Unable to resist, Marcus enveloped her from behind, murmuring tender words that lovers often share. “You were absolutely irresistible last night”

Melissa offered a faint smile, but as she showered, her thoughts turned introspective. The steam fogged up the glass, and she lightly tapped her head.

The temptation of men had a way of leading one astray, Melissa thought.

Impulse seemed like the devil's plaything.

Hdl had she felt so hollow last fight, surrendering so easily to Marcus “allure? His motives were evident, yet Melissa harbored no wish to reconcile or begin anew. They

bathroom, she emerged, wrapped in a soft white

Marcus sat at the dining table, casually flipping through the newspaper handed to him by the waiter. The front-page headline caught his attention. It was

in the hotel lobby, Melissa draped in his coat, her face shielded from view by his protective

table, her

her reaction. After a moment, he set the newspaper aside, intertwining his fingers. With a soft voice, he asked, “Do you want to make our relationship official?” “What relationship?” Melissa pretended ignorance as she took the newspaper, scanning its contents before nonchalantly remarking, “Scandals are merely scandals, after all.

But Marcus persisted.

matters of the heart, he was

the night before, this morning, alongside

she had no intention of acknowledging

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