novelraw Chapter 645: The Moment We’ve Been Waiting for Three Years Has Arrived
Chapter 645: The Moment We’ve Been Waiting for Three Years Has Arrived
The man’s thin lips curved slightly. Staring at Delphine, who had always been calm and restrained, he found it surprising that she harbored such hostility toward Melody. So, was it impossible for her to accept Melody becoming Benjamin’s stepmother?
Ignatius Leclair’s phoenix-shaped eyes narrowed in amusement, remaining silent.
Melody noticed Delphine’s unusually forceful stance and could only retreat strategically. She turned to Ignatius, forced a smile, and said, "Senior, I’ll head back now. I’ll visit you again in a few days."
Ignatius rarely showed a softer demeanor and replied deeply, "Alright, take care on your way back."
Considerate and gentle, just like Delphine had been with Cassius Turner moments ago.
Melody saw that Ignatius did not urge her to stay and nearly ground her teeth to dust. With a stiff smile forced onto her face, she left the hospital room. Upon entering the car, she immediately dialed a number and coldly said, "Your previous proposal wasn’t bad. Let’s collaborate."
In the past six months, Delphine Carter’s popularity had consistently remained high. Despite being an actress who had stepped away from the industry for years, she returned as a director whose film, though not yet released, had received unanimous praise due to an unexpected incident during filming.
If her career reached its peak, by then, it would be too late. Cloud Family’s Melody had to admit—after three years—that this once inconspicuous orphan had managed to grow into today’s woman, pursued passionately by heirs from families across both the South Islands and the Imperial City. Even though she came with baggage, that baggage was none other than the most precious heir of the South Islands’ wealthiest family.
And all of this was originally hers.
A deep and venomous jealousy flashed in Melody’s eyes. In this world, if one didn’t fight, one would inevitably be crushed underfoot. She would never allow herself to be trampled by Delphine Carter.
On the other end of the line, the man paused his meeting, walked into the office, and stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the most iconic building in the South Islands. After a long silence, he said coldly and darkly, "Given the Cloud Family’s decline after the incident three years ago, cooperating with me is indeed your wisest choice."
Melody heard his icy tone and gave a bitter laugh. In a land barren of tigers, the monkey reigns king. Back then, Reginald Yeager was merely an illegitimate son. Taking advantage of the Cloud Family’s setbacks, Ignatius stationed in the Imperial City, and Griffith Squire’s disappearance, he seized the perfect opportunity to rise and become the second most influential family beneath the Leclair Family. And yet now, he dared to flaunt authority before her.
Once she became Mrs. Leclair, with Ignatius back in the South Islands, these petty clowns wouldn’t meet a pleasant end.
"What do you need me to do?" Melody glanced at her reflection in the mirror, her makeup flawlessly pure and dignified. She revealed a perfect smile as she asked.
"I’ll call you when the time comes. For now, just stay in the Imperial City," Jocelyn Yeager responded indifferently, "Also, the New Year’s in half a month."
His final words carried an inexplicable tone, almost as if he were muttering to himself. After speaking, Jocelyn hung up the phone.
"Third Master, shall we continue the meeting?" his trusted aide reminded him after waiting for quite some time.
Jocelyn, seated on the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window, opened a bottle of red wine. Shaking his head, the once-gentle and refined young man now bore a drastically changed face. His features carried sharpness and a burgeoning ambition. With Ignatius Leclair stationed long-term in the Imperial City, Jocelyn Yeager had become the most prominent figure in the South Islands over these years—a man who had a brief marriage but never indulged in romance.
Jocelyn drank the rare vintage red wine, showing a faint smile as he said, "The time has come."
Three years—he had endured silently until now, finally solidifying his foothold in the South Islands. Even if Ignatius returned, this place would no longer belong solely to the Leclair Family.
Many years ago, Jocelyn had understood that to obtain the object of his youthful longing, the Leclair Family—this colossal entity—must be completely overturned.