Chapter 34

At this moment, Melissa's phone rang, it was a call from Amy "Melissa, I have sent you the video as an offline file. Have you reached the manor yet?" "Don't ask, I'm having bad luck today. I'm still stuck on the road, and I guess I won't reach the manor until it gets dark." Melissa said weakly, she didn't have any mood left because of this heavy rain. "Huh? How come you haven't arrived yet?" Amy had been home for a while, she comfortably took a bath before she started to send the video, she thought Melissa had been home early. "Alas, I must be jinxed..." Melissa lazily leaned back, holding her heavy forehead, suddenly an idea flashed "Amy, do you think it's because I slapped Nancy a few times today, and this is God punishing me?" "How could that be? Melissa, that's an eye for eye." Amy comforted, but the voice from the phone was a bit unclear. Indeed, the signal during rain is not very good. "Right, makes sense!" Melissa loved to hear Amy speak. "Hello?... Amy, can you still hear me?" At this time, the phone started to emit intermittent sounds, the call quality was poor. Melissa moved her phone towards the car window and accidentally dropped it. "Master, stop!" Melissa quickly exclaimed to stop the driver, she opened the door and ran towards where her phone had fallen. A motorcycle drove past at this moment, running directly over Melissa's phone. Melissa picked up the phone from the ground, which was streaming with rainwater, and quickly returned to the car. When she checked her phone again, she found with despair that water had entered her phone, the entire screen was blurred, how was she expected to receive the video now? As expected, it was pitch black by the time Melissa returned to the Clarkson Manor. She stood in front of the large iron gate of the manor, soaked from head to toe. She waited at the door for two minutes before a servant from the manor came running to open the door for her. Wait a minute, the man under the umbrella in the rain, wearing a black T-shirt - isn't that Joseph? Why is he coming to greet her personally? Looking at the figure, Melissa was a bit stunned. "Melissa, where have you been? Why are you coming back so late?" Joseph walked up to Melissa and began to question her, his gaze and tone were unpleasant. "Mr. Clarkson, aren't you being too controlling?" Melissa glared back at him. Hmph, everyone has a stubborn streak, acting all high and mighty here. "Don't misunderstand, I'm not at all curious about your whereabouts. However, when you can't fulfill a promise, do not make it lightly to a child," Joseph spoke icily. Who knew where this woman had dallied. She had been out all day and had promised the kids to return in the afternoon but didn't keep her word. "Alvin and Alvina are not mad at me. It's not your turn to lecture me." Melissa glared vehemently at Joseph. Melissa was already self-critical enough. Now she felt even worse having been scolded by a man who had no involvement in the situation. Joseph has never been treated in such a manner before. At first, he was taken aback, then he caught hold of Melissa's arm with a disgusted look. "Of course I have the right to lecture you. Alvin and Alvina worried about you the whole day, thinking you might have encountered danger since you didn't return in the afternoon. How could you let the two kids worry about you like this? I really wonder how you can be a mother." "All you care about is that the two kids have been bothering you, making you feel annoyed. If it's so, we will go away tomorrow!" Melissa responded defiantly. Despite the defiant tone, she was on the verge of crying, feeling sorry for her two kids. Melissa turned her head away, grateful that the downpour was hiding her teary eyes. "If someone has to go, it's you. Alvin and Alvina must stay," Joseph threatened sternly. He really couldn't stand a woman who went out aimlessly without considering her children. God knows whom she might be meeting. "I am not leaving, you..." At this point, Melissa was on the verge of a breakdown due to the despotic and domineering man. Her mind went blank. "You brought an umbrella out here just to scold me?" Melissa stretched out her hand to block Joseph's path, as if she was about to fight him. Joseph indifferently veered away Melissa’s raised arm "Yes." Saying this, Joseph walked off in long strides. He didn't bother to tell Melissa that his grandmother had asked him to go out and bring Melissa back. As Joseph did not have Melissa's contact information, he had waited half an hour for her in the rain. Apart from this occasion, he had never waited for a woman for so long. People had always waited for him. Yet she accused him of meddling too much. He regretted going out in the rain.