The Day I Kissed An Older Man
Chapter 2314

"Melody! Melody! Can you hear me? Where are you? I'm here to get you!"

Melody was stunned. She then realized it was Lucas coming to replace her. She quickly stood up and responded loudly.

However, she forgot about her injured left foot. With a scream, she fell back to the ground.

"Ah!"

Lucas was thrown into a panic by Melody's scream and rushed deeper into the forest. As he approached, he saw Melody lying in a sorry state on the ground.

"Where are you hurt?! Where does it hurt?"

He gingerly took Melody's arms, trying to help her stand up, but Melody stumbled and ended up collapsing onto him.

"Ah!" Melody cried out in pain, but Lucas was able to cushion her fall. Otherwise, she might have twisted her wrist as well.

"Are you okay? Where are you hurt? Is it serious?" Lucas' concern was evident in his voice, but the more he asked, the quieter Melody became. The only sound coming from her was the tears streaming down her face.

'He cares about me after all! Then why was he so harsh with me? It just doesn't make sense...' she thought.

As Lucas' flashlight got knocked aside, he caught a glimpse of Melody's lowered head and the glistening tears on her face. His worry intensified.

"Are you in serious pain? Don't just cry! Tell me quickly!"

Lucas carefully felt around Melody's arms, avoiding touching anywhere else for fear of exacerbating her injury.

Melody bit her lip and stubbornly lifted her head to meet his gaze.

Lucas felt his heart skip a beat. "There, there. Stop crying... Tell me where it hurts, okay?"

"You complained about me causing trouble for you, didn't you? You found me indifferent, didn't you? Why are you suddenly so concerned?" Melody's eyes welled up with tears again, but she stubbornly held them back.

Lucas felt his heartstrings being tugged when he saw her like that.

"When did I ever replace you indifferent or complain about you causing trouble for me?" Lucas asked softly.

"Pah! Do you have dementia or something? How can you deny them? You're such a terrible man!"

Melody had spent the whole afternoon feeling upset because of his words, yet Lucas was claiming he never said them! Her tears finally fell, each drop hitting Lucas' heart like a heavy stone.

"It's all your fault! I wouldn't be here right now if you hadn't said those things to me! You clearly said I was selfish and indifferent, that I didn't care about Thalia... I just wanted you to wait for more people to come and rescue her, is that so wrong? It's not like I was stopping you from saving her!"

Melody had not cried in front of another person for a long time as she knew from a young age that her tears would not earn her any sympathy from others.

Even at that moment, her crying in front of Lucas was very soft. She tried to choke back her tears, causing Lucas to worry that she might not be able to breathe properly, so he gently straightened his body and kept comforting her.

"Did I really say those things? I must've been really worried at the time, so I spoke without thinking. I was wrong, and I'm sorry. Please forgive me this time, okay? I shouldn't have said those things about you. I know you're not that kind of person."

Lucas genuinely felt guilty. He had not realized that his words, spoken in haste, had hurt Melody so deeply and for so long.