Chapter 79 Meeting Melanie Alone
I answered the call and heard Melanie’s usual arrogant tone, “I have something to tell you.
Let’s meet.”
I
“Why didn’t you tell me that when you were at my place just now?” I asked.
“It concerns us, not something suitable to say in front of the others. Come to Midnight Bar
now!” She
hung up without waiting for my response.
While holding my phone, I wondered what Melanie was up to. Still, I wanted to know what
she had to say, so I rolled out of bed and checked the time. It was almost noon, so the bar
wouldn’t be open at this hour.
After some thought, I decided to play it safe and changed into jeans, a T–shirt, and a pair
of casual flats. I tried calling Ivanna as I drove in case something went wrong.
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I
I hesitated while holding my phone and finally called Atlas. Immediately after, I decided
against it since. Melanie knew I had met with him before. I knew it was best not to
complicate things and hung up the call as I arrived at the bar.
I had never been to a bar, so the dim lighting made me uncomfortable. The bar was
underground, and the stairway was narrow. However, the interior was spacious. I took a
while to adjust to the surroundings at the basement entrance.
Since it wasn’t opening hours yet, there were no customers.
Under the soft yellow light behind the bar, a young man who looked like a bartender was
busy with his work. I approached him and asked, “Sir, I’m here to meet someone. Is this
place open yet?”
He glanced at me and pointed across the room. I turned to look and saw a long corridor
many rooms. I wanted to ask him which room I was supposed to enter, but the bartender
seemed uninterested in being disturbed.
or with m
I could only search for Melanie from room to room.
It seemed Melanie frequented places like this. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have asked me to
meet her. The many rooms along the corridor resembled a maze, with every junction
leading to another corridor.
felt increasingly uneasy and was about to turn back when a door suddenly opened in the
corridor and out came Melanie. “Hal I didn’t expect you to arrive so quickly!”
She laughed, but her laughter gave me an aerie feeling. It made me far less comfortable
than facing her ously hostile demeanor. Ever since I witnessed her entanglement with
Matthew, I couldn’t help but
She reached out as if to hold me, but I avoided her dirty hand. “What did you want to tell
me?”
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I opened the door with my foot and glanced inside the room, realizing it was empty. After
confirming it was safe, I walked in and sat on the couch, looking at Melanie. “I’m listening”
Melanie followed me in, swaying her hips in a way she thought was alluring. However, it
made me
nauseous. Suddenly, I realized why Matthew was attracted to her. I finally discovered why
he called me ”
stiff.”
Melanie strode over and sat on the seat beside me. She looked at me with excitement, joy,
and wickedness.
a glass, saying
I saw an already–opened bottle of red wine on the table. Melanie reached for it and poured
a “Chloe, I knew you’d come as soon as I called you. I’m sure you’ve never been here
before, right? Take a guess for Matt.”
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