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Her lively personality and Simon’s company made it easy for her to blend in naturally. Melanie stood by the side for a while. With nothing to do, she decided to go behind a grill and put some of the prepared skewers on it.

Melanie hardly ate barbecue and rarely cooked, so she was not accurate with the cooking times. It was not until she smelled something burning that she realized she had overcooked the skewers.

Simon happened to come over to fetch something and caught a whiff of the smell, making him frown. “What’s that smell?”

Expression unchanging, Melanie scooped up the burnt food onto a plate to discard it when Simon took notice of it.

He chuckled exaggeratedly and mocked, “Melanie, are you that bad at cooking?”

Her hand that was holding the plate paused for a moment before she looked up at Simon. She did not say much to him, however.

Simon’s disdain intensified. He had not been able to get back at Melanie for her retort in the afternoon, so he naturally would not let this opportunity slip by.

food on the plate, tutted, and said, “Is this virtuous

sneered, seemingly enjoying the

way, and she stood there holding the plate with an

a falter in her expression. In return, Simon’s expression abruptly turned cold as he

turned to look. Joshua, who had been discussing a collaboration project with LeapCo involving Eugene, shifted his gaze toward Simon and Melanie upon

murmured under his breath, “Why is Simon targeting Melanie?” Then, he remembered that Eugene and Simon

go check on the situation when he noticed that Eugene had already started walking ahead. Joshua hesitated for

he said, “You think I’m annoying? Take a good look at yourself, flirting with men everywhere. Who do you

cornered, Melanie was unable to suppress her temper any longer despite her patience. She closed her eyes and coldly rebuked, “Simon,

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have I actually flirted

face became even more apparent as he retorted, “Are you really that clueless? If not for your flirtatious ways, do you really think you deserved to be

continue, but Eugene’s cold and stern

looked up and saw Eugene approaching them. He

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