The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 430

Melanie recalled Yvonne mentioning on the phone earlier that the patriarch of the Solomon family had been hospitalized and that Xander had to go back to accompany him. However, as soon as Reny spoke, there was a rustle at the door. The next second, Xander walked in.

“Now that everyone’s back, we can cut the cake!” Yvonne said and immediately turned off the lights in the room.

Melanie had not been prepared and panicked out of reflex the moment the lights went out. Then, a faint, familiar fragrance surrounded her the next second.

“When did you come back?” Xander’s low voice sounded.

Melanie relaxed. “I just arrived. I heard your grandfather is sick?”

Xander acknowledged her question with a hum. “He’s in the intensive care unit now.”

were hushed in the darkness. The singing of the birthday song soon

for a moment, but she quickly gathered

all adults, there was not much interest in the cake. Once it was

handed her a piece of

on a plane this afternoon, so I guess you didn’t have

her lips in a bittersweet manner.

If

your eyes.

However, she had put

accepted the cake but remained silent. She

was late, and both Melanie and Yvonne stayed at the villa for

at her dark circles. “What did you do last

Xander was

a tablet in his hands and was reading the news. When he heard them come downstairs, he looked