Chapter 271

Jeremy didn't care about Melody's matters. All he wanted was to be left out of it. Not long after Tiffany and Melody talked about him, he arrived home. She heard sounds from the entrance and immediately ended her call with Tiffany. Melody watched quietly as he walked into the apartment. He gave her something in his hand and said, "I passed by the pastry shop on my way home." It was Melody's favorite pastry shop. Although Jeremy had brought home a chocolate cake for her and she took it from him, she felt no joy. Ever since what happened with Dennis, he had almost always brought something for her each time he came home. Sometimes, it was cake, whereas other times it was fruit. Melody knew very well that he was just pacifying her. He harbored the hope that she would someday tell him with a smile that she no longer held Dennis responsible. Jeremy's eyebrows furrowed ever so slightly when he saw the lack of changes in her expression. Silence draped over the room they were in. Event