Melody recoiled in fear and took two steps back. She then hastily reached forward and grabbed Lucas' hand in a desperate attempt to halt further violence.

"What are you doing, Lucas?! Stop it-" Melody pleaded as Nathan got back to his feet and struggled to contain his rising temper.

Melody knew that Lucas was strong enough that Nathan stood no chance against him in a physical confrontation. To avert escalating tensions, Melody disregarded her safety and positioned herself in front of Nation. Lucas ceased his aggression after being hugged tightly by Melody.

"This is a misunderstanding, Lucas! Calm down and hear me out!" Melody then turned and said to Nathan, "Hurry up and leave! I'll—"

Before she could finish her sentence, Lucas dragged her away by force.

a clamp. His grip was so powerful that she hissed

stumbled as he dragged her away and

air of frigidity. Many of the crew members were intimidated by him, and they were afraid to look up at him as they feared he

to remove her hand from Lucas' unyielding grasp. She stood opposite him and rubbed her reddened wrists as she stared defiantly at

to ask me that? Why don't you reflect on what action before asking me that?" Lucas retorted angrily. He was still seething

do it at home! Please don't go berserk here at my workplace!" She massaged her sore wrist and walked past Lucas to leave. Lucas placed one hand on the door to stop her and pinched Melody's chin with his other hand. "Is it that hard for you to

in the heat of the moment, but she found herself struggling to hold back her emotions. "Duh! You attacked him out of nowhere! Are you going to stop me from

desire to leave him and attend to Nathan. Angered by

Melody pushed him away. "Ngh! What are

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