The Day I Kissed An Older Man

"It's quite a long distance from here to the hospital, so it'll take some time for the ambulance to arrive. Lucas, why not have Sherman take Melody back? Do you want to see me pass out from the pain? Lucas..."

Lucas' frown deepened.

"Lucas, Miss Stella looks like she's really in a lot of pain. You should take her to the hospital. Don't worry, I'll make sure Melody gets safely back to her set," advised Sherman.

Stella pretended to plead, "Ah... Melody, I beg you. Considering how much pain I'm in, please let Lucas give me a ride this time. Aren't we friends? You can't just stand by and do nothing..." Seeing her curled up like a shrimp, Melody-fearing that something might really happen-nodded to indicate that she had no objection.

Lucas then said, "Let Edm-"

"I'm going with Sherman," said Melody.

Even though Lucas' expression did not change much, Melody could still sense his annoyance when he swept his cold, stern gaze quickly across her face.

'Is he irritated that I've chosen Sherman?' she wondered.

why he was angry. Did she make a mistake in

decision for him? After all, in the end, he'd choose Stella anyway,' thought

emotions in Lucas' eyes, Melody grabbed her bag and

need to get back to the

darkened considerably, and Stella could not help but avoid

onto Lucas' sleeve with one hand while the other continued to cover her abdomen. She

minutes, Edmund arrived, looking a bit harried with

leave Stella to you," said

nodded. "Yes, I'll make sure to take

"Melody? Melody?"

Melody suddenly snapped back to reality, meeting

you didn't hear me. What were you thinking