With no strength in her legs and her body limp, Lucas found it easy to scoop Melody up. Normally, she would be reluctant to be seen like that in front of colleagues, but she was in no physical or mental state to refuse.
Especially after her embarrassing display of nonsense in front of all the actors earlier, she felt even more ashamed, wishing she could bury her face in Lucas' chest.
Lucas showed no signs of strain as he carried the 40-kilogram Melody out of the room. Each step he took was steady as if afraid of tipping over the woman in his arms.
His embrace was warm, and Melody unconsciously drifted off to sleep. When she woke up again, she found herself in the car, with Lucas already seated.
She mumbled his name sleepily, and he turned on the overhead light, asking, "Do you want some water?"
As Melody nodded, he brought the water to her lips.
"Where are we now? Wasn't I at the celebration party just now?"
Melody's eyes darted around, and Lucas could tell she was pretending to forget the embarrassing scene earlier. Instead of exposing her, he simply said, "We're still in the parking lot. I didn't drive when I saw you fall asleep. I thought you wouldn't sleep for long, and sure enough, you woke up. Since you're awake now, how about we go back to the celebration party? They probably haven't left yet. Don't you want to join them for some more drinks?"
Melody's head shook vigorously like a tambourine. "I don't want to drink anymore. I was wrong, Lucas. I shouldn't have drank more than one glass. But I never thought my tolerance would be so low. Don't you remember? Last time, when we drank that bottle of wine we brought back from Molomia, I had three full glasses and didn't get drunk. What happened today? It must be because you weren't with me, so I got drunk."
"Don't worry. The only reason I drank so much tonight was because Shaun and the others were present, and I had Paige by my side. I also knew you'd pick me up, so I thought it'd be okay to have two drinks. I won't do it again."
After a few roadshows, Melody had a good guess of how 'War Song' would do at the box office. It was sure to be good and would justify Shaun's five years of hard work.
To everyone's surprise, it exceeded all expectations by exploding in popularity.
Not only did it become the dark horse of the summer box office, but it also received both critical acclaim and high ticket sales. Many audiences, drawn in by Melody and Nathan's looks, were moved to tears by the film. It even boosted the economy of the fishing village where it was filmed. This outstanding performance was enough to put the minds of the film's creators at ease.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...