"Okay. Now that we''ve decided everything, we don''t need to meet again. We wouldn''t want Melody getting suspicious of us," said Thalia.


    Wendy scoffed. "Don''t be a coward. We don''t need to be scared of her. Just look at her, she doesn''t even dare to go out without bodyguards. Ha, there wille a day when I seize the opportunity. Melody, just wait. I''m going to pour acid all over that pretty face of yours!"


    Her tone was particrly sinister and frightening, making Thalia feel extremely ufortable.


    "You can''t do anything now. She always has people around her, so how can you guarantee you''ll escape unscathed? I won''t cooperate with you if you can''t even control yourself," said Thalia.


    Wendy immediately raised her head and began to shout, "What? Are you breaking our agreement?!"


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    "Quiet! Can you please lower your voice? I told you, you need to control yourself. Don''t you want to get revenge on Melody? Look at yourself right now. You can''t even get close to Melody in this state, let alone seek revenge!"


    Wendy''s chest heaved violently. "I want revenge. There isn''t a moment I don''t want revenge. I wish I could take a knife and carve up her face. I want her to taste the pain I''m going through right now."


    She gritted her teeth, while Thalia smiled satisfactorily. What she needed was someone she could control, not a rabid dog ready to bite at any moment.


    "As long as you can control yourself, trust me, I will make Melody suffer even more than you are right now," Thalia assured.


    "Really? Do you really have a way?" Wendy clung to the hope like a drowning person grasping at a straw. All her thoughts were centered around ''destroying Melody''. She did not know what meaning there was left in living if she could not witness Melody''s downfall.


    "Just wait and see," replied Thalia.


    As soon as Lucas finished work, he went to Melody''s studio to pick her up. Seeing her clearly low spirits, he could not help but sigh inwardly. No matter how badly Helen treated Melody, she was still her mother at the end of the day. Melody had long severed ties with her, but


    emotionally speaking, they were still tied together.


    Melody only snapped out of her daze when Lucas grabbed her hand.


    "You already heard the news, didn''t you?" she asked.


    "Paige told me before informing you," Lucas replied, rubbing Melody''s palm. Without his approval, Paige would not have dared to pass the


    news on to Melody.


    She sighed deeply. "I''m so tired, Lucas. I don''t know if I should go see her. I really don''t think she''s a good mother. But why do I still feel so upset?"


    Melody covered her eyes and started crying. She did not understand why she had to go through all of this.


    "Am I that bad? Why am I being punished like this?"


    Lucas tenderly held Melody in his arms. Even if the wrongdoing came from parents, it was always the children who endured the pain. No matter how many years passed, the wounds caused by a parent would not heal.


    "It''s not your fault, none of this is your fault. She''s wrong for the way she treated you. She chose a different path," Lucas reassured her.


    Lucas hoped Melody could cut ties with everything from the past, if possible.