Chapter 2162

'Lucas probably didn't mean what he said earlier! It's ridiculous. He might as well just give it to me straight if he didn't believe me! At least I wouldn't have held out hope… Why did he have to be so cruel? Why did he choose to stand firmly by another woman's side when I needed him the most?' thought Melody. She clenched her fists, desperately trying to control her emotions. "Don't bother with her. She'll naturally get punished if she's wrong. It's not worth it to shed tears for someone like her," said Lucas without even sparing Melody a glance. 'Someone like me?' Melody found the remark ironic. 'Why does he make it seem like I'm a stranger to him?' She recalled how Lucas had hugged her and comforted her last night, telling her that he believed her and that he would fix the problem for her. Yet, at that moment, he had changed his tune, making it seem like he had nothing to do with her. Melody let out a long breath before smiling self-deprecatingly at how naive she had been. She