His Heiress Wife (Retika)

Chapter 197: Iven Needs Consolation  

Melody raised her eyebrows, signaling Luke to continue. This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

Luke had originally gathered his courage and even had a valiant look as he talked.

However, when he met Melody's eyes, his courage waned like a deflated balloon.

And when she raised her eyebrows, he lost his momentum and shrunk like a scared kitten.

He knew that Melody was waiting for his answer.

However, because he was terrified, he didn't dare to continue what he originally wanted to say.

He shifted his attitude and cautiously said, "Boss, are you guys going to eat?"

"Hmm," grunted Melody as affirmation.

Because he couldn't figure out Melody’s mood at the moment, he chose to play it safe and carefully continued, "Can I go with you? I haven't eaten dinner yet."

If a stranger walked into this scene, they might think that Melody was abusing her little brother.

As Luke talked, he tugged Lance's sleeve, motioning Lance to say something as well.

It wasn't that Melody neither noticed the interaction with the two nor did she not understand what they were planning to do.

On the contrary, she found it quite interesting, so she did not know what to say.

Lance had already tricked Luke once.

If he tricked Luke again and the latter realized it, he was afraid that Luke wouldn't take it lying down and trouble him.

Although he was afraid of his uncle's domineering attitude, he could only bite the bullet and talk.

Lance took a full view of his uncle's car.

It was a luxurious but low-key McLaren.

An idea popped in his head and his fearful hesitant expression was replaced by confidence.

Internally praising himself for being witty, he proudly said, "Don't worry, Boss.Since the car doesn't have enough space, I'll just sit in Luke's car!"

The biggest feature of this model of McLaren was its integrated control system, meaning that only two people could sit in the backseat.

Lance thought things through clearly and euphemistically declared his suggestions.

Mentally, Luke gave Lance a thumbs up.

Who could've expected that Lance, a sheltered noble young noble, could be so shameless like him? He didn't show his thoughts on his face.

Instead, he and Lance similarly looked at Melody.

They both had the expression of puppies who wanted to go with their owner.

Melody didn't answer right away and turned her head to look at Seth, asking for his opinion.

Seth glanced at the pair coldly.

To his surprise, the two puppies wanted to persistently follow them.

Since they wanted to come after them, it would be a pity to not let them go.

"Let's go together!" Seth generously replied.

He opened the car door and assisted Melody to get inside.

Right after Melody and Seth were seated, Lance and Luke, who were standing by the car, heard the window close with a ‘click" . It completely blocked the thoughts of two certain people who had the intention to peek or eavesdrop.

Seth looked outside the window, giving the two a light glance.His thin lips gently slid across an arc, smiling evilly.

Austin had been around Seth for almost a year and instantly understood the latter's thoughts.

He stepped on the accelerator and the high-horsepower McLaren almost instantly sped away.

The two abandoned puppies, Lance and Luke, ended up inhaling a few breaths of exhaust gas.

Their face twisted from anger.

By the time the smoke had dissipated, the car had already gone far away.

Luke, seeing Lance still standing motionless like a fool, shouted at him disdainfully, "What are you looking for? The car has already left.Quit staring and start chasing!"

Inside the McLaren, Melody sat comfortably, a lazy expression displayed on her face.

Seeing the childish antics of the three men, she couldn't help but have the urge to laugh.

The hotel where Iven held his party was the largest entertainment venue in the entirety of California.

Seeing the stream of people continuously pouring in, lven laughed and grinned happily.

When he scanned the surrounding people, he realized that most of them were somewhat related to Melody.

It went without saying who they went to his party for.

"Melody, I should really thank you for coming.I like having people like you at my party.The more, the merrier!"

Seeing Iven's greasiness, Melody's face expressed disgust.

Fortunately, she was used to being expressionless.It was like a natural barrier.

Even ven wouldn't act presumptuously in front of her.

Seth was also around to guard her, so no one dared to make trouble.

If it was someone else, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Iven would've rushed up long ago and would even give them a big hug.

Iven suddenly asked, "How come everyone else has come but your sister, Sarah, is still not here?"

Hearing Sarah's name, a strange look flashed across Melody’s eyes.

She lifted her gaze, staring at him intently, and asked, "She has work tonight.Why? Do you really want her to come?"

Iven replied generously, "Of course, I want to! The more, the merrier.Sarah also has a great personality.I like her a lot as a friend!"

Melody saw that lven genuinely and sincerely meant what he said.

It seemed like lven shouldn't be the reason why Sarah suspiciously tried to avoid the party.

On the other hand, when Iven finally came to his senses after a long time, he looked at Melody fearfully.

"Melody, why were you staring at me? Could it be..."

Before he could finish his words, Melody cut him off and retorted.

"You have a pimple on your face!"

After Melody finished speaking, she went past Iven sideways and entered the room.

Lately, lven had been suffering from insomnia, so he hadn't had a good sleep recently.

Because he had been staying up late for quite some time, a small pimple grew on his face.

There was only one small pimple but Melody still unexpectedly noticed it.He couldn't help but ask himself, "Is it that obvious?"

Luke was next after Melody.

As he walked past Iven, he coldly commented, "You have big pores!"

Iven glared at Luke.

"You..."

His face twisted out of anger.He saw Lance was at the end of the group and it was now the latter’s turn to go in.

But before Lance could go past Iven, Lance was stopped.

Iven slung his arm around Lance's shoulder and threateningly asked, "Lancey, tell me.Do I look that bad?"

Lance hated it when Iven used his identity as his uncle’s friend, acting like he was a generation above him, even giving him a nickname.

He really couldn't bear it every time Iven called him ‘Lancey"

After repeatedly getting corrected, Iven still didn't change.He must be enjoying it.

Triggered, Lance pushed him away and looked at him with a disgusted expression.

He rudely remarked, "Wash your face more often if you have time!"

Iven was instantly petrified.

He remained motionless by the entrance.

He sullenly asked himself, ‘How bad do I look? How come a lot of people dislike me recently?’

‘Do I look that hopeless?’

After entering the private room, Melody scanned her surroundings.She realized that there were quite a lot of people in the room, including Axel.

However, she didn’t mind.She followed behind Seth and took the seat beside him.

Seeing Melody approach, Axel was about to greet her but his attention was stolen by Lance, who was following behind her.

He turned to look at Lance, enthusiastically greeting him, "Yo, isn't this Lance? It's been a few years since we last met.I almost didn’t recognize you!"

Here came another man acting like an elder.

A frown formed on Lance’s face, his handsome face livid.

‘why does the two of them like using their seniority to get the better of me?’

However, Axel looked like he did not notice Lance's anger at all.

To Lance's annoyance, Axel continued chattering, "When I went abroad, you were still in primary school.In the blink of an eye, you've already grown up.How rare of you to come with your uncle today!"

In his previous memories, Lance had been very rebellious ever since he was a kid.He didn't fear anyone or anything except Seth.

It was only natural.

After all, was there anyone who wasn't overpowered by Seth? Lance looked at Axel with dissatisfaction.

He instantly refuted Axel’s claims, "I came with Boss, not my uncle!"

Axel was deliberately teasing Lance.

His original intention was to provoke the young man to have fun.

He neither expected Lance to reply nor did he expect his answer.

Confused, he repeated questioningly, "Boss?"

Axel’s gaze swept across other people but skipped Seth.

He didn't believe that Lance had the courage to dare call Seth ‘boss’ instead of ‘uncle"

He thought, ‘Could it be the cute young man who wore a backpack on his shoulder? Meanwhile, Seth’s expression changed after hearing how Lance addressed Melody.His slender fingers with well-defined knuckles rubbed against his chin.Seth was thinking that it was, perhaps, time to find his father to teach Lance about seniority.

Lance should know the differences between the older and younger generations.

At this moment, the unfortunate Lance had no idea that his uncle was going to dig a pit for him as he continued to express his dissatisfaction towards Axel.