Chapter 626

Howard’s lips curled into a gentle smile as he said warmly, “Mel, why didn’t you tell me you were here to eat? This is the restaurant I was talking about the last time. The food here is excellent.”

Melanie looked at his eyes behind the lenses, which were not warm and tender at all but rather shrewd. She remained silent momentarily before saying, “I just came to have dinner with my colleague.”

“Well, that’s perfect,” Howard said with a smile while looking at Yvette. “Allow me to treat you and your colleague to dinner. Let me thank her for taking care of you.”

Melanie instinctively felt repulsed and promptly declined his offer. “No need, we’ve already eaten.”

“Mel.” Howard’s eyes showed some dissatisfaction as he looked at Melanie. His tone was heavier than before as he said, “I just want to have a meal with you. Is it that difficult? I know you blame me, but right now-”

He stopped and sighed helplessly. “Mel, are you unwilling to give me another chance?” he said.

Judging from his demeanor, Melanie surmised it would be difficult to make him leave if she did not agree to his request. She did not want to get into any fights with him here. She took a deep breath, turned to Yvette, and said, “Sorry, I have something to attend to. I need to go.”

not manage a reply as Melanie had already left

smiling at her before turning around and

they left and could not shake off a sense of unease. Something about the situation felt strange.

as she saw Melanie enter, she immediately turned her eyes toward Tobias and said, “Tobias,

at Melanie. There was a hint of admiration in his eyes as

gaze on her and could sense the overt familiarity in it. It could not be any more obvious what the gaze was implying.

throat and introduced, “Mel, this is Tobias. He’s been praising your beauty. You

a cold tone, “So, when you said you wanted to treat me to a

him to save his reputation. Howard furrowed his brows

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