out the tip of her tongue to lick the cream on her

nose.

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Seeing that, Melanie scolded Angie and then took a tissue to wipe her nose clean.

The two of them were having a good time when Jeff came in and hesitated to speak.

“What? What’s wrong?”

Melanie stopped smiling and became indifferent again at once.

“Ms. Robertson, Steve Robertson is here. He insists on meeting you.”

“No way, no way. Drive him out!”

Angie jumped up from the sofa and said, “If you can’t drive him out, I’ll drive you

out.”

Jeff glanced at Melanie, hurriedly promised and left.

“Melanie, Steve is really bold. We haven’t gone to him, but he came to us first. How shameless is he!”

Angie put her hands on her waist and spun around several times, looking mysterious.

“Melanie, why don’t we hire someone to teach Steve a lesson?”

“How are you gonna do that? It’s illegal to kill people.”

Melanie stroked the porcelain cup in her hand.

“But now that Vanessa is lying in the hospital, it’s a good time to let others learn about this pair of father and daughter again.”

Angie thought for a while and then said with a smile, “Okay. I’ll let Darrin get something from that old brat and give him a paternity test.”

“Sure. Check it first and then arrange a great show afterward.”

Melanie’s tone was leisurely, but her eyes were full of fierceness.

Melanie carefully cut a part of her nail and put it in a small box. “Do one more test, by the way.”

Angie was stunned for a second, but she didn’t say anything and just held the box

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