Ex husband's Plea for Forgiveness

Silence prevailed in the room. No one dared to utter a word. Melinda closed her eyes and took deep breaths to calm down. She picked up the crutch from the floor and handed it to Nelson.

"Grandpa, let's eat."

Melinda smiled and served the food. Nelson smiled sadly and reluctantly took a bite of the food. Melinda wasn't bothered that Jonas had left her to see Emily.

Her nonchalance surprised everyone in the room. Melinda was behaving as if Jonas was a stranger to her.

Queena was shocked by her reaction. Melinda always felt dejected when Jonas ignored her and left to see another woman.

Queena had thought that Melinda and Jonas were getting along well but she was wrong. Nothing had changed.

"Mellie, I'm sorry."

Nelson felt that Melinda was pretending to be okay when she was hurting inside. He wouldn't have felt bad if she had thrown a tantrum at everyone for the way Jonas treated her. But she restrained her emotions and kept everything to herself. She tolerated everything without complaining.

"Grandpa, I'm fine." Melinda smiled reassuringly.

Melinda and Jonas were pretending to get along well only for personal gains. They weren't living their lives like a married couple, so it didn't matter to her about what Jonas did or who he was with.

Nelson's heart was heavy and he had lost his appetite. He was just playing with his food without eating. Queena was conscious of her health, so she hardly ate anything. Yulia couldn't eat in front of Melinda. She nibbled on her food awkwardly. But Melinda was ravenous. She gobbled the food, devouring the taste, and even finished half a bowl of soup.

When Melinda stood up to leave for her room, Nelson called, "Mellie, come to my study after dinner. We haven't seen each other in a long time and there are a lot of things that I need to talk to you about." Nelson smiled and went to his study.

Melinda felt bad to see Nelson losing his mind over her relationship with Jonas. He was old and needed to live in peace rather than worrying about them.

The sweet scent of sandal wafted in Nelson's study. The walls were covered with paintings that Jonas had drawn when he was young.

His desk was filled with articles and photo frames that Melinda had gifted him. Nelson cleared the desk with his trembling hands and plopped on the chair. He wore his reading glasses that made his eyes look bigger.

Melinda felt that Nelson was getting old. Although he was mentally strong, his body didn't seem to cooperate.

"Come here, Mellie." Nelson smiled at Melinda who was leaning against the doorframe.

She nodded and walked in as Nelson pulled out an old photo album from the drawer.

the album and opened it. Melinda saw the picture

had plump cheeks, rosy lips, and

said, trailing his fingers across the photograph. "This picture was taken when he

when Jonas was a happy kid. Although

were arranged in chronological order. Melinda realized

was cute

this Emily?" Melinda asked when she saw a

had not changed one bit, except that she looked childish and

a lonely childhood. Even I was busy managing the company and didn't have the time to

Emily, he was grateful to her for being with his grandson at all times. Otherwise, Jonas would

Emily grew up together. He was always grumpy and rude to everyone including Nelson but smiled when Emily was around. Being with her made

one can replace you. You're the perfect match

a loud breath. Melinda saw agitation in his deep eyes. She felt that there were

friend for old times' sake, and I hope you'll understand

see the fear in Nelson's eyes. She knew that he was afraid of losing her. But neither Melinda nor Jonas could understand why he always considered Melinda as his granddaughter-in-law. He couldn't accept anyone else. Perhaps it was because of

understand him. You need to stop

him to panic. She could understand Jonas because she had been liking him too. She

and understanding are the foundation of any relationship. I felt I needed to tell you why Jonas had gone to see Emily but you're entitled to your opinion. You can do whatever you want when he returns home. Remember, I'm always on your side," Nelson said

words were constantly ringing

Jonas was protecting someone but she couldn't figure

William had already finished the procedures. Emily was popular and reporters had crowded outside the hospital, waiting to get footages of her. Jonas tried

so her assistant was feeding her water. Emily's pale face lit up

"Jonas,"

softly as tears streamed down her cheeks. Jonas took the water glass from the assistant and sat on the bed next to her. She held

child and fell sick, there was only Emily to take care of him, while his family was busy with their work. Jonas always felt a strange sense of guilt when Emily got hurt her or fell

he was

it slowly,"

a sip of water and smiled at his

had finally achieved her goal. She felt safe and happy as Jonas was by her side, so

the night lamp. Jonas involuntarily went to Melinda's room. She was curled into a

Jonas tried to readjust it. When he

the corner of the quilt and covered her body. He smoothed her frown and patted her back comfortingly. Melinda gradually fell asleep with a small smile on her face. The soft light illuminated Melinda's face. She was looking peaceful in her sleep. Jonas