Chapter 765

“Evelyn’s voice carried a mocking tone that was hard to hide as she boldly looked at Melanie. She scoffed. “It’d better not be Eugene’s. We’re about to get engaged, and having a child pop up at this point would be quite troublesome.”

Melanie stood silently. Her hand that was holding her phone tightened as she straightened her back. She watched as Evelyn approached.

Despite being naturally tall, Melanie was slightly overshadowed by Evelyn’s height, especially with her heels on. Evelyn exuded an inherent air of elegance and refinement. Her gaze was fixed on Melanie as she raised an eyebrow slightly.

“You know, in families like ours, I can tolerate him having affairs with other women. But I absolutely can’t tolerate the appearance of a child.”

Evelyn paused and glanced at Melanie’s belly before calmly retracting her gaze. She lifted her wine glass and left the balcony.

The distant Christmas lights continued illuminating the night sky, and Melanie felt a chill running down her spine as she stood alone on the balcony.

She understood Evelyn’s warning. Her gaze fell to her flat stomach. It was miraculous that there was indeed a little life growing inside her.

Her phone vibrated. A message from Yvonne and Reny popped up in the group chat. Melanie glanced at it and then left the balcony.

As she entered the room, she spotted Xander approaching. His brows were knitted together, and he had a jacket in hand. He stopped when he saw Melanie. “It’s cold outside. I thought you hadn’t come in yet.”

smiling as she walked toward Eugene. Initially engaged in conversation

temperament softened upon seeing Evelyn. Melanie shifted her gaze away and asked Xander, “Do you have anything

fatigue in her eyes and draped his jacket over her shoulders. “Nope. I can

faint scent of lemon on Xander’s jacket helped

After that, Peyton has some

who retorted calmly, “I have work to deal with in the company and have no

chimed in, “Mr. Scott, I just saw Mr.

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discuss with him? I’ll be here with Eugene,”

at Eugene before saying sternly, “Very well. Since you young people have something to talk about, I won’t

turned colder, and despite whatever Evelyn said, Eugene paid little attention.

her mouth and looked where Eugene was staring, seeing Xander draping a coat on

eyes

you

expression instantly became colder than before. He finally glanced at Evelyn, and there was a hint of anger

eyebrow. “It seems you knew about

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