Chapter 99

• I paused, then replied in an emotionless tone, "Don't pay attention to those rumors. They're not worth your time."
• Melody glanced at me, hesitated for a moment, but whatever was on her mind, she did not say. At the moment of the attack, she had been too slow to react, but I had immediately gone to Lyon's side, shielding him from the attack.
• Melody suspected that my attitude towards Lyon was not the same. However, since we just greeted each other in the company and never showed signs of intimacy, she wasn't sure of our relationship.