As Lucas walked outside the private room, he pulled out a lighter and lit his cigarette.

Amid the smoke, Melody's image appeared faintly before him. He chuckled at himself, wondering if Samuel's words had somehow played tricks on his mind.

After smoking half of his cigarette, he turned to get some fresh air by the window. However, he suddenly felt that something was off, so he turned back for another look.

With no smoke clouding his vision, he clearly got a glimpse of Melody.

The door of the adjacent private room was slightly ajar, and through the crack, he saw Melody raising a glass in a toast with an older man. They were standing very close, their actions seemingly affectionate from Lucas's perspective.

'Heh. So she's no different than the other gold-diggers, then. I've overestimated her,' thought Lucas.

He scoffed, narrowed his eyes, and pulled out his phone to call Melody.

glass, she excused herself and walked

"Where are you?"

William,

She did not want Lucas to know about the messy situation her family had got

having dinner with friends.

Really?" Lucas's gaze grew

a bit later,"

ended the call without saying anything further. He then crushed his cigarette before turning back to rejoin his friends in the private

time of the day. However, she did not have the luxury to wonder what that was all about; she needed to

make another toast, it seemed William was not going to let her leave easily. Thus, she forced herself to go along with his

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