Lucas pointed at Stella's cheek but made no attempts to wipe it for her.
Stella reluctantly allowed him to stay in the room while she excused herself to the bathroom.
"Wait here. I'll make some coffee for us once I'm done!" Stella announced as she headed to the kitchen.
Lucas nodded and bided his time until Stella left the room. He began searching as soon as he was done. Time was of the essence, and he had earlier deduced that the closet seemed to be the most likely place for Stella to hide the evidence.
Stella had gone off to check her makeup and see if there were any black marks present. She looked at the makeup on her cheek and thought that perhaps Lucas misunderstood the markings as some dust. Determined to make Lucas hers for the night, she took out her cosmetics and reapplied them.
Aside from the closet, he realized that Stella had a whole room dedicated to her wardrobe. Tucked away in a corner among all the branded luxury clothes that she had were the clothes Melody had worn. Stella probably did not pay attention to putting them away because she was in a rush.
Stella, still oblivious to Lucas' intention, leisurely picked the most expensive packet of coffee beans. In her opinion, only the finest roast was worthy of Lucas' palate. They would soon spend their first night together, so everything had to be perfect.
"Lucas? Where are you? Come out quick! Don't play hide and seek with me," Stella called out as she searched the restroom and her wardrobe for Lucas. He seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
"Lucas? Lucas!" Frustrated, she finished her coffee in one gulp. She did not like the way he left all of a sudden and felt that she had been strung along. All she could think of was that he must have left because of something urgent.
Stella's attempts to reach Lucas' phone went unanswered, as he had already driven home with Melody's clothes on the passenger seat. His eagerness to go home was finally apparent in his expression. He had not disclosed his plan to Melody earlier because he feared that she might get sad if things would not go as planned.
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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...