Chapter 353: Worried
"Any news on Melody’s ex. Did you find out his name at least?" Adam asked slowly, his voice low as he sat in Max’s office with his eyes closed. He hadn’t moved much in the last hour, legs stretched out and arms crossed.
He’d been staying here for the last few days, hiding under the guise of working overtime. The only real motive being not to work but to avoid that woman.
That woman who had the audacity to walk around in Melanie’s clothing. As if slipping into her dresses and lingerie could somehow place her in his line of sight. As if acting indifferent, pretending not to notice him watching, would somehow make him chase after her.
It didn’t. All it did was make him angrier. A slow, boiling fury that built up every time she passed by. And now, she was trying to force his hand by being ’invited’ by Mr and Mrs Thomas for dinner. He wanted to refuse. But right now, he needed to establish a quicker connection with the Thomas’ as well. Only then would he be able to find out about this woman sooner.
But, he vowed, the moment his Melanie returned, the very moment he had her back, he would cut off all these people. He refused to believe that Marianne Thomas had no inkling that the woman pretending to be Melanie was not Melody. How could she not realize that? However, the only way to confirm this was to go to this dinner.
Another thing that he planned to do was take Melanue shopping. A full overhaul. Every single item in her old wardrobe would need to be burned since it had been touched by that Melody... He’d even change the furniture and all that.
Just then, Max looked up from his screen and closed the laptop with a soft click.
"The investigator will be here in a few minutes. He called a while ago. Said he has something, maybe a name. What a mess. It has already been almost two weeks since all this..." He paused and then looked carefully at his friend, a thought that had been troubling him," Adam... What if Melanie is..."
Adam didn’t respond right away but he simply shook his head," There are no what if’s Max. I won’t allow them to be."
A small buzz cut through the silence that had both Adam and Max turn towards the phone on the table. The screen of Adam’s phone lit up briefly, then dimmed. Missed call.