The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 2193

"Me? Out of my mind? Did you have to react so dramatically to me? Why didn't you react that way with that other guy?" Lucas narrowed his eyes threateningly.

"What did you think Nathan and I were doing in my lounge?" Melody gestured to herself with a perplexed expression. Lucas offered no response, yet his silence spoke volumes.

"What do you take me for, Lucas? Just because you don't respect me doesn't mean you can assume that others won't either!" Irritated, she took two steps back and distanced herself from him.

The lounge door was wide open when he entered. If she had harbored ulterior motives, she would have been an idiot to leave the door open like that. They had merely signed a contract, and he had no right to attack another man as if he was her boyfriend—which he clearly was not.

"What does this have to do with respect? Do you think it's appropriate for you to be so close to that man?" Lucas asked coldly.

His arrogant, condescending gaze only fueled Melody's anger. "That has nothing to do with you at all! I'm working! Need I remind you that there was never a condition in the contract that allows us to interfere in another person's private life?" Melody retorted angrily. Lucas had hurt her many times, and she wanted to make everything very clear.

"What do you mean? Do you want to renegotiate the contract?" Lucas sneered, but his pained expression contradicted the sneer.

"I'm only reiterating the terms. You set those conditions yourself, didn't you? Weren't you concerned that I might develop feelings and use them against you when you inserted that clause in the contract?"

"That's not a valid reason for you to string other men along!" Lucas held Melody's shoulders and tried to figure out what was going on in her mind. "I've already given you enough time. Haven't you realized anything yet?"

Melody shook her head and declared angrily, "I have! I've got it all figured out a long time ago! I want nothing to do with you, and I won't have anything to do with you!"

"Why?" Lucas' eyes widened in disbelief. "But you're clearly…"