Chapter 5
Melody looked up at Joshua. He seemed to have rushed home as quickly as he could in the sheeting rain. His coat was soaked, but he didn’t seem to care. He just looked at Melody with a panicked expression on his face.
She just asked softly, “How did you know?”
“It was all over the internet and even made the headlines of trending news.”
Melody just wanted to explain when Joshua hugged her tightly. His shaky voice was laced with fear and uncertainty as he said, “Mel, what’s the meaning of this? Why did you sell those things off? Are you planning to leave me? Don’t you want me anymore?
“What have I done wrong? Please, don’t leave me. I’ll change, okay? I’ll change my ways…”
Joshua actually sounded like he was about to burst into tears. However, Melody just stared straight ahead of her, a look of self-mockery appearing in her eyes.
If Joshua was so afraid of her leaving him, then why did he even bother sleeping with other women behind her back?
Was it because he had full confidence in himself that he wouldn’t get caught? Or was it because he thought she was naïve and innocent to fool and would never catch on?
He was already driven to such a state of panic after somewhat realizing that she was planning to leave him. If that was the case, Melody couldn’t wait to see his reaction after finding out she would be “reduced” to nothing but a dead body on their wedding day.
She slowly pushed him away and said calmly, “It’s not what you think. I just don’t like them anymore, so I thought of selling them off instead of letting them rot away.
“Moreover, we’re already getting married soon. Why would I suddenly want to leave you? Have you done anything to betray me?”
At first, Joshua had felt at ease when he heard the front part of Melody’s explanation. However, when he heard the second half of what she had to say, he couldn’t help tensing up again.
He gripped her hand tightly and swore, “No, Mel. I swear that I never did anything to betray you or let you down. You know it, baby. You know how much I love you.”
Melody smiled faintly. “If you didn’t, then what are you so worried about? Alright, it’s getting late. I’m going to sleep.”
She then turned and left.
Joshua felt his heart thump anxiously in his chest. However, he kept telling himself that they would get married very soon, that Melody would be his wife, and that nothing would change. Absolutely nothing was going to change.
Still, because of the things that Melody did in succession to one another, Joshua felt unusually anxious and uneasy about it. He stayed with her the entire night until dawn.
His phone lit up just then, and as soon as he saw who sent him the text message, all traces of sleepiness in his eyes were gone.
He glanced at Melody sleeping peacefully next to him and pecked her gently before getting out of bed and leaving.
One second later, Melody also opened her eyes and glanced at her phone.
She’d just received a text message from the death-faking agency. They told her that they’d just located a body double in the hospital morgue that looked exactly like her.
They’d already ironed out all the details, so all that was left was just for her to take a look to see if there was anything else that needed to be improved.
Melody couldn’t deny that the body lying in the morgue looked very similar to her, whether in terms of facial features, body structure, or even height and weight.
If she weren’t alive herself, she would actually think that the corpse lying there was her own.
Joshua would probably never doubt that it was her.
As of now, she’d already gotten everything prepared. She just needed to wait for the time to arrive.
After discussing with the staff members, Melody returned to the hospital’s ground floor. Just as she passed by the gynecologist clinic, she happened to glance in. However, that glance was enough for her to stop short in her tracks, completely frozen in place.
Just a short distance away, Joshua was helping Angel, who had a tiny baby bump, out of the gynecologist’s office.
She saw Joshua treating Angel carefully and preciously as they walked out of the clinic. In fact, he looked very happy to be a father.
So, Angel was pregnant? And Joshua was the father?
They had a kid together?
…
Melody had no idea how she made it back to the villa.
It was dark inside, and the only source of light was the faint brightness of her phone screen. Just as the screen was about to dim, Angel’s text message notification lit it up again.
This time, she sent Melody a photo of her gynecology test report and a link to Angel’s live stream platform.
“I’m three months pregnant! The baby’s dad seems overjoyed. Oh, by the way, I will live stream with my baby daddy tonight to celebrate my pregnancy. You’re most welcome to join if you want to wish us well!”
Melody’s frozen fingers twitched for a split second. The coldness from her fingertips seeped right into her heart.
After tapping on the live stream link Angel sent her, Melody instinctively tapped on the screen record button in the top right corner.
A while later, Angel suddenly appeared onscreen in maternity clothing with a motherly smile. She then showed her fans her pregnancy test and told them how happy she was to be a mother.
The screen was filled with congratulatory words and well-wishing comments from her fans.
All of a sudden, a hand appeared right beside Angel. That hand looked extremely familiar to Melody.
