Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 1781

Melanie had not enjoyed such a restful sleep for such a long, long time. She hit the sack early and woke up only after the morning broke.

By the time she was up, Alejandro had already gone to his office. Melissa had woken up, too, all dressed up tidily before fashioning her hair into a two twirly pigtails. The good little girl was playing by herself in the living room.

The nanny told her that Alejandro had been accompanying Melissa in the nursery room for the entire night and, as a result, the little girl had not thrown a crying fit. Then, it was Alejandro who dressed Melissa up and tied her hair; he stayed long enough to keep his daughter company for breakfast.

He had not woken Melanie up because he saw her sleeping too soundly.

Melanie’s mind could not help but veer off into imagining him—wearing a Very Serious Face, to boot—tying Melissa’s hair. Oh… What a horrifyingly jarring scene!

Melanie had a simple breakfast before departing to the West family residence with Melissa in tow. She had been planning to visit Tiffany for a while, but there had been things keeping her. Now that both the mother and her daughter had been discharged, Melanie thought any delay in visiting them would reflect badly on her character. Even now, every time her mind wandered off to that day, disconcertion would pool in her stomach.

Melanie had expected a censure from Summer if she showed up in the residence, but she decided to brace through it. For her trip, she bought quite a lot of gifts.

Unexpectedly, Summer greeted her with one of the warmest welcomes, with quite an extolling praise for Melissa’s beauty at its tail. The way she welcomed her bode no resentment.

Melanie’s mind was rocking once more. “Uh, let’s just skip this topic. I really want to think this through—I’ve ruminated on this decision for so long that I’ve forged enough resolve for it, you know? I can’t just falter because of some stuff he says. Anyway, how’s your daughter? She’s fine… is she? I was only relieved when she was discharged. I’m glad she’s fine—otherwise, this guilt’s gonna haunt me for the rest of my life.”

Tiffany willed a smile to crack out of her lips. “Oh, of course. She’s... super.”

She did not mention the possible dent in her daughter’s cognition, of course. The last thing she wanted was to make Melanie be hounded by guilt stemmed from something she did not commit.

Lil’ P, meanwhile, had just returned from a romp outside. The first thing that caught his eyes was Melissa nestling in her mother’s arms. Next to the just-returned-home, unpleasing, ugly little thing they told him was her little sister, Melissa was a lot easier on his eyes. In fact, he stepped forward and tugged on Melissa’s hand without any sign of reservation or decorum, announcing, “Come, I’ll show you what to play!”