Chapter 222

Olivia’s new place was not too far from the company, and the rental was incredibly cheap. The only downfall was that she had to cross that alley. She did not think it was a big problem; thus, she rented the place.

Olivia turned around after stopping at the staircase. “I’m here. Thank you.”

Edward stopped walking, “You’re welcome.”

“That…” Olivia scratchiedlier liead and revealed an embarrassed sinile. “They are still waiting, so I won’t ask you to go up with me. I’ll treat you to some tea another day.” Edward opened his mouth and muttered two words, “Not necessary.” “All right, goodbye.” Olivia did not know what to say to a reply like that, so she waved her hand. She noticed he was still standing there and not moving, so she went up the stairs. At the stairs landing, she stopped and looked down, but Edward was still standing there.

Olivia waved and said, “You go ahead.”

“Oh.” Although Edward said this, he remained rooted to the spot.

Olivia had no choice, so she did not say more. She hurried up the stairs and tiptoed into the house, worried about waking her mother. Next, Olivia went to her room and turned on the desk lamp. After some thought, she looked out of the window toward the ground floor, The tall and stout figure remained under the yellow street lamp. Edward even raised his liead. He turned around only after seeing the light in her room light up. Unliurried, lie headed for the alley. Olivia felt a warmth in her heart as she watched Edward’s back profile getting smaller with distance.

Frank turned so that he was lying supine, but his face was ashen, so he pulled his blanket over his head and felt relieved.

“Frank, Melanie called his name softly, adding, “I can’t come over in the next two days. We’ve almost completed our new product, and I can’t find excuses to leave the lab. Also, Nate won’t be as busy anymore. I’m afraid…”

“Why are you so afraid of him?” Frank got out of bed and looked sideways at Melanie. He did not put on any clothes, only a large towel around his lips, revealing his skinny waist.

Even without looking, Melanie knew he had lost more weight. They were intimate every few days, so she was very familiar with his body; thus, slie knew how skinny he was now.

Other than boredom, Frank was anxious and worried.lle used to be a lethal force, but it seemned like Melanie would not be able to rely on liim for much longer.

“It’s not that I’m afraid of him. I just don’t want to rock the boat.” Lifting the blanket and silting up, Melanie saw Frank walk to the couch and sit down. He took out that thing again and laid it on the table.

“You and I are aware that everybody has their needs. Since that’s the case, I won’t hold you back.

Since I’ve tried my best to fulfill your needs, you should not deny me what I want, don’t you think?”

“You want to marry him?” Frank laughed mockingly. In his eyes, Melanie was not a woman who would settle down.

“For now, there is no better option than him,” she said frankly. “In the same way that to you, I am nothing more than the best option of the moment. Am I right?”

Frank turned to look at Melanie and laughed but did not comment. He lowered his head, rolled some paper, and held it up to his nose, Then le leaned closer, feeling nausea, Melanie looked away because she did not want to see him doing that – instead, she got out of bed and went to the waslıroom. After being stunned for a moment, she quickly reacted and lowered hier lead.

Between her legs and the floor was a little drop of scary red!