The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Chapter 1978

That night, Lucas went to the guest room after Cedric and Beatrice had gone to sleep. It was the best arrangement for him and Melody, after all.

The next morning, Melody woke up to a headline.

Stella had issued a public statement clarifying the rumors from the previous day. She stated that the man from yesterday was just a friend who dropped her off at the hotel and left. In fact, she was sharing her hotel room with her assistant.

With that, the scandal died down.

Although the paparazzi knew that exposing Lucas as the man in the picture would become big news that could break the platform, they did not dare to go against the Riveras.

It turned out that the news from yesterday was leaked by a few inexperienced paparazzi who did not know Lucas. Thus, they daringly spread the rumors and ended up being reprimanded by their bosses.

from Stella's clarification, Melody noted that the previous

together." After breakfast, Beatrice took Melody for a stroll in the garden. She took Melody’s hand and kindly asked, "Melody, did you see the

news was so everywhere that Beatrice must have known about

anything from Beatrice either, so she nodded and said honestly, "Yes, I saw it

off between you

and walked forward. "I've taken care of it all. You won't have to deal with

expected, Beatrice's intervention was the reason that it was

to Lucas 1 explanation yesterday. Thus, she said, "Sorry to make you worry again, Grandma! Lucas and I have already made up

to steer clear of troubles like that. Why did he have

walking and turned to

and no one can ever change that! I won't let anyone mistreat you, including Lucas-1 can assure

suddenly felt guilty when faced with