The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1978

That night, Lucas went to the guest room after Cedric and Beatrice had gone to sleep. It was the best arrangement for him and Melody, after all.

The next morning, Melody woke up to a headline.

Stella had issued a public statement clarifying the rumors from the previous day. She stated that the man from yesterday was just a friend who dropped her off at the hotel and left. In fact, she was sharing her hotel room with her assistant.

With that, the scandal died down.

Although the paparazzi knew that exposing Lucas as the man in the picture would become big news that could break the platform, they did not dare to go against the Riveras.

It turned out that the news from yesterday was leaked by a few inexperienced paparazzi who did not know Lucas. Thus, they daringly spread the rumors and ended up being reprimanded by their bosses.

Aside from Stella's clarification, Melody noted that the previous news posts had disappeared.

"Come, Melody. Let's have a stroll together." After breakfast, Beatrice took Melody for a stroll in the garden. She took Melody's hand and kindly asked, "Melody, did you see the news from yesterday?"

The news was so everywhere that Beatrice must have known about it already.

Melody could not keep anything from Beatrice either, so she nodded and said honestly, "Yes, I saw it yesterday."

"No wonder I sensed something off between you and Lucas yesterday." Beatrice took her hand and walked forward. "I've taken care of it all. You won't have to deal with those false stories again."

As expected, Beatrice's intervention was the reason that it was handled so quickly.

"Okay, dearie!" Beatrice did not sense Melody's unease and went back to the house with her.

In the following days, Lucas did not return home. According to the family, there were some issues with a project at the company, and he needed to work overtime to address them.

After the incident that night, Melody found it awkward to have any one-on-one interactions with Lucas, so it was a relief that he had not been back lately.

Even after the job at Parr Group fell through, Melody insisted on trying to find another job.

While Lucas claimed she did not have to return the money as it was her bonus for 'working' as his wife, Melody intended to land a job so she could repay him.

She sent out numerous resumes, hoping for some responses. Regardless of the job, she just wanted something that could help her gain more experience and improve her skills.