Melanie stared at Lucia in a daze for quite some time.
She couldn't figure out which part was wrong.
At this moment, inside the car.
Suddenly, there was an incoming phone call with a specific ringtone.
The ringing continued for a long time.
Melanie couldn't stand it anymore.
"Lucia Balstone, it's a phone call!" Melanie reminded her.
She wanted to see how she would explain it to Kelvin.
Lucia closed her eyes. She truly needed to work very hard to control and suppress her voice to answer the phone call, "Kelvin."
"Did you have a good time today?" Kelvin's caring tone came from the other side.
Lucia laughed sarcastically.
In a few days, Kelvin would participate in an influential contest in which the most outstanding young man would be selected. Thus, she came to Pantoran Mount to pray for him, wishing he could succeed in one stroke.
In the past, everything concerned with Kelvin was her top priority.
She was capable and could succeed in any field by herself, but she gave up everything for Kelvin!
"Lucia?" His tone was more concerned as he received no response from her.
"I'm fine." Lucia's tone was indifferent as she said, "I went to pray for a blessing for you and your business."
"Didn't you ask for a baby?" The other side joked.
She did beg for a baby.
But now, looking at the blessing words in front of her, she felt disgusted.
Until her last breath, she finally discovered Kelvin had secretly mixed contraceptive pills in her diet during the past ten years.
What was ridiculous was that she had suffered endless contempt and humiliation from the Calshaw family for not bearing a child.
"What's wrong? Are you tired?" Kelvin sensed she was a little different, so he asked with concern.
"I went to pray with Melanie very early this morning. I'm indeed a little tired. I'm driving back now."
"It's my fault that something came up today. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let you go alone." He blamed himself.
Lucia felt disgusted and wasted her life dealing with him.
She used to think that he was very busy.
But in fact, he was just busy... having sex with other women.
"Drive safely," Kelvin reminded her.
Lucia hung up the phone.
Melanie looked at Lucia's cold expression and swallowed the words she was about to say.
She felt like Lucia had changed into another person.
She was a stranger today.
She thought that maybe Lucia needed a good rest and would be back to normal tomorrow.
After they returned to the downtown area, Lucia first sent Melanie back to the Cais family's villa.
"Melanie," Lucia suddenly called her.
Melanie stopped and looked back.
She turned around to look at Lucia, who was strangely staring at her...
In fact, Lucia wanted to confirm that...
She was alive.
And Melanie was alive as well.
Melanie's hair stood on end under Lucia's strange gaze. "Are you alright? I heard some strange stories regarding Pantoran Mount. Don't tell me you're possessed by the evil spirits there?"
Melanie was still the silly and innocent woman she used to be.
Those end-of-the-world tragedies had not happened to Melanie yet.
Lucia smiled.
This was the first heartfelt smile she had ever had since her rebirth.
She said, "Fortunately, you're still alive."
"It's indeed abnormal!" Melanie was speechless. "My dad said that a misbehaving girl like me will live for a thousand years. So, a small car accident can't kill me!"
In the past, Lucia had thought that the innocent and carefree Melanie would lead a happy life. She would never commit suicide. However, Melanie had jumped down from the 28th floor. It was an unbearable pain in Lucia's heart.
That was the trauma and pain that Lucia would never be able to get rid of.
At this moment, she was very grateful.
She had returned to the present. Everything was just right.
It was the right timing. No tragedy had happened. She still had the chance to take revenge!
She calmed down and changed the topic. "Don't tell anyone about what happened today."
"Which one?"
"The agreement with Alonso."
Melanie rolled her eyes and said, "I won't say it. Anyway, you will be back to normal tomorrow."
Tomorrow, she would be more determined.
"I'm leaving."
"Drive carefully!" Melanie said worriedly.
Lucia nodded and drove the car back home.
She drove back to the Balstone family's villa ten years ago.
Familiar but strange.
Lucia couldn't control her emotions.
When she entered the hall and saw her parents, her eyes suddenly filled with tears.
In her previous life, if it weren't for her, her parents wouldn't have been killed in a planned car accident. She was lucky enough to survive as her parents used their lives to protect her.
She did not want to recall those bloody scenes and painful experiences, nor did she want to experience them again!
"Lucia, didn't you say that you're going to Pantoran Mount to pray for Kelvin? Why are you back so soon?" Lucia's mother, Reagan Fancott, asked in a concerned tone.
Lucia suppressed her emotion and walked up to them with a smile.
From now on.
Everything had changed.
In the future, she would be the only one to torture Kelvin and destroy everything in the Calshaw family. No one would be able to harm the Balstone family again!
"Why are your eyes red?" Reagan asked worriedly when she saw Lucia approaching.
"My eyes are a little dry. I have just rubbed them."
"I just received a call from the Calshaw family. They want to discuss the details of your wedding with us..." Reagan said.
Lucia took a deep breath. "Mom, I want to break off the engagement with Kelvin."
"What?" Reagan's face was full of surprise.
Sitting next to Reagan, Kylian Balstone, Lucia's father, also diverted his attention from the newspaper. "Did you quarrel with Kelvin?"
"Kelvin is not a good person. He married me with purpose. He just wanted to occupy our family property and use our family as a stepping stone for him to up the level of the Calshaw family to the noble one." Lucia felt that her parents did not believe her. She continued, "I don't have any evidence to prove what I said, but give me some time, and I will make you believe it!"
Kylian and Reagan were both silents when they saw that their daughter suddenly became so determined.
From an early age, Lucia never let her parents worry about her.
When she was a child, her grandfather arranged the marriage for Lucia. Not only did Lucia not reject him, but she had always abided by her duty and never interacted with any male friend other than Kelvin. She firmly believed in Kelvin.
Moreover, their relationship had been stable since childhood. Why did she suddenly say something like that?!
Lucia understood their doubts. "Dad, I've never done anything that makes things difficult for you. I know very well how much benefit our marriage can bring us. But even so, I have to stick to my decision."
"Of course, I believe you! You are my daughter." Kylian listened to Lucia's words and tried not to have any objections. "It's just that if we break off the engagement now, it will cause great negative impacts on our family. It might affect the Balstone family's power and strong position in Parkland!"
After all, he was a little emotional.
"No," Lucia said with certainty. "The Calshaw family will bear all the consequences if I break off the engagement!"
Kylian was a little shocked.
He was suddenly shocked by his daughter's aura.
He could feel that Lucia was slightly different from her usual self.
"The Calshaw family will embarrass themselves in the next month's wedding!"
Lucia was determined.