Chapter 28

Fee replied: [Alone, with a heavy heart, as sleep eludes me on this endless night.]

Melody sent a photo of a man. [Caterpie, Fee, what's your take on this guy who's been chasing after me?] Melody had no shortage of admirers, but she had not been in a relationship for years. She often lamented, "I'm probably ruined by all those novels and comics, forever dreaming of a young, striking, and powerful CEO falling madly in love with me. No man in real life ever seems to measure up."

Abigail scrutinized the photo. The man sported thick black-rimmed glasses, appearing like the typical, honest nerd – a far cry from Melody's type. Abigail knew Melody's ideal man would resemble someone like Xander, who seemed as if he had leaped straight out of a comic book. Even though Xander also wore glasses, his silver-rimmed pair did not make him look nerdy; instead, they added an air of a polished and restrained god from a novel.

Abigail could not fathom why she was suddenly comparing Xander to someone e