Chapter 155: Considering
"That reveal was so hot."
Melanie rolled her eyes at Laela’s dramatic declaration but continued munching on her food.
Laela, completely unfazed, pressed on with a dreamy sigh, "I mean, seriously—if you were my wife, I would’ve thrown my heart at your feet! They had so many incriminating pictures and then to add to that the accusation, etc. Anyone would have been suspicious or at least wary! But not you! You did not jusrt believe in him, you went and even saved his reputation for him. You were like a knightess in shining armor... No, scratch that. A goddess in shimmering battle gear who descended from the heavens to save him from absolute ruin. He’d have to be made of stone to not feel moved!"
Melanie rolled her eyes, picked up a fry and stuffed it into her friend’s mouth and said "Laela,are you giving yourself competition in flattering me now? Come off it. It’s like you’ve become the president of my fanclub."
"Oh, please! This isn’t flattery—it’s just facts! Think about it. There’s a reason why all those classic tropes exist—girls falling for their saviors and whatnot. It’s because it makes our hearts go all fluttery and weak-kneed! And don’t even try to tell me Hotness Overload Adam wasn’t affected. Whatever you did must’ve sent shockwaves through his very soul. I swear, I wish I’d been there to witness it in high definition, slow motion and all!"
Melanie shrugged nonchalantly, a sly glint in her eyes. "I don’t know about his heart fluttering... but something else was definitely doing some fluttering."
Laela paused mid-bite and slowly turned to stare at her, eyes narrowed with suspicion and intrigue. She picked up a lone French fry and wagged it threateningly at Melanie’s face.
"Miss Melanie," she said, voice low and dramatic, "the cameras—all the cameras—clearly caught you leaving the venue with Mr. Adam Hotness Incarnate. So tell me... did he perhaps repay you the old-fashioned way? You know, like in those ancient scrolls of seduction, where a man repays a woman’s heroic deeds with his body? Are you no longer virgin Melanie?"
Melanie shook her head and answered,"I am still that but..." Her cheeks heated as she told Laela about what they’d done and how he’d made her come... before they had been interrupted.
Laela had no idea how to close her mouth. She was in shock as she stared at her friend and hissed," Holy sh**! Melanie Collins! Instead of jumping his bones, you actually hid in your room? What is wrong with you?"
Melanie threw her hands up, looking somewhere between exasperated and embarrassed. She did not tell that she had even considered hiding there for a few days instead of just a few hours. "What was I supposed to do, huh? Just throw myself at him like some oversexed, on the shelf, desperate heroine in an old romance novel?"