CHAPTER 316: CHAPTER 316: THE HEART THUS TOUCHED, LEAVING HER GRIEF-STRICKEN...

Melody Parker clenched her fist tightly.

Lisa?

The current Queen of Whitehill?

She was the one who interfered, separating Daddy and Mommy!

She was the one who sent people to kill Mommy’s relatives, and kept pursuing Mommy relentlessly!

She will definitely go meet the woman who ruined Mommy’s life!

As he spoke, Maxwell Parker’s emotions couldn’t help but become agitated.

He clenched his fist and spoke furiously, "Your Mommy was forced to flee from Whitehill, but Lisa wouldn’t let her go, constantly sending people to search for her!... It’s Queen Lisa’s scheming that led your Mommy to the state she’s in today!"

After Una Sutcliffe’s death, Maxwell Parker had been constantly gathering information about Whitehill.

For Una Sutcliffe, for Melody Parker.

Thinking of the man Una Sutcliffe loved and remembered all her life, Maxwell Parker felt jealous.

But at the same time, he was envious.

He looked at Melody Parker, speaking with weariness, "Melody, your biological father hasn’t found happiness since your mother passed away. Now, he is seriously ill and still has not appointed the next generation Crown Prince."

Melody Parker was stunned.

He’s sick?

How could this be?

Isn’t he the King of Whitehill?

How could he become gravely ill?

She wanted to ask, but in the end said nothing.

After all, mentioning him to Maxwell Parker would be hurtful to Maxwell.

Maxwell Parker suddenly grabbed Melody’s hand, his tear-filled, weary eyes fixed on her, "Melody, I was afraid you would seek revenge for your Mommy once you learned everything, afraid you wouldn’t have enough power to protect yourself and would invite disaster, so I never told you, always kept it from you."

As he spoke, guilt appeared on Maxwell’s face, "I know leaving you unattended as a child, letting Phoebe and Ella bully you was wrong, but I did it for your own good. I just wanted to hide your identity as Princess Butterfly, didn’t want Lisa’s people to find you, just wanted to fulfill your Mommy’s dying wish, wanted you to grow up safely. Melody, maybe my actions over the years have been wrong, but..."

"You don’t need to say anymore, Dad." Melody Parker interrupted Maxwell, looking at him and finally said, "I forgive you, I’ve forgiven you long ago."

She indeed forgave him a long time ago.

When she learned he wasn’t her biological father, she had already forgiven him.

But all these years, while he disregarded her and let Phoebe and Ava Parker bully her, she had been unable to say those words of forgiveness.

Calling him ’Dad’ again already signifies forgiveness.

Seeing him self-reproach now, she ultimately couldn’t bear it and spoke out.

Actually, over the years, he wasn’t really wrong.

He never won a woman’s heart, yet he complied with her dying wish, raising her child.

He’s timid, afraid of causing trouble.

Timid enough not to protect Mommy well, deliberately allowing Phoebe and Ava Parker to bully her for so many years, all to hide her identity.

Out of fear, if she hadn’t asked, he might never have told her about her lineage.

But that’s his character.

Such a timid, cowardly man who nevertheless, for love, undertook such daring deeds, concealed an earth-shattering secret, raised her for so many years; it was no easy feat for him.

...

Melody Parker didn’t know how she left the study and exited the Parker family villa.

Perhaps slightly intoxicated, or perhaps anguished beyond measure, she sank into her own world, forgetting everyone and everything around her.

So Mommy’s life was such a poignant tale.

She found the love of her life, yet on the verge of stepping into the marriage hall, felt pain so intense it was lethal.

Watching the family who had raised her from a young age die one by one before her eyes to save her.

What kind of pain is that?!

Perhaps death isn’t sufficient to diminish it!

But for her, for her daughter no bigger than a bean sprout, to honour her dead relatives, Mommy swallowed it all.

She couldn’t accompany her deceased loved ones in death, nor could she avenge them.

To live a life they sacrificed their lives for, she could only escape, could only live with a heart aching unto death.

For that man, for the man unaware of her suffering yet for whom she risked her life to love, she fled Whitehill, fled the most hypocritical and vicious Lisa...

"Melody..." Maxwell watched the staggering Melody Parker with worry.

He called to her, but she seemed unable to hear his voice.

Ava Parker quickly walked over.

She affectionately took Melody’s arm, supporting her swaying body, "Sister, I’ll take you back."

Seeing this, Maxwell said nothing further.

He looked at Ava Parker and instructed, "Ella, take good care of your sister, make sure to get her home safely."

Ava Parker nodded, "Don’t worry, Dad."

She had overheard everything about Una Sutcliffe outside the study, except the Butterfly Jade Pendant.

No matter, she would surely find it.

Ava Parker took Melody back to the villa halfway up the hill.

Seeing Melody, Matthew immediately came forward, "Miss Parker."

Yet Melody Parker gave no response.

She seemed to have lost all her strength, her head swimming dizzily.

Her heart felt ablaze, and faintly in her vision, she saw Una Sutcliffe’s shadow, "Mommy! You died so tragically!..."

Ava Parker supported Melody and spoke immediately, "Dad’s birthday today, Sister had a few more drinks and accidentally got drunk, I’m taking her to her room to rest."

There were no maids in the villa, and Matthew wasn’t suited to help Melody.

He looked at Ava Parker and spoke coldly, "Then please take Miss Parker to her bedroom to rest."

Ava Parker was agreeable, and she nodded promptly, "Okay."

Saying this, she followed Matthew upstairs, supporting Melody to the main bedroom.

This was her first time entering the master bedroom.

Looking at everything in the master bedroom, a strong jealousy arose in her heart, why?! She was Adrian’s fiancée for four years yet never set foot in this place, even opportunities to enter the villa were rare.

Why could this vile woman so easily get all this, ascend and enter as the lady of the house?!

This vile temptress, why could she hold a superior position in front of her?! She’s unworthy! This all should belong to Ava Parker, only she deserved to become the true Princess Butterfly?!...

Seeing Ava Parker pause, Matthew frowned with displeasure, "Miss Ava Parker!"

Ava Parker snapped back, immediately hiding her envious hate in her gaze.

She helped Melody lie in bed, removed her coat, took off her shoes.

Then, she turned to Matthew, speaking courteously, "Butler Luuk, would it be possible for you to prepare some hangover soup?"

Matthew looked at Melody lying on the bed muttering to herself and nodded in agreement, "Sure, I’ll go make the hangover soup now, please look after her here."

"Butler Luuk, you’re too polite, she’s my sister, taking care of her is my duty." Ava Parker replied with a smile.