The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 163

Stephen looked at her with concern as he said gently, “You can tell me anything if you want to.”

Melanie tried to force a smile. “Thank you for accompanying us all day. You must not have eaten yet. I’ll buy you dinner.”

She wanted to avoid talking about her grandfather to Stephen. Stephen looked at her deeply.

He changed the topic and asked Melanie, “You seem to be getting along well with Xander?”

Melanie nodded. “He’s a nice person.”

“You must be the first person to say that.” Chuckling, Stephen recalled Xander’s personality before saying, “Maybe because you and him are alike.”

Melanie had never thought they were alike. She felt Stephen was trying to find a topic to talk about, so she went along with it.

Only a few restaurants were nearby, and it was crowded because of dinner time. Almost everyone eating there were patients and their family members.

Stephen and Melanie went to a mall nearby.

Melanie did not have much of an appetite. She asked Stephen, “What would you prefer to have for dinner?”

Stephen looked at her. “Let’s have beef stew. It’s simple and tasty.”

Stephen’s phone rang as soon as they entered

going out to

the waiter for the menu and took

been busy looking after her grandfather after work and had her phone on silent mode inside

taking it out, she noticed she had an unanswered call and two

from Yana, asking where Melanie

called Yana back. Yana picked it up as soon as the phone rang. She was still working overtime in

“You called me this evening.

to the office to ask for you this evening. I thought he

to look for

frowned. “Why was he

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anything when he heard you

he hung up the call. His

Melanie asked,

a meal,” said Stephen as he sat

were best friends

himself from Eugene for some

looked at the table and said, “Simon might be looking for you because of something urgent. Why