Chapter 1355:

“It’s a code lock. The landlord changed it already.”

“Alright,” Melvin said, satisfied.

He glanced at her, noticing something different. Jessica’s eyes lit up as she slid into the passenger seat.

Melvin made some light conversation, his features as cool as ever. “You seem changed lately.”

“Changed? You mean even more charming?” she teased, flashing a playful grin.

She was adorable, and she knew it.

Melvin’s face stayed blank. “Not quite,” he said dryly.

Her jaw dropped, caught off guard. This guy was impossible.

his tone matter-of-fact. “Back when it

they’d just left was spotless, like it had never been

“Okay, fine, I made you guys clean. But I helped with your homework when you were stuck, didn’t I? And those artworks you were supposed to do? I took care

them. “What I mean is, have things been tough for you these past few years?” he asked

a piece of his past—a classmate he and Gerard had always


biting

Melvin asked, his

clean that apartment,” she admitted.

nodded, unsurprised. “That explains

what?” Jessica pressed, leaning

didn’t answer, his cool expression shifting as he glanced in the rearview mirror,

confused. “Why’d you go

low. He had taken a few turns, but the car behind them was still

whipped around

when she saw it was a company

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