Chapter 883

Melina's gaze softened as she listened to their loud, carefree laughter. Meanwhile, on the other side, Andrew was in a gloomy mood. He kept holding his phone, staring at the message on the screen. When his phone screen dimmed, he pressed the power button to light it up again. He looked at the last few words of the message: "I love you!" He sat there quietly for a long time, unable to understand. Why had Melina left? Was it because of the baby? But they had checked, and the baby was fine. If she had left because she didn't love him anymore, she wouldn't have sent him a message. Andrew couldn't make sense of it. His emotions wavered between erupting and being suppressed. Everyone in Oakread was on edge, afraid that a single wrong word might shatter the fragile calm and set Andrew off. Even Wallace, the only one who could usually keep Andrew in check, stayed silent this time. He had known Melina would leave but hadn't tried to stop her. Only Damarion remained unfazed. He didn't e