The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

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Melanie did not take the bottle of water. She said, “I’ll drive you home first.”

“It’s okay. Drive to your place, and I’ll

puse

omeone to drive me home,” said Stephen after a

“You don’t have to go through all that trouble.” Melanie rejected his suggestion after thinking

about it.

Stephen was rarely so stubborn. “It’s already so late. It’s unsafe for a woman to drive alone.

After Melanie drove back to her place, Stephen called someone to drive him home. He handed the clay figurine she left in the car to her. “Throw a coin on it whenever you’re unhappy.”

Melanie did not understand what he meant.

He explained, “My grandfather taught me this. It works. It’s just like a wish fountain.”

upstairs. She placed the two figurines on her study table. She pondered for a while before throwing

from work as her grandfather had to go for a check–up that

grandfather from the nursing home, the dean happened to be there. Beating about the bush, he reminded Melanie to

were costly. Recalling her schedule, Melanie decided to pay the fees

put me in such an

helped him get into the car. “It’s nothing. LeapCo pays me

hesitated for a while before asking,

another man. However, her grandfather did not agree to it, so her mother cut off ties

that her younger daughter was ill, so she needed a

a while before replying to her grandfather, “Don’t worry. I know

probe into the matter by

Her grandfather was not in good health, and he was alone. She was busy with

comforted her grandfather, saying, “You don’t have to worry so

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is keep yourself healthy.”

the hospital did she find out that Viola’s father would be discharged

seemed to have recuperated well and could walk with

Viola and her father walking out of the elevator when she was walking into the hospital

to enter

and looked at Melanie as she took a deep breath. “Eugene is in the car park,