From Heartbreak to Happily Ever After

Chapter 693

Juan, noticing Melody’s distress, quickly stepped forward to support her.

“Grandma, what’s wrong?” he asked, his voice laced with worry

Melody shook her head. “It’s nothing.”

Juan turned to Debra and demanded, “What did you do to my grandma?”

“Nothing. Didn’t you see it?” Debra sald, retreating to Marion’s side.

Turning back to Melody, she asked, “Why did you act like you’d seen a ghost?”

Melody averted her gaze and stammered, “I saw the news and thought…”

said smoothly. “That was all fake. Didn’t I clarify everything already? Look, I’m standing right here, alive and

tone, Melody began to calm down. Since Debra was alive, Melody realized that she had been duped

heart ache. That

that she was

and hooked her arm around Melody’s. “Ms. Frazier is very much alive. In fact, she’s engaged to Mr. Houston. Their wedding is set for the same day

fickle, having been engaged to another man not long

it dawned on her that he was the same man captured in the picture with

Debra to find another

heard of the Houston family’s prestige,

the elders of your family when I was younger. I’m in the same

Melody’s expression soured. “What’s so

ás amusing, so I couldn’t help but laugh.” Debra paused, turning to Marion. “If my memory serves me right,

nodded proudly. “That’s

continued, “I remember my grandparents mentioning it often. Back then, only the truly influential could attend the Houston family’s banquets. Even my family had to wait in line. Melody’s quick rise in power is