"As much as I want?" Melina smiled.

"Whatever." Daphne responded, her voice laced with arrogance.

"In that case, I won't be polite." Melina said as she took the check and generously wrote down the highest sum allowed-50 million.

"You..."

Daphne had thought of countless possibilities, but she had never expected that Melina would take the check so readily and even sign the maximum limit.

It was as if she had punched cotton, and she could not vent her anger.

However, she thought it was also good. From the moment Melina came over, she had already recorded the whole conversation. Since Melina was so heartless and did not pretend not to be greedy for money, she felt it was also good for Luther to see Melina's true color.

"Auntie, thank you for the greeting gift." Melina smiled sweetly, holding the check as if it were a prize.

"Then I'll leave first." Melina turned to leave.

She had already learned from her son that this aunt already took the share worth tens of millions from Luther every year. She took 50 million from this aunt, which was not a lot.

After all, she had a son. She wanted to save money for him, maybe even for when he married one day.

This amount of money would only be used on Bennett.

"You're leaving just like that?" Daphne was once again a little confused by Melina's reaction. Her brain was stuck and she did not know what to do next.

"So what? I have also taken the money. I still have to go to work. You have so many people with you. I don't think I need to send you off." Melina still said with a smile.

"All right. All right." Daphne was so angry that she could not maintain her dignified appearance and stood up directly. "If that's the case, then don't ever appear by Luther's side again."

"No problem." Melina said straightforwardly.

The stone in Daphne's heart fell slightly, and she led her people out. Suddenly, she heard Melina's voice again.

"However, in our family, what I say doesn't count."

Daphne stared at the closed elevator in shock, unable to react for a long time.

"Melina!"

For the first time, Daphne lost control in front of others.

...

If she wanted to, she could have sit in the company lobby and wait for Melina to get off work before settling accounts.

However, firstly, she didn't want to lose face.

Secondly, Luther called and told her directly on the phone that he was very grateful for the 50 million as a greeting gift she gave Melina. He also told her that Blackwood family also admitted Melina's identity. The message was clear: it was up to Daphne.

Of course, the last sentence was not personally said by Luther.

Only when it came to Melina and his son did Luther show any emotion.

After thinking for a long time, Daphne asked someone to pass a pack of the envelope to Melina and then left unwillingly.

She did not believe that Luther would really like the daughter of a fisherman.

Perhaps she needed some time to break them apart.

...

This was the second pack of the envelope that Melina had recently received.

However, it was obvious that there was definitely no good stuff inside.

She put the envelope in her hand and shook it. It seemed to be... some photos.

Not wanting to spoil her good mood, she deliberately used work to divert her attention.

She only opened the envelope when she got off work and got into the car.

It could be seen that these photos had been flipped through many times. Their edges were worn and creased with age. The protagonist of the photos was Luther...

However, besides Luther, there was another woman.

Cecily...

From a young girl to a top-tier star of today...

She had been all by his side.

Even though Melina didn't admit that she liked Luther, when she thought about how a woman had participated in her husband's life for a dozen years, her heart felt like it was suffocating.

As for that special photo...

She thought that this should be Daphne's trump card.

The protagonist of the photo was naturally Luther, but he was not wearing a mask in the photo. His body was marred with scars, and only his arms seemed untouched by the damage.

Especially his face was full of deep pits, which seemed to have been photographed when the wound had just scabbed. It made people feel uncomfortable looking at it.

Melina's fingertips trembled slightly as if through the photo she could already see a younger Luther struggling in bed.

She thought to herself, "Is this his past, the reason for the mask?"

It was no wonder that he would become a person with the cold, distant character that many people spoke of him.

It was just that she was not afraid at all, and she was very distressed.

For some reason, looking at the crescent birthmark on the man's shoulder, she felt a sense of familiarity.

In the past, the boy she saved by the river also seemed to have a similar birthmark on his body, but he was very handsome. Back then, he even tricked her into marrying him.

Unfortunately...

Before she could ask for his name, the man had disappeared.

If she remembered correctly, the boy's nickname seemed to be Pip.

"Melina. Did you forget your brain again today?" Luther couldn't help but raise his voice when he didn't get a response after calling out her name a few times.

But how did Melina respond?

After giving him a complicated gaze, she quickly walked into the children's room and locked herself inside.

Luther was confused.

Bill said, "Your aunt seems to have given something to Madam. She didn't talk much after looking at it in the car."

Luther's considerate assistant walked up to him secretly and said so. Then, he quickly put on the mask on his face.

There was no other way. Since Boss had to maintain his "two-faced" persona, as his first secretary, Bill had to come to report to work, and he had to wear a mask when Melina might appear.

In any case, to cooperate with Luther, almost every one of them had the same mask, which was the same kind that even their own mother wouldn't be able to recognize.

But their masks were all ugly!

"I know." Luther replied and picked up the tablet to work again.

But this time, no matter how he focused, he couldn't make it, and his stomach was growling.

"You said yesterday that you wanted to eat hot pot at home today, but judging by Madam's attitude..." Bill carefully reminded.

"Go and prepare." Luther said. "I'll call her."

Luther simply stopped working and went upstairs to find someone to "settle the score".

...

"Do you still want to eat hot pot?"

Luther, who was standing in front of the door of the children's room, felt that he must have been bewitched by something that he actually ran up to invite her for dinner.

Now he was locked outside the door.

"No." Melina said straightforwardly.

She was too angry to think about eating. Why would she eat hot pot?

She even wanted to beat Luther up when she saw him!

She thought to herself, "Since there is someone that he likes so much, why did he still cheat me back then?"

The corner of Luther's mouth twitched as he stood there silently.

His rational side told him that he should leave coldly now and he did not need to care if she was dead or alive. "Once a woman is too spoiled, she will be greedy and arrogant!" This was what his good fried, William Evans, a playboy, told him.

But thinking of the doctor's report that the doctor had given him a few days ago-

Melina had a weak constitution and was malnourished.

Luther thought to himself, "If she doesn't eat, how could she stay healthy to have a child?"

"Melina, come out and eat."he called through the door.

"You're so annoying! I said I won't eat it!" Melina's voice was firm.

Luther was stunned.

He thought to himself, "Did I already spoil her too much? How did this woman..."

"Go call your mother for dinner. If she doesn't eat, then you're not allowed to eat." Luther turned his eyes and looked at his son who was watching their conversation in the corner.

The innocent Bennett struggled to move back to his room. He opened the fingerprint lock and threw himself into Melina's arms.

"Mommy, if you don't go out, he won't let me eat." Bennett pleaded with those big, irresistible eyes.

Melina was speechless.

"Luther, you are so childish."

Melina, who was forced to get up from the bed with difficulty, kissed her son and deliberately stepped on Luther's shoes, which were worth six figures.

She thought to herself, "Tsk, the feeling of stepping on money is great."

She ignored him, washed her hands, and sat down with the baby at the dining table, ignoring Luther's triumphant expression.

Luther also pulled out a chair and sat opposite her.

Soon, a table of dishes was served.

Melina's biggest passion was food. Looking at her favorite food, she suddenly couldn't afford to be angry with Luther.

But Luther couldn't take it anymore.

He wondered in his mind, "What is this woman eating?"

"Pork brain?"

"Mudfish?"

"Pork intestines?"

"How could such ugly food be given to him to eat!"

Fortunately, their hot pot was a specially-made enhanced version of the hot pot with nine grids, otherwise, he would have just watched her eat.

"Ben, eat more. As the saying goes, eat whatever you need." As she spoke, she threw a piece of beef into her son's bowl.

Bennett nodded. He bit on the piece of beef and scooped up a spoonful of pork brain with a spoon. Then, he flipped his little hand and poured it into his father's bowl.

"Bennett!"

Looking at the indescribable... stuff in the bowl, Luther coldly glanced at his son.

With his mother around, Bennett seemed invincible. He pretended to be adorable and looked back directly. "Eat whatever you need. Since you overuse the brain, isn't it good to improve it?"

Luther was speechless.

"That's right. You're an adult. Don't be picky with your food. Ben isn't picky anymore." Melina chimed in viciously. She then placed a mudfish into Luther's bowl, causing the onlookers to tremble in fear.

The staff exchanged nervous glances. Boss hated soft animals like mudfish the most.

The onlookers thought to themselves, "Could it be that we would also have to prepare a mask for Madam in the future?"

They seemed to have already foreseen the scene that Luther might directly throw the mudfish at Melina's face.

But...

Luther only coughed.

He picked up the mudfish.

Then...

It was sent into his mouth.

Everyone was stunned.

Bennett's spoon fell down in shock.

In fact, he just wanted to mess things up on purpose, and he didn't expect that Luther would really eat it.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Luther said coldly and then used a spoon to put the pork brain into his mouth.

The pork brain that rolled in the hot chili oil pot actually did not taste bad, but some people were not into this type, and the appearance of the dish was indeed not good.

Nausea and sickness that he imagined did not come, which made Luther feel that Melina might really be different from other women.

However, since she was so happy to share, he could not beoutdone.

He immediately got someone to place a plate of white radishes on the table, and then the cooked ones were thrown into Melina's bowl. He persuaded her with hypocritical intentions that the radish had various nutritional elements and good for regulating gastrointestinal functions!

Melina hated eating radishes the most!

However, she had dug her own grave, so she could only jump with tears in her eyes.