Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 718:

Hurst’s tone came through the phone, cool and impatient. “Why don’t you say anything? Then why did you call me? If you’re not going to talk, I’ll just hang up now.”

At the sound of his threat, Melanie’s nerves kicked in. “Dad, don’t hang up! I haven’t finished. There’s something I need to say,” she blurted out.

Only the low hum of the line filled the next few seconds. Hurst finally let out a soft laugh. “You’ve come to your senses, huh? Go ahead, I’m listening.”

Pausing for a moment, Melanie clenched her fists and tried to steady her voice. “I’m actually starving. I want your tomato meat sauce pasta,” she admitted, half-whispering.

Hurst glanced at the clock and shook his head, a smile creeping onto his lips. “Right now? Melanie, it’s almost midnight. Let’s save it for tomorrow. I promise I’ll cook it for you then.”

His frustration had faded. The anger he felt earlier was gone, replaced with the understanding that Melanie, still so young, was bound to be affected by whatever rumors swirled online.

Melanie didn’t argue. “Okay, tomorrow is fine!” she said, a little too quickly.

again, silence

have nothing else to say, I’m hanging up

determined. “Actually, I changed my mind!” she cried. “I mean — I’ve had time to think. Dad, if Maia is

out, the call ended with a sharp

her phone on the

over

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head and hid, her

hardly believe it. His daughter’s sudden change of heart left him at

“Melanie can’t make up her mind to save her life,”

decided that she deserved the

clarified his relationship with Maia before, Melanie didn’t seem to

phone again and began to