The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

"I'm just surprised that you'd have the time to come over. Aren't you super busy?" Melody maintained a meters' distance while conversing with Sherman. "I just so happened to have a bit of free time, so I passed by a bubble tea shop and bought a few cups for you. This is your favorite, isn't it?" Sherman asked. Melody felt a little awkward and was unsure whether she should accept the gesture.

"It is, but you don't have to go through all that trouble," Melody answered.

Sherman then remarked, "You're standing a little too far away that I can't hear what you're saying. Come a little closer so I can hear you."

Melody approached him awkwardly, and their distance had reached to about a shoe's length away. "I'm sorry. I don't mean to be so far away, but..." She hesitated to mention that she wanted to avoid suspicion. The recent buzz about her and the actor had made her cautious not to add more fuel to the speculative fires.

Sherman, being of a younger generation, was likely aware of that news. "Is it because of the headlines and rumors about you and your co-worker? Are you more careful with your relationships now because you're worried about having another scandal?" Sherman smiled, seemingly downplaying the situation.

"I saw those comments. They're actually quite interesting! You can't be worried that someone is secretly filming a video of us to post online, right?"

to articulate her concerns, but she was mainly afraid of being swept up in one controversy after another. "Let's just

you so scared? My cousin has you in

other people to misunderstand me

to be afraid of? My cousin isn't in the country

Lucas flew abroad?" Lucas had taken the flight just a day ago, and Melody only found out about it in the morning when Edmund came to the house to pack his luggage. No one could have gotten the information that quickly, and she

I don't know where he went, but I can be certain that he left in

nodded pensively, realizing that Lucas typically used his private jet when going abroad. It was unusual for him to share a flight with other

see..." Melody smiled and asked, "Did you know

found it strange. "Didn't he