Chapter 39

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Ken’s voice was low and seductive.

It was just a normal conversation, yet for some reason, the words sounded different when they came out of his mouth.

“Ahem…” Melody covered her nose awkwardly and cleared her throat.

Somehow, she did not dare to look Ken in the eye.

She averted her gaze and said, “Just tell me. As long as it is within my ability, I’ll agree to it.”

Ken raised his eyebrows and said, “There’s a class reunion tonight. Accompany me to attend it.”

He paused, then added, “In your capacity as my wife.”

Melody’s heart skipped a beat, and her heartbeat subconsciously became chaotic.

Thinking that she had misheard, she could not help but ask, “What did you say?”

“I said that I’d like you to accompany me to a university class reunion this evening as my wife.”

Melody pointed at herself and asked, “Me? Are you serious? Don’t classmates always bring things they are most proud of to class reunions? Why are you bringing me? Aren’t you afraid that your classmates will laugh at you?”

Ken raised his eyebrows and corrected her. “You’re a human, not a thing.”

Melody gagged and replied after clearing her throat, “I’m indeed human, but are you really not worried about getting embarrassed? With a face like mine… I’m afraid I’ll frighten your classmates. I’d better not go there and be a wet blanket.”

“That won’t do,” Ken said sternly. “I’ve always been single. I even thought that I didn’t like women. No matter what, I have to bring a woman with me this time. Furthermore, you owe me a huge favor regarding Yolanda Fox’s matter.”

Melody bit her lips.

Indeed, Yolanda’s matter would not have been resolved so quickly and smoothly without Ken’s help.

However, she was still puzzled and asked with a troubled expression, “Why don’t you bring Janet Murphy?”

“She’s also my university classmate. My friends are very familiar with her. They won’t believe me,” Ken replied.

“Why won’t they believe you? You two are in love with each other…” Melody blurted out.

Ken frowned at once when he heard this. “Who did you say I was in love with?”

“Janet Murphy.” Melody realized that she had made a slip of the tongue and decided not to hide it anymore. She simply said, “You thought that I didn’t see it? That day in the Sky City, the two of you were locked in a deep love embrace.”

Ken was caught by surprise but he quickly realized that Melody had misunderstood. “So… that was why you urged me to get a divorce after the cocktail party?”

“Mm-hmm.” Melody could not explain how she felt at this moment, but something seemed to be stuck in her throat, making her want to cough.

“Cough-cough!” She coughed again and said without any emotion, “I don’t want to be a stumbling block between the two of you.”

“Stumbling block?” Ken took a deep breath and felt extremely vexed.

He explained with extreme seriousness, “Melody, we were not locked in an embrace. At that time, I told her about her illness. She was too sad at that time, so she hugged me and cried. But I quickly pushed her away.”

Melody could not help looking at Ken in surprise. “Really?”

“What else can it be? If I were interested in Jane, we would have been together by now after knowing each other for so many years. Why would I wait until today? Didn’t we already talk about this in our marriage? That if we both found someone we like, we should just be frank and divorce amicably?”

Melody lowered her eyes. She could clearly feel that the invisible lump in her throat seemed to have disappeared at this moment.

What was going on… Could it be that she had really fallen for him?

Just as Melody’s heart was in turmoil, Ken suddenly laughed and asked, “Don’t tell me you are jealous? Hmm? Miss Fox?”

Melody panicked briefly and her cheeks turned bright red.

She retorted without thinking, “No such thing! Margaret’s impulsiveness back then was just an accident. Why should I be jealous?”

Ken looked at Melody deeply and clearly saw the guilt in her eyes.

All of a sudden, he was in a very good mood. He stopped pressing her and only said, “Since that’s the case, accompany me to the class reunion tonight.”

This guy brought up the class reunion again. Melody sighed helplessly, “Can’t you look for a beautiful one?”

“I don’t like beautiful ones.”

“Huh?” Melody stared at Ken in bewilderment.

Could it be that he also had a fetish for ugly types?

Ken guessed what Melody was thinking. He reached out and flicked her forehead with his index finger.

“What are you thinking! I’m a normal man! I don’t feel at ease with the others, but you’re the smartest among the friends around us. Moreover, we’re indeed husband and wife, aren’t we?”

“But…” Melody protested.

“There’s no room for negotiation. It’s decided. I’ll send the time and place to your phone. I’ll meet you at the door at the designated time.” As Ken spoke, he opened the car door and got out. He did not give Melody a chance to refuse and left straight away.

His figure gradually disappeared from Melody’s line of sight. Melody suddenly remembered that they had originally agreed to get a divorce today. How did it end up with her going to his class reunion as his wife?

At this juncture, Melody hurriedly opened the door and got out of the car as well. She quickly caught up with Ken.

“Wait!” Melody was panting slightly. She met Ken’s gaze directly and said, “You… you forgot about the divorce.”

“Oh, that…” Ken seemed to have just remembered this. He said languidly, “I’ve already tried to submit it, but the registrar said that there was some issue with your personal information, so I can’t do it for the time being. Let’s wait for two days.”

“There’s an issue with my personal information? How can that be…” Melody appeared perplexed.

“I don’t know. You can call and ask them yourself.” As Ken spoke, he bent down and got into the MPV.

He then waved at Melody and said, “There’s an upcoming press conference at Swanson Universal Entertainment. I have to go now. See you tonight.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the car sped off, leaving Melody covered in a cloud of exhaust fumes.

“Cough, cough…”

Melody tried to fan away the choking fumes. She then returned to her car and dialed the registrar’s office at the city hall.

The answer from the guy on the other end of the line was the same as what Ken said.

“There’s an issue with your information. We haven’t figured out whether the problem is on your side or with our system.”

“Surely the information on my side can’t be wrong?” Melody prodded him.

“That might not be the case. You changed your family details recently, didn’t you? It might be related to that. We’ll send you an update after the verification.”

Melody then remembered that she had changed her next of kin from Russell Fox to Maria Fox after falling out with Russel.

The doubts in her heart slowly dissipated. She mumbled an acknowledgment before adding, “Thank you. I’ll wait for your news then.”

The other party bade goodbye formally and ended the call.

Melody could not help sighing with relief.

She had been acting too strangely lately. It was bad enough that she was always thinking too much, but her emotions also often swung up and down along with Ken.

If she did not divorce him soon, she was really worried that she would fall for him.

She was already fearful of love after experiencing it once. She could not bear or want to be hurt a second time.

Melody patted her face and forced herself to calm down. She then patiently waited for the registrar’s news.

Just as she was about to drive off, she suddenly received a call from Colin Herbert.

“Melody! Help!”