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"What do you mean?" Melanie asked, her face filled with suspicion.Shane smiled mischievously and gestured outside with his chin. "Without my signature, nothing can proceed."Melanie bit her lip, pondering for a moment before responding. "You better not be playing tricks on me. If you deceive me, I swear I won’t let you go, even if I have to haunt you.""I’m not heartless. With so many lives at stake, how could I turn a blind eye?" Shane stood up, stretching his stiff body, and said, "The rescue team should be arriving soon."Just as he finished speaking, the sound of machinery rumbled from outside. Excavators and various rescue machines began to make their way onto the construction site.Melanie stared at the scene outside, her mouth agape. It took her a while to regain her composure. "Shane, are you messing with me?"He had already coordinated with the rescue team, yet he still put on this show. Was he treating her like a fool?"Melanie, you’re just as dense as ever." With a f

Melanie's table manners were far from refined, but to Shane, they seemed endearing. When he realized his thoughts, he was genuinely startled. Studying Melanie closely, she was far from a stunning beauty. At best, she was a modestly pretty girl with a temper to match a mule. The fact that he found her agreeable made him wonder if he had lost his mind.Shane continued eating, occasionally hissing as the spicy food stung his tongue. His face and body were covered in bruises, giving him a somewhat disheveled appearance.Melanie ignored Shane, thinking of him as a lunatic. She focused on eating quickly, though she had no real appetite. She forced herself to eat to keep from collapsing.After finishing a bowl of soup, she put down her spoon.Shane frowned at her as if looking at a strange creature. "How can you eat so much?"Melanie's appetite almost matched his own, which baffled him. The women around him usually feared gaining weight from even a sip of juice and were extremely picky

'How could an ordinary girl be worthy of Shane? No, I absolutely disagreed!'"Move aside." Patricia pushed Shane away and stood in front of Melanie, expecting her to be terrified and plead for mercy.Unexpectedly, Melanie met her gaze steadily, exuding an air of righteous defiance. "Mrs. Bancroft, instead of arguing with me, you should be thinking of ways to save them. Wasting time is wasting a life."Melanie had nearly called her an executioner. Patricia detected the underlying accusation in her words, driving her to the edge."What exactly is your relationship with my son?" Patricia demanded harshly."Him?" Melanie glanced disdainfully at Shane and replied unhurriedly, "An enemy."Patricia's eyes widened. "What?!"She turned to Shane and asked, "This girl—does she have anything to do with you?"To Shane’s surprise, he felt a strange satisfaction when Melanie called him her enemy. No one had ever dared speak to Patricia in such a way before. Melanie truly was fearless."Her?"

A moment ago, Melanie had confidently asserted that she wouldn't fall asleep, yet there she was, deeply slumbering.Shane reached out his hand, intending to wake Melanie, but froze mid-air.Melanie was not sleeping soundly. Her sleep was restless, her fists clenched tightly, her expression contorted in pain as if haunted by a nightmare."Dad, don’t leave me… Please…" Melanie whimpered softly, her pitiful state tugging at his heartstrings.Shane's outstretched hand hung in the air, immobile. For reasons he couldn’t comprehend, seeing her like this filled him with a strange sorrow.An absurd thought surfaced in his mind, a fleeting notion that he immediately quashed. 'I like Melanie? Impossible!'He chuckled at himself, incredulous. What kind of woman hadn’t he seen? And yet, he was considering someone like Melanie? Had he lost his mind?To prove himself wrong, he let his hovering hand drop heavily onto Melanie's shoulder. "Hey, wake up."Melanie, already a light sleeper, jolted

As they conversed, a shrill voice suddenly pierced the air. "Melanie! How dare you cause a scene here? Are you trying to embarrass us even more? Come home with me this instant!"Melanie turned around, her expression shifting from surprise to a deep, visible irritation. Her brows furrowed as she faced her spiteful stepmother, the last person she expected to see here."What are you doing here?" Melanie asked, her tone cold and indifferent.With one hand on her hip and the other jabbing an accusatory finger at Melanie’s face, Rebecca snapped, "What else can you do besides cause trouble? Do you even realize where you are? How dare you create such a scene here?"After her tirade, Rebecca’s face abruptly morphed into an obsequious smile as she turned to Shane. "My apologies, Mr. Bancroft. I’ll take her away immediately. I promise she won’t trouble you any further."Rebecca reached out to grab Melanie’s wrist, but Melanie dodged, glaring at her. "What do you mean by this, Ms. Gibbon?"A