A Ruling Passion – Chapter 1725

Nikolai interjected before Melanie could finish her sentence, “Oh yeah? Is there something I should be afraid of? What, you mean Alejandro Smith? I, a big brother, am here to see my sister. What’s wrong with that, hmm? Besides... I watched him leave with my own eyes. Here, take your phone. I’m only here to return it. Leaving it with me is a bad, bad idea, it invites troubles, I know. That Alejandro called you, you know, but I didn’t answer it and I shut it down completely. He must have asked you about that, right? And I trust that you didn’t tell him anything?”

Melanie snatched the phone from him and slipped it into her handbag. “Please go, now. And don’t come for me anymore!”

Nikolai lit a cigarette nonchalantly. “Pfft. I warned you, Melanie. But you just had to bring this onto yourself, huh? With Tiffany Lane still alive, the cat will jump out of the bag any time now,” he murmured. “Be decent and recognize that the blame is all yours. The last thing I want is you dragging our family down with your piss-poor judgement... Christ! Despite doing it for you, you spat on my goodwill and almost got me into trouble. I swear to God, you’re a f* *king disappointment, Melanie!”

The woman in question hung her head quietly. Regardless of how he framed it, she had no regrets saving Tiffany. If her brother had killed a mother and her baby that day, Melanie would never know peace in her life again.

As though finding harsh censures an insufficient outlet, Nikolai only became more and more riled up. He started barking, “Sh*t. Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t! How did our family produce a f**king mistake like you?! It doesn’t f**king matter if you marry into a powerful family if you don’t even know how. To. Make. A. Man. Stay! How long has this stupid, fruitless marriage been going on, huh? Tell me why the f**k Alejandro isn’t the least bit in love with you yet?! It’s because you’re a worthless excuse of a b*tch, isn’t it?! I’m telling you, if he divorces you because of this fiasco, you can sh*t yourself knowing you can never come back to the family!”