"Now you know how I feel. A little bitter, wouldn’t you say?"
Melanie burst out laughing, amused by Preston.
It was the first time she had ever seen someone act out their jealousy so literally.
"Alright, alright, I get how sour you are."
Melanie took a sip of her lychee soda to cut the sourness, then continued, "Don't worry, I'm not going to see Bryant. At least not tonight."
"But after tonight, you'll still go see him, right?" Preston asked calmly.
"Yes," Melanie answered decisively.
"You were pretty much right before. What Bryant wants to talk about is related to the cruise ship. He said… Elina has something very important to tell me in person…"
As Melanie spoke, her expression gradually turned serious.
Preston knew Elina was Bryant's daughter.
The cruise trip that day was to celebrate her birthday.
So Elina had something to tell Melanie…
Preston became thoughtful.
Could something have happened to Elina on the ship?
"When did you and Bryant arrange to meet?"
"Why? Are you going to follow me?" Melanie asked, half-joking.
"That's not a bad suggestion," Preston affirmed with complete seriousness.
Melanie laughed out loud a few times.
"He asked to meet tomorrow evening. Said he'd treat me to a nice dinner."
"Tomorrow evening…"
Preston mulled over the timing in his mind.
"Do you know… what tomorrow's date is?"
"Hmm?" Melanie looked at Preston, confused, and shook her head.
"No."
"Then do you know… what day tomorrow is?"
"I don't know that either," Melanie said honestly, then asked him back, "What day is it tomorrow?"
After a painful forty-minute wait, Dominic finally received a call from his assistant, informing him that Melanie had been in her office working for a while.
*Knock, knock!*
"Come in," Melanie said without looking up from her work.
"Honey…"
Melanie flinched.
She immediately looked up to see Dominic's face obscured by a large bouquet of vibrant red roses.
"Happy Valentine's Day, honey."
Dominic presented the flowers to Melanie.
Although Dominic's use of "honey" made her skin crawl, Melanie still had to keep up appearances for now.
After all, she and Dominic were currently the internet's most celebrated couple, the epitome of "pure love" and "true love."
Just as Melanie was about to accept the flowers, Dominic suddenly moved them away.
"Not like that…"

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