Reborn To Remarry My Ex Husband by Erin Green

Chapter 449 Chapter 449 Questions Melody's question was serious, decisive, and unwavering. She had always been someone who repaid kindness, someone who remembered her debts.

When she had first entered the Shield family, she still vividly remembered the protection Arnold had given her. She had not forgotten how he had personally taught her acupuncture, never showing disdain for her ignorance. She had once been deeply sentimental, yearning for familial love.

Tyrell's words when he sent her back to the Shield family had struck a profound chord in her then-fragile heart. At that time, Melody had walked Tyrell and her "father" and "brother" to the gates of the Shield family's mansion. Tyrell had placed a hand on the head of the 16-year-old girl and said with heartfelt gravity, "Mel, you are a child of the Shield family. I can't selfishly keep you by my side.

"Everyone has their own family, and they are the most important people in your life. They will love you just as I and I your brothers have, because blood ties cannot be severed. Just like me... I'm still searching for your 'mother.' "Love is the foundation of everything. I believe that you are so well-behaved that everyone in the Shield family will love you as much as I do." Melody had stood still, feeling like a lonely, fragmented island cut off from the mainland. Around her stretched a vast, endless ocean, deep and unyielding. She was terrified.

But everyone told her, "Don't worry, you're an island, and the ocean will naturally embrace you." She had also understood why Tyrell had sent her back to the Shield family while keeping Martin and Spencer with him.

It was because of the blood ties.

In the end, she wasn't Tyrell's biological daughter.

Sixteen-year-old Melody, with her clear, innocent almond eyes shimmering with tears, had looked up at Tyrell and nodded obediently.

"Dad, I'll behave. I'll be good," she had said softly.

Tyrell had frowned slightly, his hand pausing as it ruffled her hair.

Worried that his words might have been too harsh, he quickly added, "But you don't need to be too good. If you're ever wronged, go to Arnold.

"He's the one who personally acknowledged you as part of the family. He'll protect you." He must protect you.

Now, Melody stood directly in front of Arnold, finally asking the question that had been weighing on her heart for so long.

She had severed all ties with the Shield family. Her only reason for returning to celebrate the family head's birthday and acknowledge Arnold was a lingering desire for the familial love he embodied.

But just moments ago ...

Hearing Arnold's familiar, gentle, and doting voice on the other end of Suzanna's phone call had shattered everything.

In that instant, Melody felt as though the faith she had once held sacred had crumbled entirely.

Arnold, it turned out, was no different from the rest of the Shield family.

Deep down, he had always cherished Suzanna more.

How pitiful; it was only she who had been blind to this truth.

To the Shield family, she was always an outsider, even if they shared the sbloodline. She was nothing more than an intruder.

Arnold's expression didn't falter as Melody laid her feelings bare, her tone sharp and direct.

For a brief moment, pain flickered in his eyes, but it was fleeting. He quickly composed himself, his voice becoming softer, more doting.

"Mel, what nonsense are you saying? "Everyone in the Shield family knows that I love you the most. You're the one I care about above all else. "Don't forget it waswho personally brought you back from the Tucker family to the Shield family. The moment you returned, T publicly announced your identity. You are my granddaughter, my acknowledged family member.

"No one in the Shield family is allowed to mistreat you.

"Mel, I taught you medicine and helped you expand your knowledge without expecting anything in return. At the very least, you shouldn't doubt my care and effort over these years As he spoke, Arnold's once-clear eyes dimmed, clouded with disappointment.

His tone grew heavy, as if burdened by the weight of a younger generation's ingratitude.

His head lowered, his spine hunched further, and his entire figure seemed to wither in an instant.

"Mel, you've made... so disappointed.

"You can question anything, but you shouldn't question my love for you. That's something I would never fake." Arnold's defeated and despondent demeanor made many of the onlookers shake their heads in disapproval, silently criticizing Melody's "ungrateful" behavior. en Sean, unable to stand the sight any longer, ignored the presence of Tyrell and the members of the Moore family.

Watching his elderly father seemingly humiliated by a younger family member pushed him over the edge.

With a furious rear, Xe turned to Melody and barked, "Melody! Aren't you going to apologize to Arnold? "In the Shield family, disrespecting elders means punishment under the family rules-twelve lashes with the cane! If you keep this up, I'll double it! "I'll have you kneeling in the ancestral hall for half a month!

"Well, you married into the Moore family, and maybe you think you're untouchable Now. But don't forget I'm still your father!"