Chapter 1947

"Is that so?" Lucas scoffed, seemingly unconvinced. He pulled Melody into a hug and turned to leave.

Melody could not help but steal a glance back at Sherman as a helpless sigh escaped her lips.

Lucas released her only after he led her to a secluded spot.

Lost in thought, Melody bumped into a pillar and cried out, ''Ouch!"

Lucas subconsciously reached out to help, but his expression sank and he stopped himself mid-way when the memory of Melody and Sherman's cheerful conversation appeared in his mind.

Melody clutched her head in pain.

"What's the matter?" Lucas sneered. "Did you get distracted by your classmate?"

have to be so snarky about it. We're just classmates." Melody's unhappiness grew when he

Sherman mattered to her. It was all the worse that she had those sorts of ambiguous feelings toward other men when she was already

like it was a sign of

a knack of charming

harmless conversation over our

actions reflect not only on yourself but on the Riveras

her senses, and she realized that she had overstepped her line. "I'm sorry. I was too careless. I'll be more attentive

on her." Mind

prioritize me over that

up at him. His condescending gaze highlighted the power imbalance

it's a loan. I'm going to pay it back to you with interest anyway,"

reached out, placed his hand on her waist, and pulled her closer to him. "What sort of interest are we talking about?" He ignored her struggling and looked at her from head to

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