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.

opened it. Melinda saw the picture of a chubby baby,

had plump cheeks, rosy lips,

across the photograph. "This picture was taken when he was little. He was an adorable

thoughts flitted to the good old days when Jonas was a happy kid. Although Melinda had guessed who it was, she was surprised to see the

a record of Jonas's childhood. His pictures were arranged in chronological order. Melinda realized that Jonas's smile had

The girl was cute and Jonas seemed to

saw a picture of

changed one bit, except that

know how Jonas is, don't you? Only a few people understand him and want to be friends with him. Jonas had a lonely childhood. Even I was busy managing the company and didn't have the time to look after him. But Emily was always with him.

never like Emily, he was grateful to her for being with his grandson at all times. Otherwise, Jonas would have been engulfed by

was always grumpy and rude to everyone including Nelson but smiled when Emily was around. Being with her

no one can replace you. You're the

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

friend for old times' sake, and I hope you'll understand that. Please don't give up on my grandson. Only you have the right to

Melinda as his granddaughter-in-law. He couldn't accept anyone else. Perhaps it was because of the friendship the two families shared. But Melinda felt that there something

I understand him. You need to stop worrying about

loved Emily and it was normal for him to panic. She could understand Jonas because she had been liking

to see Emily but you're entitled to your opinion. You can do whatever

words were constantly ringing

had a strong feeling that Jonas was protecting someone but she couldn't figure out who it was and

procedures. Emily was popular and reporters had crowded outside the hospital, waiting

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

"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 his hand

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

felt that he was indebted

slowly," Jonas

water

goal. She felt safe and happy as Jonas was by her side, so she drifted into

dark, except for the faint light from the night lamp. Jonas involuntarily went to Melinda's room. She

quilt was not fully draped and Jonas tried to readjust it. When he touched Melinda, she stirred in her sleep

fell asleep with a small smile on her face. The soft light illuminated Melinda's face. She was looking peaceful in her sleep. Jonas smiled at