Melody assumed that Lucas was about to put on another act in front of his relatives. However, every word and action of Lucas made her feel extremely frustrated, to the point that she could not even drink her tea.
"Thanks for your concern, Lucas, but I'm not in a hurry..." responded Sherman awkwardly.
"I'm just giving you a friendly reminder. Besides work, you should focus your attention on meaningful relationships so as not to worry your parents," Lucas added.
Lucas silently looked at the glass in his hand, his profile resembling a carefully sculpted statue—dangerous and secretive.
Sherman detected a hint of warning in his words, and his expression stiffened.
Meanwhile, Stella was on the verge of exploding. How could someone like Melody, who was as silent as a mute, be worthy of being Lucas' wife? What could she do when she could not even handle the most basic social interactions?
Stella felt that if she were Lucas' wife, she would handle his relatives much more efficiently unlike the useless Melody.
The room was eerily quiet before the food arrived, like a state of deathly stillness. The four people at the table each were lost in their own thoughts.
Finally, the waiter came over to serve the food, breaking the silence.
"Hello! Your first dish is raw fish. Here are the Japanese horseradish and soy sauce. Please do pair the fish with those two as it enhances the taste of it."
Melody looked at the plates of raw seafood and immediately lost her appetite. The only raw food she could tolerate was the occasional small piece of sushi. She could not eat it just like that.
Unexpectedly, the restaurant had a rule of serving raw dishes first before cooked ones; the freshwater eel rice she ordered would be served much later.
Stella enthusiastically placed the raw sea urchin in front of Lucas.
She then explained to Melody with a smile, "Lucas had fallen in love with the sea urchin here ever since we had it in this restaurant for the first time. The quality of the sea urchins here is amazing, and they come with a special secret sauce. Give it a try. It's one of this restaurant's signature dishes."
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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...