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.”

setting up the exhibition hall, so most of the decor was not

she had not been hurt, so she said,

saw a scratch on Xander’s right forearm. He had probably

her bag for an alcohol

his forearm, his expression unchanging. He nodded and

was trained on his bleeding wound. As he strained his muscles to lift the frame,

seemed completely unfazed. He simply put down the

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

and the cut on Xander’s forearm was long but not deep. They left the clinic after the nurses disinfected his wound and applied some medicine to it.

would just casually keep some tetanus medication at home? Melanie

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stuff when I carry things around.

done, it was already late

rushed back to the exhibition hall, and Melanie went

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

room. She did not notice it when she was outside, but once she returned to the hotel,