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    Melvin’s voice was like ice. “I’m hitting kidnappers. If the police show up, I’m not the one getting locked up.”


    The man was losing it. That usation was too heavy. “N-no! Don’t frame me like that! I just wanted to take her out for some fun—that’s all! It’s not kidnapping!”


    “He told me to go apologize to Jack,” Jessica said as she stepped out of the car.


    “Jack?” Melvin looked at her, confused. “Who’s that?”


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    Melvin’s brows pulled together in a frown.


    Looking at the now-trembling man, Jessica added, “This man also said if I didn’t say what he wanted me to say to Jack, he’d break my leg tomorrow.”


    “I didn’t!” the man shouted, panic rising fast.


    “I’ve got the whole thing recorded.” Jessica pulled out her phone. “Want to hear it?”


    She’d meant to call Melvin earlier, but since she couldn’t check her screen, she’d ended up recording the entire incident instead.


    The man stumbled back, nearly tripping, his club slipping from his hands.


    Just as he opened his mouth to say something, his phone started buzzing. He nced at the screen, went pale, and picked up with trembling fingers. “Hi, Jack.”


    “Have you lost your damn mind?!” Jack’s voice thundered through the speaker as he raced over. “Who told you toy a finger on Jessica?! Do you have any idea who she is?! If something happened to her, I’d be as good as dead!”


    With his father’s temper, if he found out, Jack wouldn’t live to see the next morning.


    The goon’s hands were drenched with cold sweat.


    And then, a whole group of people came speeding through the parking lot entrance and screeched to a stop right in front of the goon.


    Jack ended the call and stormed out of his car, his face dark with fury.


    “Jack…”


    Jack kicked him square in the chest without a moment’s pause.


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    Just as he turned to speak, his eyesnded on Melvin, standing calmly beside Jessica.


    The man was handsome,posed, and intimidating. Who the hell was this guy?


    “Keep your people on a leash,” Melvin said, his voice t butced with authority. “Next time something like this happens, they’re all going to jail.”


    “What’s any of this got to do with you?” Jack snapped, clearly irritated by how close Melvin was standing. “Who the hell even are you?”


    “I’m Melvin Swain.” His tone was cool and distant as Melvin introduced himself. “Jessica’s boyfriend.”


    Jessica stared, stunned. Jack hadn’t heard a word about her having a boyfriend.


    Both of them froze for a second. Jessica was caught off guard that Melvin would openly im such a fake identity in front of everyone, while Jack was reeling from the shock that she had supposedlynded a boyfriend this fast.


    “Her boyfriend?” Jack scoffed, eyeing Melvin up and down. “You?”


    Melvin stayed calm. “Yeah. Me.”


    “So that’s why you turned me down before. You’re into this kind of guy.” Jack immediately jumped to conclusions, assuming Melvin was some pretty boy living off her. “If your dad finds out you’re into a freeloader, he might have a few words to say.”


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