Melody couldn’t accept those words before, and she still couldn’t now.
Instead, hearing something familiar instantly calmed her down. She sneered. “You keep talking about self- awareness. Then what about Ayla? Does she have any? She’s just a divorced secretary. What gives her the right to stand next to Draven? She has no family background, no status, and she’s not even as talented as me! Where does she get the nerve to cling to you guys?”
Herman frowned. Melody was four years older than Ayla, yet when it came to dealing with people, she was nowhere near Ayla’s level. Her childish thinking honestly left him speechless.
“Want to know why?” Herman said.
Melody lifted her chin, glaring at him. “Then say it!”
“I don’t know what Draven thinks.” Herman adjusted his silver frames glasses. “But I feel relaxed when I’m around Ayla.”
“She insulted me! And you’re still not helping me?”
“Ayla is also my friend. From what I know of her, she wouldn’t say something like that for no reason.” Ayla wasn’t someone who wasted time on pointless arguments.
“You–you-” Melody was so angry that she couldn’t even finish a sentence.
“That’s enough. Seeing that she refused to budge, Herman didn’t want to argu to leave.
“I want to get out!” Melody shouted.
Herman looked at her.
“I don’t want to sit in the same o car as you!”
The driver hesitated, stuck in an awkward spot.
Herman said coolly, Let her out.”
more. He told the driver
Melody slammed the door as she got out. Herman’s face grew colder as he told the driver to drive off right away.
Watching the car leave without even a word of concern made Melody even angrier. She stomped on the ground.
Whenever she was furious, she vented to her friends. Like usual, she dialed her best friend. “Fabiola…
She started ranting.
The driver still felt uneasy. “Mr. Howell, aren’t you going to step in?”
Herman glanced coldly at the rearview mirror.
That look made the driver’s heart jump, and he immediately shut up.
Herman’s face stayed blank. He’d corrected Melody again and again, and she’d never listened. What else could he do?
He wasn’t like Draven, who could be completely ruthless to Bria.
But if Herman interfered too much, Melody would just run home crying, and the elders would chew him. out. It wasn’t worth it.
Still, when it came to Draven, he was sure Melody wouldn’t dare make a scene at home.
Even so, someone still had to clean up the mess.
Still, Melody’s jealousy was extreme. Even if she’d seen them together once, Ayla and Draven hadn’t done anything intimate in public. Was that enough for her to get jealous and pick a fight?
Ayla wasn’t even the real issue.
The one Melody liked was Draven. What mattered was his attitude. Focusing on the women around him completely missed the point.
There were plenty of women near Draven. Was Melody going to go after every single one? That sounded exhausting.
Besides, Herman and Draven were close friends, and Draven had known Melody for years. If anything was ever going to happen, it would’ve happened long ago–not stayed one–sided.
That thought made Ayla’s heart sink.
She suddenly saw her past self in Melody.
The difference was that Draven kept his distance, while Troy had agreed to marry her and gave her hope.
Her chest tightened at the memory.
Ayla forced herself to stop thinking about it.
Luckily, Draven shifted her attention when he asked, “Is this going to cause you trouble?”
She focused on his question and answered honestly, “Yes. Being targeted for no reason is annoying. It’s a good thing we haven’t gone public. If we were, the drama would be worse. Melody would be even angrier.”

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