Chapter 1974

"No, I'll drive you home," said Lucas.

Melody had expected Lucas to promptly leave and attend to Stella or, at most, ask her to contact Edmund for a ride. Strangely enough, Lucas did not immediately leave this time. Perhaps he could not bring himself to abandon Melody in her injured state.

"Let's go. I'll take you home."

Melody did not want to take up any more of his time, so she insisted she could manage on her own. Lucas insisted on sending her back.

"Thank you," said Melody upon reaching the entrance of Rivera’s residence, and proceeded to open the car door.

Suddenly, Lucas called out to her. "Rest well, Melody. You don't need to look for a job, and you don't have to pay me back the three million dollars."

want me to pay you back because you pity me, but I insist on paying you back since we agreed from the start

play the role of my wife for the year.

words left Melody stunned, and all kinds of thoughts

Melody watched Lucas drive away, she once again placed her hand over her

is my heart acting up like this? No, I can't let myself feel anything for

already belongs to Stella. A single phone call from her can make Lucas drop everything and run to her. So stop

Melody spotted Cedric and Beatrice arranging flowers in the living room. She approached them with a warm smile, asking, "Grandpa,

plants, and we're figuring out where to place

asked Melody. She

do in retirement, so we play around with this!" answered Beatrice with a chuckle. She genuinely enjoyed her time tending to

nothing better to do,

said, "Grandma, how about taking me under your wing? I'd love to learn a thing or two about cultivating flowers and

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