Beyond the Divorce by Third Blossom

He walked in and said, "Chlo..."

He paused, noticing the guest in my office, but then continued walking in.

Melvern, who was seated on the sofa, glanced at him, smiling as he spoke, "So it's you, Mr. Arnold. Long time no see."

Arnold looked at him and smiled back. "Mr. Melvern! It's been a while. You're still alive?"

It was clear that they were very familiar with each other.

Arnold, with his usual lack of formality, asked Melvern, "What are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to Ms. Chloe about something," Melvern replied, maintaining a polite demeanor and shifting in his seat.

Arnold walked over confidently and took a seat on the sofa. He looked at Melvern and asked, "What business do you have with my sister? She's engaged in legitimate business, and you're a person of questionable integrity. What legitimate business could you discuss? Stop messing around."

said. It looked like my

get cheated sooner or later if you do business with him. Stay clean." Arnold looked at

precious little girl. You'd better not be getting any ideas about her, Melvern.

looked at Melvern indifferently.

trying hard to remain composed. There was a faint smile on his face

said. "I didn't know about the

funny ideas," Arnold said freely. "Are we done talking? If we

turned to me, saying, "Chlo, I need to

like I needed to give him a way out. After all, we were all adults, and I had to offer him some respect. "I'm sorry, Mr. Melvern. We had this meeting planned before your arrival."

We've

childhood. I'm used to

you can consider what we just discussed. If you're interested, I'll certainly offer my strong support. I

discussion with you if I