Chapter 171

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.

and said, “Is this virtuous wife persona something you want to show Eugene? Or is it for

seemingly

way, and she stood there holding the plate with an unchanging expression. “Simon, has

even a falter in her expression. In return, Simon’s expression abruptly turned cold as he raised his voice at her. “Have I been

in volume attracted everyone’s attention, and they all turned to look. Joshua, who had been discussing a collaboration project with LeapCo involving Eugene, shifted

Simon targeting Melanie?” Then, he remembered that

was about to tell Eugene to go check on the situation when he noticed that Eugene had already started walking ahead.

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

despite her patience. She closed her eyes and coldly rebuked, “Simon, you

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have I actually

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

but Eugene’s cold and stern voice suddenly

them. He frowned, as if

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