Melissa nodded and agreed. After opening the lid of the lunch box, the two lowered their heads and began to eat dinner.
The area around the balcony is quiet.
Except for the occasional glance at each other, all they could hear was the clash of plates and spoons.
Leonard seemed speechless, and after a few mouthfuls of fried rice, he put down his spoon and stared at Mellisa for a moment.
After about ten minutes, Mellisa said with a faint expression on her face. "Just say it."
Leonard's brows were involuntarily provoked, and he took out a cigarette from the case and fiddled with it on his fingertips.
The man then said in a low tone. "Why did you come to Bandung?"
Mellisa said frankly, "I heard that you weren't doing well, so I wanted to come and check on you!"
"Is that true?" Leonard is surprised. "Why didn't you come a few months earlier?"
Mellisa narrowed her eyes casually when she heard this. "Are you complaining that I'm late?"
Leonard pinched his cigarette. He shook his head slightly, and said in surprise, "The report Martin gave you was prearranged."
As the words fell, he looked at Mellisa's stunned face and smiled bitterly. "To fool you into going to Bandung, I can only do this."
Mellisa didn't speak for a while. She thought through all the processes before she came to Bandung in her mind.
No wonder she was able to enter the Adler family's house so smoothly, even the fake identity she created was completely unquestioned.
Thinking of this, Mellisa's cold brows seemed to smile but were not actually smiling. "Why don't you keep hiding it? If you don't say it, maybe I'll never know."
Leonard and Martin colluded, and if it wasn't Leonard's confession, Mellisa would never find out about it.
At this moment, Leonard looked at Mellisa's cheeks, pursed his lips, and said in an indistinct tone, "I want you to understand my intentions. Even though I lied to you, no matter what happens, everything I have done is always for you!"
Melissa nodded suddenly. "And?"
"You're not angry?" Leonard looked at Mellisa's nonchalant brows, feeling a little unreal.
According to her usual temperament, knowing that he had lured her this way, she would probably hit him without any hesitation.
Before telling the truth, Leonard was ready to be beaten.
Mellisa saw his surprised expression, lowered her head and touched her nails. "You keep on talking, I'll tell you when you're too late!"
Leonard's heart pounded again.
He hesitated for a moment, then coughed a little. "I knew it was you from the moment you entered my family's house. Then, I thought of a way to arrange for you so that I could stay with you while taking care of you."
"As for my injury, it wasn't that serious. But to make you believe that I was seriously injured, so... I deliberately went on a diet to lose 15 kg."
Hearing this, Mellisa laughed evilly.
She looked down at Leonard's shoulder. He wasn't fat at all, looking proportionate. To trick her into Bandung, he went on a hard diet to lose weight.
For this bitter trick, he did it with great dedication to make his ploy convincing.
Leonard's eyes looked at Melissa, then he shook his head and sighed. "I know that this approach is naive, but try to ask yourself that when you leave, did you give me a chance? Even if we've spent a lot of time together in Surabaya, have you ever thought about why I forcefully tied you by my side?"
Mellisa clicked the corner of her mouth and looked at the view outside the balcony. "I'll answer that later. Besides all this, is there anything else you're hiding from me?"
Leonard pursed his lips in silence, then shook his head. "That should have been all!"
Of course, he didn't quite remember everything!
Melissa nodded, sighed, and leaned back on the wicker chair. "Leonard, why don't I think you're stupid? When you lose weight, didn't you think that I wouldn't fall for your bait? What would you do if that really happened?"
Leonard shook his head after hearing this. "I never thought of it that way."
"You were so sure that I would come to see you, hmm?" Melissa felt the man's confidence was a bit inexplicable.
Then, she heard Leonard say. "This is only the first step. If you haven't come yet, I meant to let Martin tell you directly that I'm sick and dying..."
Melisa. "..."
Leonard watched Mellisa carefully, and seeing that she didn't speak, he was a little unsure. "Anyway, I wanted to meet you, so the starting point for everything is you."
Mellisa was silent for a long time, and Leonard felt panic in his heart.
It took Mellisa a long time to loosen her furrowed brows and look at him with a clear look. "According to your original plan, what were you going to do after I came?"
Leonard didn't even think about it and answered straight away, "Impregnate you!"
Mellisa, who was already pregnant, was stunned!
The audacity of this man is truly astounding!
Leonard caught Mellisa's surprised face, he coughed and his eyes fell on her lower abdomen faintly. "But now... it seems that it has become an unnecessary plan!"
After the words fell, Mellisa pondered. She saw his eyes fixed on her, and her eyes trembled. "You… Did you know?"
At this moment, Leonard slowly stood up. He walked around the table and walked over to Mellisa and bowed. His palms rested on the handrails of Mellisa's chair on either side. "Mellisa, you have been pregnant for so long, if I failed in luring you to Bandung, do you mean not to let me meet my child?"
Mellisa was trapped between Leonard's arms, and the tall man's figure locked her tightly.
At such close range, she scratched a bit of the broken hair on her forehead, muttering. "I did think of that!"
How else did he expect her to answer!
Leonard's eyes gradually became deeper, he leaned close to Mellisa's cheek and gritted his teeth. "You won't have such an opportunity in your life!"
The atmosphere suddenly became very gentle.
Melissa's eyes flickered inexplicably, it took her a while before she realized she was at fault!
She raised her eyebrows and narrowed her eyes at Leonard, then patted his arm. "What do you want me to say when I know that I am pregnant?"
Leonard's expression remained unchanged, he stretched out his hand and lifted Mellisa's delicate chin "Of course you have to tell me everything, it's our child!"
Mellisa blinked, her eyes filled with a faint smile. "Yeah, sit down, I'll tell you."
"Okay!"
Leonard nodded seriously. And the next moment he immediately pulled Mellisa out of her chair, and put her on his lap.
He moved so fast, and Mellisa didn't even react.
When she averted her gaze carefully, she realized that she was already sitting on Leonard's lap.
And the man had to hug her waist with great force.
Mellisa struggled and turned to look at him. "How can I tell you when you hug me like this?"
"Does not matter!" Leonard tightened his arms quietly, and a few seconds later, he suddenly touched Mellisa's back waist. "Stop moving..."
Mellisa's twisted posture instantly froze.
She felt a slight heat near her thighs.
Mellisa looked at him nonchalantly. After catching her breath, she said, "I haven't seen you in a long time, why are you still this vulgar?"
Leonard looked at her deeply, and then rested his chin on her shoulder as he whispered in her ear. "All of my true self is only for you to see!"
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