Chapter 2
Melody got back into the car to go home. As soon as she unlocked her phone, Angel’s message immediately jumped out at her.
It was a screenshot of Angel’s conversation with someone.
The screenshot showed a photo of Angel wearing a black, lacey bunny costume while sitting on the ground in a very provocative pose. She was staring at the camera with a glazed, innocent look.
Her text read, “Master, if you can come over in 20 minutes, this bunny is all yours to savor.”
Right underneath her provocative text, the message bubble from Joshua’s profile photo said, “Wait for me.”
Melody let her phone screen dim out as she closed her eyes, trying her best to suppress the prickly feeling in her heart.
She thought that she’d be desensitized by now, after seeing countless similar photos, but she wasn’t. The pain still surged through her, radiating from her heart and settling deep in her bones.
In the end, she locked her phone and put it away.
Late that night, Melody fell asleep in her bed, curled up, with her eyes red and bloodshot. Meanwhile, her phone buzzed every hour until the next morning.
It wasn’t until Melody woke up that she realized Angel had been sending her photo messages every hour on the hour, and the photo messages were none other than of the numerous used condoms they’d used last night.
“He fucked me all night in all sorts of positions. I couldn’t even get up this morning. Has he ever done such things with you?”
Melody didn’t reply. However, she couldn’t stop scrolling through the photos dozens of times.
When Joshua came home, he saw Melody lying in bed with red, teary eyes. She was gripping her phone so tightly that her knuckles had turned white.
Joshua felt his heart leap into his throat. He hurried over to her and held her in his arms, asking anxiously, “Mel, why are you crying?”
Was she crying?
Melody snapped back to the present and looked at him. Then, she touched her face. It was only then that she realized she’d been crying so hard that her entire face was wet with tears.
A long while later, she chuckled lightly. However, her laughter wasn’t enough to mask the sadness in her eyes.
“It’s nothing. I just saw a bunch of really touching photos.”
Joshua caressed her cheek and asked gently, “What kind of photos would make you cry such sad tears, Mel? You’re making me worried to death.”
Melody was just about to answer when the butler, Gaston Baxter, knocked on the open door and said respectfully, “Mr. Gretchen, the car has already been prepared for you.”
Joshua hummed in response and turned to Melody in his arms. “Mel, I’m sorry for leaving you behind in the wedding boutique yesterday. I’ll make it up to you by taking you to an auction. I’ll buy you anything you want, okay?”
Melody didn’t answer, so he took that as a silent yes. He then carried her out of the room and selected an outfit for her, including her shoes and accessories.
At the auction, Joshua basically bought all the jewelry during the first half of the auction to try to make Melody happy, even though she didn’t seem to show any interest in them.
During the break, a few men walked over from the back of the room. They were some of Joshua’s good friends.
“Aha! I was just wondering who you were, buying up literally everything during the first half of the action! It was you all along, Josh!”
“And to think that I was thinking of buying something for my grandmother for her birthday. I couldn’t even get my hands on a single item!”
“We should have known. He’s a sucker for his wife, after all. Hey, Josh, give us a chance to grab something in the next round! I’ve been planning to get something later!”
The guys kept teasing Joshua and joking around with him. However, Joshua barely spared them a glance before turning back his attention to Melody, peeling clementines for her.
“Nobody is getting anything for the second round either. Everything today belongs to Melody, and Melody only!”
The men just groaned loudly in defeat and held a hand to their chests dramatically. Still, they knew that they were no match for Joshua.
The corners of Joshua’s lips tugged upward slightly. However, he proceeded to ignore them and continued peeling the clementines for Melody, trying to cheer her up.
However, Melody just shook her head calmly and said, “I don’t want them. You can eat them yourself.”
Soon, the auction resumed for the second round of items. Just as it was about to start, the doors suddenly burst open, and a lady in a short red dress strutted into the room.
Melody immediately felt Joshua stiffening beside her.
She looked up and caught sight of Angel’s face at once.
