His Heiress Wife (Retika)
Chapter 115: A Jinx

Chapter 115: A Jinx 

When she was out of the private room where the party was held, Melody planned to head straight backto the hotel.

But Seth grabbed her hand before she could take another step and pulled her into another privateroom.

His sudden action caught her off guard, and her brows furrowed at him.

Realizing what he could be up to this time, Melody prepared to give him a scolding.

However, the strong smell of spicy food assaulted her nostrils in the next second, making her forgetwhat she was about to say to him all of a sudden.

She turned around and saw the server inside the private room opening the lids of the steel trays linedup in the table, each containing different dishes that she loved.

They all looked delicious and smelled so good! Seth glanced at the table with all the food as Melody'seyes were fixed on it, and a faint smile flashed on his handsome face.

What should he do now? The respectable heir of the Harrison family was nothing compared to the foodon the table in Melody's eyes.

How would he compete with this? However, as he looked at the smile on Melody's face, it was stillworth it.

It wouldn't matter if her eyes sparkled more at the sight of the food than when she was looking at him.

"What are you waiting for? Let's eat now.It's already way past dinner time? “ he said.

As Seth took her hand and pulled her to her seat, Melody's eyes never left the food on the table.

She hated to admit it, but Seth indeed knew her well! Since returning from the film studio with theproduction team, she had been resting in her room.

If she hadn't received a message from Tyrone, she might have stayed in bed for the night and sleptwithout having dinner.

If Seth hadn't brought her in this private room with all the food, she wouldn't even feel hungry.

But at that moment, she could feel the worms inside her stomach go frantic at the smell of the food,wanting to have their fill right away.

The important thing to note, though, was how accurately Seth knew of her taste in food.

On one side of the table was the spicy buttered chicken, on the other side, was her favorite spicy beefstew, and next to it were the spicy pork ribs soup and beef stroganoff.

The bright red and golden colors of the stew and buttered chicken were already appetizing, makingone's fingers itch to grab them and then stuff them in their mouths.

Meanwhile, Austin was also in the room.

He stood quietly on the side and found the aroma of the food appetizing too.

However, his heart secretly ached, watching his boss serve the dishes to Melody as if he was one ofthe servers.

Austin had always seen his boss cold and indifferent to others but a little more giving towards Melody.

It was even believed before that when Seth was seen in public, no woman could come close to himwithin a hundred meters distance.

But tonight was different.

If Austin wasn't seeing it with his own eyes, he wouldn't even believe that his boss would willingly servea woman as they dined together.

It was simply outrageous.

If this information were to spread around, others would have a hard time believing it.

Austin could see how Melody enjoyed the food that his boss prepared for her on the table, chewingeverything heartily.

But he couldn't bear seeing it for much longer.

Austin closed his eyes, feeling that it was better this way so he wouldn't have to watch theheartbreaking scene in front of him.

Time passed fast when one was enjoying.

After Melody had her fill with the scrumptious dinner Seth prepared for her, she decided to headstraight back home to the Sullivan Villa.

The moment she entered the front door, she saw that the usually cold and quiet living room wasbrightly lit, and a special gathering was happening inside.

Apart from Sarah, who stayed behind to finish the party, the remaining four members of the Sullivanfamily were there.

Melody only cast a glance at them and turned around, preparing to pass through the hall and to get toher room.

But Elizabeth's voice rang as soon as Melody turned her back.

"You uneducated lady.Where are your manners?! Your elders were sitting here, but you didn't evengreet them as soon as you entered.Weren't you taught good manners before?"

Melody halted and slowly turned around to Elizabeth.

Her eyes were cold.

When Elizabeth and the others met Melody's eyes, they felt like a cold gush of wind swept past them.

Elizabeth first thought that the coldness she felt all over her body was because of her thin clothing, butMelody's glare actually brought it.

She had never liked this daughter of hers.

Elizabeth rolled her eyes at Melody and said coldly, "What? Why are you looking at me like that? Howdare you!"

A sneer appeared on Melody's face.

She raised her eyebrows and looked at Elizabeth with eyes like daggers.

"I think you know best what kind of person I am, Mrs.Sullivan.Am I not right?" she said.

Still casting a sharp look at Elizabeth, she continued, "In your eyes, I am an uneducated, rebellious girlwho was thrown to the countryside when I was young.So why would someone like me have a goodupbringing and proper manners, right?"

Elizabeth was caught off guard.She didn't expect Melody to talk back to her.

The words she wanted to say remained stuck in her throat.

Suddenly, a strange expression appeared on her face.

But it quickly faded away as she regained her composure and equaled Melody's sharp gaze.

"If you want to pass the blame, then blame it on your bad luck! Your birth caused your grandmother todie.You're nothing but a sinister child!"

Melody snorted, and in an utterly emotionless tone, she said, "I am sinister? Well, I agree because awoman like you gave birth to me!"

"You..."

Elizabeth was burning with rage because she cared deeply about her image.

In front of other people, she was a sophisticated, graceful lady.

Even her words were laced with gracefulness.

She had never been this angry for a long time already.

Now, her face was red with fury because of Melody.

Truth be told, she despised Melody not only because of her bad luck and bad attitude.

It had a lot to do with her traditional beliefs, which greatly influenced her views about family hierarchyand approach to child-rearing.

When the Sullivan family's matriarch, Gwendolyn Sullivan, was still alive, she disapproved of Elizabethfor her son because the latter didn't come from a well-known family.

Elizabeth was beautiful, but her family was not powerful nor well-known in the city.

On top of that, Gwendolyn's son was already promised to marry a woman from another wealthy familyat that time.

Quince was set to be with someone else.

But things didn't go according to what Gwendolyn wanted for her son.

Quince hooked up with Elizabeth and got her pregnant.If it hadn't happened, Elizabeth wouldn't havehad the chance