Chapter 522:

“That settles it then,” Freya declared, her trust in Melvin palpable. “Take a short break before you dive back into work.”

“Will do,” Melvin replied, though he had no real intention of resting.

Once Freya turned her attention elsewhere, Melvin set about tackling a series of other, albeit minor, critical tasks.

Just past midday, Melvin delivered the lunch he’d ordered for Freya. As she was about to dig in, her phone rang. It was Gerard. She caught Melvin’s eye before answering.

“Ms. Briggs.”

“It’s me.”

Melvin back at the

“Yes, he’s here.”

silence

secrets

water, his hand paused, surprise flickering across his face. So it was Gerard on

of, yeah,” Gerard replied after a moment’s hesitation. As memories of the previous night slowly came together, Gerard suspected that Melvin had orchestrated the whole scenario to coax secrets out of him. Yet, given Melvin’s sincere anguish over a supposed unrequited love, Gerard found it hard to

her

Briggs,” Gerard hastily clarified, chalking up his awkward blunder to the remnants of

Gerard pressed on, “Might you

of the previous evening. What could have possibly transpired between

darted through her mind, but she shook it off just as fast. It seemed far-fetched that anything untoward could have occurred between the two men over

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