Chapter 16
The next moming, rays of sunlight poured through the gaps between the curtatus and Into the bedroom. Melanie slowly opened her eyes to see Tristan’s silhouette. as he stood by the bed. At the moment, he was fastening his buttons with his fingers.
When Melanie’s gaze landed on Tristan, she was reminded of something, which prompted her to sit upright. “Thought you some clothes.”
Tristan lured around to look at her in confusion
Melanie opened the closet before digging out a black shirt. Then, she passed it to Tristan.
“Can you wear this? He used to love wearing black shirts,”
Although Melanie didn’t point out who he was, both of the knew that “he” referred to Lon
Tristan accepted the shirt, though his hand froze momentarily in mid–alt. Mixed feelings flickered in his eyes.
Guilt quickly crept up on Melanie. She said in a low tone, “I’m sorry. It’s fine if you don’t want to do that. Did Wendy fall to explain everything to you clearly? The Truth is, I sought you out because you look just like my…
Tristan Jell silent for a moment. He then replied quietly, “I know”
That caught Melanie off guard. She stared at him incredulously before repeating, “You do?”
Tristan nodded in response. “I know you sought me out because I look exactly like him. Well, I’ll only wear black shims from now on. That way, you’ll pay more attention to me, won’t you, Mel?”
Melanie was stunned for a moment, but she couldn’t help chucking after that. She reached out to caress Tristan’s face as she said dotingly, “Didn’t you claim that your project was amazing and that you didn’t need money yesterday? Are you scared that I might abandon you?”
Tristan pazed back at her seriously. “Yeah, I’m quite scared of that.”
Once again, Melanie couldn’t resist giggling. She had no idea how Tristan managed to say such things with a straight face. Still, she felt very warm and loved. She said softly, “As long as you retain your looks, I won’t abandon you. Ever.”
Tristan’s lips curled into a small smile. “So, does that mean we can spend the rest of our lives together?”
Melanie nudded, seemingly determined. “Of course. ”
Heranwet made Tristan’s simile widen even more. He replied softly, “Alright, let’s stay together for the rest of our lives.”
After both of them got out of bed, Melarde finally remembered that the household staff had already taken the day off, No one was in charge of breakfast.
She was about to order takeout for the both of them when Tristan walked into the kichen. “It’s fine, Mel Takeout food is unhygiene anyway, I know how to cook” Suffice to say, Melanie was quite surprised to hear Tristan’s words. She followed him into the kitchen, where she watched him beating eggs, chopping vegetables, aad trying bacon strips sidilfully. The way he prepped and cooked looked so easy, as though he’d done this countless times in the past.
some time later, a delectable breakfast was laid out on the dining table. The eggs were crispy, and the bacon smelled great. There were even two slices of toast, which were charred just right.
Melanie took a bite out of her breakfast Star couldn’t resist complimenting Tristan, “I didn’t kajow you could cool”
Tristan merely smiled in retur. “I picked that skill up when i took care of my grander in the past.”
A swann of unknown feelings sorged into Melante’s heart at that moment. Herfrant Hirobbed in palu for Tristanl
“You don’t have to do that the future. Now that you’re with me, the quality of your life will improve by leaps and bounds.”
Tristan bowed hus lead, a sole already plastered onlds face. “Yeal My life will improve a lot, that’s for sure ”
Alter breakfast, Tristan use to las feet. “I’d like to visit Grandina, Mel. I’ll only be away for a few hours. If you have anything urgent going on, you can text me Melanie quickly replied, “I haven’s left the villa for a long line. Let me tag along with you.”
Tar couple soon walked out of the residential area. The rays of sunlight cascading down on thom made them feel want, egg as it was a spring noming Melanie raised her head to look at the sky. For once, she felt light and relaxed.
At that moineni, Tristan suddenly slowed down to a halt. It gently swept a hand over Melanie’s eyelashes betore polating out, “There’s a small petal hanginNE
He was very gentle, as though t as scared of hurting Melanie. When his fingertips brushed over her ladies, she could feel the coolness that came with them. Melanie talsed her lead to look at him, alini of a simile inbergYCH,
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