The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 91

Melanie looked thoughtful, asking Xander, “Are all your designs like this?”

Xander paused, his pen stopping in mid–air. He glanced up at Melanie. “Business fairs are all about money, aren’t they?”

Melanie laughed. “You’re pretty practical.”

All of a sudden, she heard something. It sounded like some parts falling off.

Melanie blinked and looked up in a daze. The next second, she heard Xander barking, “Move!”

Melanie was so shocked that she was a second too late to react. The large wooden frame came crashing down toward her head!

At the very last moment, an arm wrapped around her waist. Xander pulled her away just before the frame struck her.

Melanie stared at the shattered wooden frame, deeply shaken. Xander pulled his arm back after putting her down.

He frowned at the forlorn pieces of the frame, saying to Melanie in a low voice, “I’m sorry, I forgot to tell you that the frame was only temporarily suspended up there. It could have fallen at any time.”

in the early stages of setting up the exhibition hall, so most of the decor

she had not

He had probably been scraped by the corner

she rummaged in her bag for an alcohol

the wound on his forearm, his expression unchanging. He nodded and continued

As he strained

so, Xander seemed completely unfazed. He simply put down the wooden frame

she said softly, “Xander, you should go to the hospital and get your

clinic after the nurses disinfected his wound and applied some medicine to it. Melanie had warned

just casually keep some tetanus medication at home? Melanie asked,

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when

time they were done, it was already late in the

to the exhibition hall, and Melanie

was a little overcast today, and it was rush hour now. It was past dinner time

it when she was outside, but once she returned to the hotel, she felt physically and especially