10:30 pm.
This charity party at the Garden Hotel was finally over.
Ashley walked toward the door while glancing sideways at the man beside her.
He was still as reserved and cold as ever. There was still hostility in his eyes.
Ashley was a little curious when she thought about how he had just played grievance in front of Lyra.
"Originally I thought it was because you have changed, but it turns out that you have just changed towards someone. I'm really curious. Is my cousin just acting in front of her, or does he really like her?"
Melvin stood upright, as if he didn't hear her. He walked without saying a word.
Being ignored, Ashley didn't feel embarrassed but continued and got into a car with him.
Like a sandwich cookie, Chad sat in the middle of the two in the back row.
Because Melvin himself was very much refusing to sit beside Ashley, Chad was forced to become a personal type of barrier wall.
The car was fast and it only took eight minutes to get all the way to the outskirts.
It was a place with desolate surroundings and small but exquisite cabins.
Together with the bodyguard Ashley brought, the four entered a cabin together.
The cabin was lit only by a kerosene lamp, and the light was very obscure.
Melvin looked around the cabin and found that whether it was the sheets and bedding, or the desktop bed, they were all clean and had signs of habitation.
It seemed that Charlotte had been living here since she was taken out of prison.
Thinking of this, Melvin looked askance at Ashley and sneered, "I didn't expect. The Harrington family has this kind of ability to bring her out of prison unnoticed."
Ashley smiled, "Of course. She is your sweetheart. I save her and is also helping you."
"She's not." Never was his sweetheart.
Melvin answered without hesitation.
At this moment, Charlotte was sitting on a wooden bed. She no longer had the messy hair and crazy look when she was at the party. Except for the face that was still with injuries, she seemed like a new person.
Hearing Melvin's firm denial, Charlotte sobbed and her tears were falling down.
"Melvin why? You loved me so much. What the hell did Lyra do to you!? Have you forgotten the promise you once made to me? Have you forgotten that I saved your life decades ago?"
Once the saving matter matter was mentioned, Melvin's hostility became greater, which was frightening.
Because of this so-called promise, he ignored Lyra's love for him over the past years, and wronged her and verbally insulted her.
When he thought of the words he had used to insult Lyra, he wanted to slap himself.
He kept his head down, hiding the sudden surge of guilt, and ignored Charlotte's words.
Chad answered for him, "Miss Charlotte, boss already knew you're not the girl who saved his life. Don't you think it's rather silly to talk about favors now?"
Charlotte froze and suddenly fell softly to her knees at Melvin's feet.
"Melvin you were cheated by her! I really saved you. I was at the scene, but I was young. I was afraid, so I did not rush up first. There was a girl dragging you out of the car and she left. And I went up to save you. It was really me!"
She cried with earnest, and her eyes were incomparably sincere.
Melvin did not speak.
Ashley handed a copy of the information to him.
"Melvin, what she said is indeed true. I sent someone to check it out. Believe it or not."
He took it and carefully read it. His stern face remained unchanged, and his dark eyes were as deep as a dark pool.
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