The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 144

It was late at night by the time when Melanie got back to the hotel.

She had not had dinner yet. Fortunately, the hotel allowed food deliveries, so she just called for something simple.

She had just finished eating when Xander called.

“It’s late,” she said. “Is something the matter?”

“Reny suddenly had appendicitis. She’s in the hospital now,” Xander said with a sigh. “Aren’t you in the hospital too? Have you eaten yet?”

Reny was that honest and straightforward girl. Melanie remembered her.

She frowned. “I’m already back at the hotel. Is Reny’s situation serious? Do you need my help?”

Xander paused. “You’re already back at the hotel?”

“Yes, I came back after my drip.”

“I do have something I need your help with,” Xander said hesitantly. “It happened so suddenly. Reny was supposed to be in charge of some information planning, but she was just rolled into the operating theater.”

was getting at. “If it’s just gathering information and writing down the plans, I can help you if you

you sure you’re

gone, so

her previous projects. It

was why Xander took this project very seriously. If not for the heavy stakes, he would not have bothered Melanie

drips.

had arranged to meet Xander at the hotel lobby, and he was already

Melanie a flask. “Stephen said you

It was warm peppermint tea with rock

eating with Stephen and did not have much of an

hesitantly, “Did you go out of your way to

paused for a moment before realizing what she meant. He laughed. “I called him last night

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you were, and I said that you had a fever, so he

had always been gentle and considerate. Melanie nodded and said, “I’ll thank him

Without another word, he brought

other members of the studio were already waiting