The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

Melody's tears flowed ceaselessly, causing a slight stinging sensation on her swollen cheeks. Lucas reached for a tissue and gently wiped away the tears from her face. "That's why I asked you not to run off on your own. You wouldn't have gotten yourself in danger if you had listened to my arrangement!" said Lucas.

Melody, with tears in her eyes, met his gaze. She could not see his expression clearly, but she could sense that despite his harsh tone, he was deeply concerned for her. "I... I just didn't want to trouble you." Melody's hand still clung to his clothes, unwilling to let go.

"How could you think it's trouble for me? You... Never mind. Now that you know how dangerous it is, I hope you can learn from this experience," said Lucas with a sigh. Melody nodded obediently.

Lucas comforted her softly, "There, there. Everything's okay now. Fortunately, you managed to use the supplementary card I gave you, which alerted me that something was wrong.

"You've never used my card before, so I found it strange when you suddenly withdrew one million dollars today. I immediately tried calling you, but your phone was switched off. That was when I instantly realized something was wrong."

Melody pouted. "I lied to them, claiming I had a lot of money. Then I made a deal with them, asking them not to harm me and bring me the person who plotted against me. But..." Melody bit her lower lip out of anger. "I never thought that Wendy, my own sister, was behind this!"

Without Wendy, none of this would have happened. She would not have had to spend

been solely focused on Melody, not paying attention to others. He never imagined that Melody's

Wendy to harm her own

of harming her. I truly don't know what I've done to

with

a frightful situation but that the true culprit, Wendy, had caused significant psychological harm

could blame their actions on greed. However, Wendy repeatedly claimed to hate her,

lifted Melody's chin,

Sander family, so she's no longer your sister. You don't have to care about someone like her. She should bear the legal consequences of whatever she did to you today. You need to stay strong, Melody, and make

back into his embrace, adjusting her to a comfortable position to

We don't have to think about these for now. You