After listening to his words, Melanie looked around the room again, but all she could think about was what Frank's room looked like. She took a deep breath and said, "It's not bad."
Nathaniel was dissatisfied, "What do you mean by 'not bad?' You should know that the price differs significantly."
"Well, there's not much of a difference to the other rooms," Melanie didn't want to discuss this, so she replied perfunctorily.
“How can your room be almost the same as the
others? It cost a few hundred dollars more." Nathaniel did not realize how Melanie felt, but he continued," Mel, we’re relatively well-off now, but you know the company is facing some major problems now. We still need to recruit new talents and expand our market, so we must calculate every penny carefully. It might be difficult now, but if you think about the future..."
"Oh, here we go again with 'the future!' You always talk about the future!” Melanie thundered as she was unable to bear Nathaniel's rambling. "What I want is the present! You always talk to me about the future, and it feels like you’re showing me something unreachable! I can't see the future, Nate! I just can’t!" She could not help but lose control as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Nathaniel did not respond for a long time. He did not expect Melanie's mood to change as she had never been that angry. "Mel?" He hesitantly called out to her. "Are you mad?"
"Yes, I am!" Melanie said affirmatively.
"Is it because of me?" After thinking about it, Nathaniel said, "Or did Frank do something to you?"
Melanie felt guilty when Nathaniel mentioned Frank. She shouted, "Is that your first thought?! Do you always think about these things, Nate? Let me tell you why I'm in a bad mood. It's because I saw Lily!"
"L-Lily?" Nathaniel was startled as he did not expect Melanie to mention that name. "Where did you see her? Is she in Middle Valley?"
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