The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 547

In the early autumn, the wind was always cold.

Before Melanie could say anything, Xander’s voice deepened. “Why is your forehead so cold? Is it because you’re wearing too little?”

Melanie turned to the side to avoid Xander’s touch before she shook her head and replied, The wind picked up a little, that’s all..”

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Xander did not mind her obvious evasion and pulled his hand back naturally. Then, he pointed at the small green vine in front of Melanie and said, “It has thorns. Be careful.”

Only then did Melanie look at the vine he was pointing at. It was emerald green with tiny blue flowers dotted all over it. Next to those flowers were small, sharp thorns. If she did not look closely, she would not have seen them.

The houses here were all quite old. The roofs and balconies were filled with similar vines, drooping down toward the street.

At first, Melanie thought it was just an ordinary plant and did not pay much attention to it. Now, she felt a little puzzled. “Why does every household in this street have these vines?”

one point. This thorny

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that the back of his hand was slightly red, and she frowned. “Let me see your

a moment and extended his hand to her Sure enough, the back of his hand had been scratched by the thorns. It was not a deep cut, but there were a few drops of blood

guilt. “I’m sorry. I was careless, and

retracted his hand

before saying, “I remember there’s a clinic up ahead. Let’s go get your wound checked out. You have

he was in charge

Melanie could not take the

anything else in response,

it, the doctor

on the way back. She snatched the takeout bag from

really no big deal. There’s

can carry

wanted to say something, but when he saw Melanie’s

a result, Xander took a shelling from Liana when they