All Chapters of The Red Flag Millers: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

Early the next morning, my mother-in-law, Anne Miller, summoned me back to the Miller family's old estate.The moment I stepped through the door, I saw a crowd of aunts and cousins gathered around Melody in the memorial hall. I stopped short. They must have already heard about the divorce.When I married Melody, Anne had told me that once I married into the Millers, I belonged to them, and I had to follow the family rules. Any time I did something wrong, I would be summoned to the memorial hall at the old estate to repent.Anne sat in a high-backed armchair off to one side, watching me coldly. "Kneel."I pressed my lips together and knelt on the cushion. In front of me stood the memorial photos of the Miller ancestors."You're just a man who married into this house, who's never done a thing for this family, and now you want a divorce?" Anne jabbed a finger in my face and tore into me."Have you thought about what a divorce would do to Mel's reputation? Your whole family are leech

The blood drained from my face. I never imagined my mother-in-law could say something like that. "What did you say?"Melody frowned, hesitant. "Mom, isn't this going a little too far..."Anne waved her hand impatiently. "What do you know? Let him off today, and tomorrow he'll be walking all over you."Will you still have any say then? You're my daughter. If anyone's going to suffer, it'll be him."Melody opened her mouth, then fell silent.My mother stood frozen, unsure what to do, but she understood exactly what Anne meant.She took off her bracelet and held it out to Anne. "Can we go now... Here's your bracelet back. I'll return the clothes once I get home."Anne eyed it with disgust and let go. The bracelet shattered on the floor.Seeing it in pieces, my mother's eyes reddened too.Melody had bought it for her before the wedding. It wasn't expensive, only a few hundred dollars. But my mother had never worn anything that nice before. She treasured it every single day and wou

Anne didn't seem to care in the least. "That's right, Mel. If you ask me, what's on the ground is just paint."If you cave today, he'll only push you around more later. Besides, his parents need us to help sell their produce. I promise you, in a few days he'll come back and apologize."Melody gradually came back to herself and slowly nodded.If Jason's mother had really died, he wouldn't be this quiet. He would lose his mind and come looking for her. He would have it out with her in a huge fight. But all this time had passed, and there had been no word at all."Right. Mom, you're right. If his mom had really died, he'd definitely come to fight with me."There hadn't been a peep out of him, so he must be throwing a tantrum, trying to make her give in first.She quickly texted Jason.Melody: [I'll give you one week. As long as you admit you were wrong, I'll forgive you.]Melody: [Jason, don't play these games with me.]Only after sending the messages did she finally let out a br

Jason's POVMelody's eyes lit up instantly. In the two weeks since I had last seen her, she had become a complete mess. "Jason, I knew you'd come back."Looking at her like this, I didn't feel the slightest bit sorry for her.She noticed the man behind me and pointed at him. "Who's he?""Hello, Ms. Miller," the man said. "I called you before. I'm Mr. Moore's divorce lawyer."Melody stared at me in disbelief. Then she started crying and begging me."Jason, I was wrong. I wanted to turn myself in, but you saw it yourself. I'm being locked in the house."I didn't know it would end like this. Please don't divorce me..."From now on, you can spend as much as you want. I won't control it anymore."Seeing how endlessly remorseful she looked, I only found it laughable. My parents were dead. How could I ever forgive her?She seemed to notice the distance in my eyes and began to panic.My divorce lawyer spoke up. "Ms. Miller, when you do wrong, you should be punished."Mr. Moore has