Chapter 321: No No.
Her fingers trembled as she scrawled in hurried, slanted letters: "I am not Melody. My name is Melanie."
She held the notepad out with both hands, her breath uneven. The man- Cadence, read the message, his brows pulling into a deep frown. In the next second, he tossed the pad aside and sat down beside her.
"Now’s not the time for jokes, Mel," he said sharply. "Who even is Melanie?"
Then, he leaned forward, his hand moving to cup her face as he said," Mel, baby. I know we parted on bad terms. But I still love you..."
Melanie shook her head slowly moving it away from his hand, eyes flicking toward the discarded notepad as she tried to get the person to understand. She tried to speak again, but only a dry rasp came out. Her throat burned and she knew she would not be able to say much so she pushed forward, reaching slightly toward the edge of the bed, hoping to get the pad back. But the moment she moved, his hand shot out and grabbed her wrist.
She jerked in surprise and tried to pull away only for him to snap at her, "Mel! Stop it. You’re supposed to be resting. Even if you’re pretending not to be Melody, that doesn’t change the fact that your body needs to heal. Stop trying to pick up an argument.
Melanie continued to struggle, trying to twist her hand free even as his grip tightened painfully. Frustration bubbled inside her when the man refused to let go. In a final attempt to knock some sense into him, she raised her free hand and slapped him across the face-hard.
The crack of skin on skin echoed through the room as his head snapped to the side.
For a moment, silence hung in the air as she felt a murderous surround him. For a moment, Melanie felt intense fead. But in the next moment, her focus was on her painfullt throbbing hand. Because the motion of slapping him, had tugged at the IV needle embedded in her hand, and in the next second, it slipped out completely.
A gasp tore from her throat as pain shot through her hand and up her arm. Blood immediately began to trickle from the open vein. Her breath caught in her chest as she looked down at the dark red spreading across her skin.