Chapter 6

The moment it happened, Granger's expression shattered piece by piece, the very picture of despair.

The room fell silent for a long, long time.

Granger stood there holding the phone, as if trying to turn himself into a statue.

Finally, Melody put on a face full of anger, "Granger, Seraphina is way out of line! It's bad enough she lied to you herself, but to team up with her father to deceive you? I think you've always been too good to her!"

Only then did Granger snap out of it.

He pulled out a mocking smile and said into the phone:

"That's right, Ms. Forrester. It's one thing for Seraphina to be immature, but at your age, shouldn't you know better?"

"If you've found her, please do me a favor and tell her that I've decided to cancel our engagement. I've agreed to marry Melody."

On the other end of the line, my dad stared at my mangled body in the rubble, already sobbing uncontrollably.

My aging father, hunched over, stumbling on his feet.