Chapter 20 the Rasmussen's villa . When Melanie got back to the Rasmussens ' villa , the living room was full of people . Except for Halle Rasmussen's family - Melanie's second aunt - who were abroad , the other four families all showed up . Menu At this moment , Bethany sat at the head of the table , and the others sat on both sides . The atmosphere was tense , like there had just been a heated argument . As soon as Melanie came in , Bethany saw her . Her angry face softened right away , " Mel , come to grandma . " The rest of the Rasmussen family followed Bethany's gaze . Except for a few who had always been nice to Melanie , the others looked like they wanted to eat her alive . Melanie glanced at everyone with an indifferent look , walked over to Bethany , and said in a tired but obedient voice , " Grandma . " When she finished speaking , Melanie glanced around at everyone and asked gently , " Why aren't you asleep yet ? " It was already eleven o'clock at night . Bethany's routine was always steady , she had to go to bed before ten . Bethany was just about to speak when Simon suddenly slapped the table , " You still have the nerve to ask? Melanie , I just want to ask you , what grudge do you have against the Rasmussen family ? Why do you want to hurt the Rasmussen family like this ? " Melanie raised her eyebrows . She sat in the seat next to Bethany , slouched lazily against the back of the chair . The obedient look she had when facing Bethany was gone , and she was full of a kind of hostility . " Melanie , I knew that because we were switched at birth , you suffered for over ten years and you felt resentful . But you couldn't just ruin our family's project with MR Group out of anger . Today Davon made it clear he wouldn't work with the Rasmussen family anymore . The Rasmussen family lost a big project like MR Group , and it would take at least five years for them to move up again . " Estelle had tears in her eyes , " You really went too far this time . " " Shut up ! " Bethany glanced at Estelle , not too warmly or coldly . " I was the one who told Mel to study with you guys . What ? Are you going to blame me too now ? " ' Grandma , I didn't mean to blame you ... " Estelle had tears in her eyes and felt really wronged . Winona couldn't stand seeing Estelle upset . She stood up right away , anger rushing to her head , " Mom ! You're being so unfair . Melanie was the one who messed up , so why are you blaming Esty ? She stayed up all night for this project and finally got a chance to meet the chairman of MR Group , and then what happened ? " Winona glared at Melanie , " It was because of this idiot that she couldn't even submit the proposal and then got told by the other side that the cooperation was over . All of Esty's hard work was wasted . So what if she said a few things to Melanie ? Get it straight , Esty didn't do anything wrong to this family . " Bethany said calmly , " Estelle didn't let this family down , but did Mel let this family down ? Winona , do I need to spell out who caused all this today ? " Winona's face froze , but she still insisted , " It was all because of Melanie . She shouldn't have been alive ! " " Enough ! " Bethany slammed the table and said angrily , " She was your daughter , your own flesh and blood ! How could you say something like that ? " 09:31 92 % < Chapter 20 Menu " If I had known earlier that Melanie was useless , I wouldn't have given birth to her ! " Winona never liked Melanie before , and now she hated Melanie even more . A one - billion project , and they just ruined it . The key thing was , Melanie made such a big mistake , but Bethany was actually blind enough to defend her . She was really going to be pissed off . " You ! " Bethany was so angry her chest hurt , and she couldn't say a word for a long time . Melanie got up and held her , then her whole vibe changed , and she walked toward Winona . Bethany hurriedly grabbed her , " Don't ! " Melanie's temper - God knows who she got it from . Once she lost it , she wouldn't even recognize her own mom . Melanie paused and turned to look at Bethany . " She's trying to piss you off ! " Bethany was pretty mad at first , but Melanie's words made her laugh . " Getting angry doesn't cost me anything . No matter what , she's still your mom . Be good , don't go hitting people . " Melanie didn't use to be violent . Maybe life out there had been too rough these past few years . It'd changed her . Now , she was quick to throw hands . She'd seen some psychology interviews - people like Melanie didn't act out for no reason . It was usually trauma . Violence made them feel safe .. Bethany thought of this and felt even more sorry for Melanie . This couldn't go on . It looked like she had to find a psychologist to check on Melanie . She couldn't always throw her hands . Right now it was with her own family , and she could still hold herself back . If she got into a fight outside , or messed with someone even tougher than the Rasmussen family , she wouldn't be able to protect Melanie . Winona saw this and got even angrier , " What are you doing ? You want to hit me ? You're out of your mind . " Winona took a step forward and said , " Come on , I want to see if you dare to lay a hand on me . " Melanie smiled . She really was something , never seen anyone ask for trouble right in your face . Since Winona wanted a beating , of course I had to give it to her . Melanie lifted her foot and kicked at Winona . Evander saw things were going wrong and quickly stepped in front of Winona . " Bang ! " Melanie was going too fast , and Evander came out so suddenly that Melanie didn't have time to stop her foot . Melanie frowned , " What are you doing ? " 09:31 9.2 % < Chapter 20 Evander pushed himself up against the wall . He just felt like all his insides were about to break . He just didn't get it , Melanie looked so skinny , how come she was so strong ? That kick almost sent him to see the King of Hell . Evander wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said helplessly , " I won't stop you from hitting others , but not her ! " Who knew if these people at home were people or ghosts ? If Melanie really hit Winona , maybe in less than half an hour , it would be all over the news . Let Winona play with fire - he'd make damn sure his sister didn't get burned ... Menu Melanie pinched her brow , feeling a bit annoyed . How many times did she have to say it ? She really didn't care about reputation at all ! She just wanted to protect the people she cared about . But - Melanie turned her head and saw Bethany looking worried . She sighed a little , then said to Winona , " Get lost , you're annoying ! " Winona was totally stunned . She didn't expect Melanie would actually dare to hit her . As soon as Melanie finished saying this , she instinctively took a step back . Melanie glanced at everyone indifferently , took a contract out of her bag and handed it to Bethany , " The MR Group contract , just sign it and send it to MR Group ! " Bethany froze . " The MR Group contract ? Mel ? What was going on ? " Didn't they say Melanie messed up the deal with MR Group ? Although she didn't believe Melanie would do something like that , the cooperation between the Rasmussen family and MR Group was really gone . How did Melanie have this contract ? Melanie looked at Simon and Estelle and said mockingly , " Can you believe what these two idiots said ? " Simon and Estelle stared wide - eyed , looking at the contract in Bethany's hand in disbelief . The two of them were stunned for almost a minute , then shouted at the same time , " No way ! This contract is fake ! " Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!