The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 280

Simon looked at Melanie and said with even more mockery in his tone, “Miss Smith, since you already have the wine bottle in hand, why not pour a glass for us too? It wouldn’t be out of the way anyway.”

While he sounded like he was making a suggestion, he was actually making an assertion and letting Melanie know of it.

Many people were aware of the conflict between them. Hence, they joined Simon in enjoying the spectacle. “Melanie is the chief secretary of LeapCo. I haven’t had a glass poured by the chief secretary before.”

“Didn’t she resign? I heard her birth mother came to hold her accountable.”

“So what? She used to be LeapCo’s former chief secretary. It’s a good show!”

The murmurs surrounding Melanie made her feel like a clown as she felt herself subjected to ridicule and mockery. The one leading this was comfortably sitting on the sofa, watching her. Simon raised an eyebrow. “Eugene, aren’t you being too stingy? You won’t even lend us your former secretary.”

as he replied, “She hasn’t officially

of his words was probably that Melanie was not his former

must’ve poured drinks for many people before. It shouldn’t

lighting in the private room obscured Eugene’s expression, but she could sense that he intended to humiliate

she was once asked by a superior, who had a grudge against her, to pour drinks for

the situation was eventually diffused, the superior had exaggerated the story and spread word about it. For

she would hide in her room and

learned about the incident, it aggravated his health problems. Someone once said that the easiest way to ruin a woman was through false rumors,

everyone.

filled with echoes she did not want to hear.

and Melanie looked at Eugene. Suppressing the frustration within her, she asked,