Trapped with a Lawyer

At Ella's reassurance, Melody breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm so glad you're not angry. Go have dinner. Mrs. Qi has prepared a good meal." Melody rushed her to the dinner table and followed.

Ella sat at the dinner table and served herself a bowl of century egg.

When Melody sat down across her, she was puzzled for a moment and asked, "Grandma, do you want to eat again?"

As Ella spoke, she rose to get another set of tableware from the kitchen.

"Oh, no. I'm not hungry. Just enjoy your meal, my dear."

Melody grabbed her wrist to stop her. With the heater on, Ella had taken her coat off and was only wearing a sweater. When Melody pulled Ella, her sleeve rolled up, exposing her wrist.

The bruises on Ella's wrist shocked Melody greatly.

"My dear, what happened with your wrist?" She was about to roll the sleeve further up to see the rest.

Not wanting to let her grandmother see the other bruises, Ella hurriedly pulled away her wrist and covered it with her sweater.

"Grandma, I… It was an accident." She stammered as she tried to explain. There were more bruises on her neck and other parts of her body.

They were all from Samuel. Fortunately, the heavy clothes she wore in the early winter helped hide the bruises. With a silk scarf wrapped around the neck, the bruises remained hidden.

Melody felt heartbroken at the sight, and couldn't figure out what happened. It was evidently marked by fingers. "Samuel!" Melody exclaimed fiercely.

Ella bowed her head to her congee and said, "Grandma, You think too much." Her face instantly turned red. Even with her head down, Melody caught a glimpse of it.

"Ella, be honest with me. Are you unhappy with Samuel?" Melody looked at Ella seriously.

Ella hesitated. There was nothing she was unhappy about. But when Samuel became too much sometimes, it was difficult not to get upset.

at Melody. She carefully asked, "Grandma… If

was in serious trouble. She had no choice but to leave

was getting increasingly difficult for her to please him and get on his good side.

had constantly disappointed her. How long could she stay with him, when he was neither a

it was hypothetical. After all, we have Jerry now. We can't just

felt relieved. But she had a rough idea of what this was all about. "Exactly, you have Jerry. If

and went

she watched Melody's retreating back. She was too stupid to use the word "divorce" in front of her grandmother. "Grandma is a wise woman. She

said, she had to try and get along with Samuel for

with the bowl in hand. Suddenly, she heard the sound of the door of

the leftovers into the refrigerator with little care about the person.

bowl in the sink.

she got out of the kitchen, a man was standing in the

went around him to go upstairs.

third step, Samuel questioned her, "Ella! Do you find

she realized that that showing the video to Melody was

went on her

getting our aged Grandma concerned and upset?" "Did she do that deliberately or unintentionally?"

head again, Ella remained silent.

sound of heavy footsteps behind frightened her, making her pick

had no idea what she was terrified of, but when Samuel approached her, her

first step when she

thought, "Is she afraid of

him! She's been fearless since she decided to be true to herself. Not buying it, Samuel was certain that she was just avoiding him.

stay away, the closer I'll get. I'll soon get you because you'll have

door of their bedroom, only

had fled to Melody's bedroom with Jerry