Chapter 1396

Juan had a certain guess in his mind.

He had always known about the strained relationship between Melody and Jeffrey, but he never imagined Jeffrey could go to such extremes.

"You can go."

"But Mrs. Nichols Sr..."

"Leave!"

Sophie exited the room, closing the door behind her.

Staring at the closed door, Juan was reminded of a similar scene from over a decade ago. Melody had shut the study door just like this.

"You are not to leave this room until you finish reading these books," she had commanded.

Then the scene shifted to when Melody was thrashing him with a whip. "If you don't work hard, you won't amount to anything. And if you don't amount to anything, you won't be able to protect this family."

his emotions.

about how she had raised Jeffrey and Juan to be

she had viewed

an unfeeling machine. It was her upbringing

for teaching him how to mask his emotions and keep

Sophie, who had been waiting outside, was taken aback by

"Sir..."

for the funeral. Tomorrow, we

it a bit

"Tomorrow. No questions asked."

"Yes, sir."

quickly began coordinating

came through the phone.

of the

to talk,

blame me

to Debra's room. Inside,

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