The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

"It's nothing. The hotpot is getting cold, so we should eat it quickly." Melody ate the food without savoring them. Lucas helped place the food in her bowl, just like usual, and even carefully removed the carrots she did not like. Melody could not but wonder why he was doing it as she stared at his elegant hand. It was really inexplicable.

"What's wrong? You seem to have no appetite. Weren't you the one who chose this restaurant?"

Lucas paused for a moment before placing the food he had gotten for her into his own bowl.

Melody simply poked around in her bowl with her cutleries and said, "Oh, maybe I was disgusted by what Stella did this morning. I wasn't really hungry anyway. I remember the food here being delicious, but it didn't have much taste when I started eating it."

Lucas chuckled softly, not taking Melody's words seriously. "You don't have to eat it if you don't want to. How about I take you home and we can have the housekeeper prepare something you like instead?" "No, it's okay. I don't really have any appetite anyway."

Melody lifted her head, staring earnestly into Lucas' eyes.

you don't want to eat, then don't. I'm sure you'll feel

atmosphere between them suddenly became tense. Lucas ate a few bites without much appetite, still keeping his

if he remembered bringing up the topic of

decision? And that's why he doesn't want to know my answer? Or explore other possibilities of going

on, let's go

home. The two remained silent in the car, making the atmosphere awkward. Melody did not know what to say to break the

time alone together, there was always a flow of conversation. She never feared

had just happened, she was at a loss. She did not know who that girl was. A girl was in contact with Lucas in an intimate way that she was not aware of, and he

them on the way home, the presence of Beatrice and Cedric meant Melody and Lucas had to act affectionately once