Chapter 487 Leakage

Melody quietly slipped out while Walter was still asleep. She stumbled home in disgrace, only to find Gordon sitting in the living room. She stormed up to him in fury. "Dad, where did you go last night? Why was I left at the hotel?" Gordon glanced at her with an unreadable expression. "I drank too much. Walter offered to take care of you. Coincidentally, we're planning your engagement with him in a few days." Melody's eyes widened. Ignoring the discomfort in her body, she snapped, "I don't want to marry that playboy! Why are you forcing me?" Gordon looked at her disapprovingly. "Theo doesn't want you. That means you're marrying Walter. Otherwise, how else is our family supposed to move up? Can we rely on you?" Melody knew she hadn't accomplished much at the company. Her face flushed with humiliation, but she could not answer back. Instead, all she could do was yell before running upstairs. "I'm not marrying him, no matter what!" He didn't care about her protests. He had her bedro