The Day I Kissed An Older Man
Chapter 2193

"Me? Out of my mind? Did you have to react so dramatically to me? Why didn't you react that way with that other guy?" Lucas narrowed his eyes threateningly.

"What did you think Nathan and I were doing in my lounge?" Melody gestured to herself with a perplexed expression. Lucas offered no response, yet his silence spoke volumes.

"What do you take me for, Lucas? Just because you don't respect me doesn't mean you can assume that others won't either!" Irritated, she took two steps back and distanced herself from him.

The lounge door was wide open when he entered. If she had harbored ulterior motives, she would have been an idiot to leave the door open like that. They had merely signed a contract, and he had no right to attack another man as if he was her boyfriend-which he clearly was not.

"What does this have to do with respect? Do you think it's appropriate for you to be so close to that man?" Lucas asked coldly.

His arrogant, condescending gaze only fueled Melody's anger. "That has nothing to do with you at all! I'm working! Need I remind you that there was never a condition in the contract that allows us to interfere in another person's private life?" Melody retorted angrily. Lucas had hurt her many times, and she wanted to make everything very clear.

"What do you mean? Do you want to renegotiate the contract?" Lucas sneered, but his pained expression contradicted the sneer.

"I'm only reiterating the terms. You set those conditions yourself, didn't you? Weren't you concerned that I might develop feelings and use them against you when you inserted that clause in the contract?" Though the contract explicitly prohibited Melody from having feelings for Lucas, developing such feelings was not something she had full control over. It was also one of the reasons Melody loathed herself. She had failed in that aspect, and she did not want him to trample on her dignity any further.

"Have you forgotten what I said to you the other day about asking you to reconsider our relationship?" Lucas asked.

"I didn't forget! You did-" Melody yelled, her voice cracking. She did not expect Lucas to try to shift the blame on her when he had clearly forgotten all about it after that call with Thalia!

Hearing him raise that in front of her was appalling. 'What do you take me for? Am I a pet that you can play with whenever you're in a good mood and then ignore after that? If your relationship with Thalia is that good, why didn't you get her to help you with this charade?' Melody thought to herself and felt a wave of sadness.

She had endured enough suffering from those feelings that she never should have had in the first place, and she refused to endure it any longer.

"That's not a valid reason for you to string other men along!" Lucas held Melody's shoulders and tried to figure out what was going on in her mind. "I've already given you enough time. Haven't you realized anything yet?"

Melody shook her head and declared angrily, "I have! I've got it all figured out a long time ago! I want nothing to do with you, and I won't have anything to do with you!"

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