The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 848

She refused to reconcile with Stella. Melanie could not play nice with someone who had repeatedly humiliated her like that.

Back then, she naively put up with Stella’s insults for Eugene’s sake. Now she did not even care about Eugene, let alone Stella.

Although Stella tried to warn her before her accident, the person who wanted to harm her was Cedric … and the person who played her like a puppet on his strings was Eugene.

She did not have an ounce of goodwill toward their entire family.

Melanie left the cafe, paying her part of the bill before she headed out. The sun was shining brightly

outside, and the air was fresh.

Just then, Xander called, his voice light and cheerful. “The weather in Newville is great today.”

“It’s nice out in Jepton, too,” Melanie said.

“What a pleasant coincidence.”

sauntered down the street, the cloud Stella had cast over her mood slowly dissipating

to Xander talking about his

he said he

that I have to rush back for,” Xander

looked out at the night sky. He could not hide the smile in his eyes.

reminding him that Melanie’s birthday was coming up.

set up for him, so he wanted to make up for it by preparing something even grander for her.

to be a joyous affair when she was a child, but that changed after her parents got divorced. No one was there to celebrate with her, and she did

celebrate it with her, but that

anyone who celebrated her birthday with her would end

It felt like

Yvonne and the others off every time they asked, saying

take Eugene’s suggestion seriously at first, but unexpectedly, the hospital’s pediatrician ended up calling her

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the dangers of allergies in children. What he said left her terrified, so she