Chapter 763 Their Game of Wits

“Wait a minute!”

Just as Melanie was about to step out of the storeroom, the man behind her grabbed her wrist.

She turned around, her eyes full of suspicion as she looked at him. "What do you want to say?"

"I want to know what you are suspecting me of."

Jeffrey quickly took control of the situation, responding as Jefford would have in unexpected circumstances.

If he were Jefford, he would be confused by her sudden probing.

"I remember... when we first met, you didn’t talk to me like this."

Melanie adjusted her stance slightly and tilted her head, looking up at the tall man. "What’s strange is, I don’t know when it started, but your rudeness, arrogance, and disrespect all disappeared, like you've become a different person. Why is that?"

"Don't you know?" Jeffrey responded unflinchingly.

"Are you avoiding my question?" Melanie asked calmly.

Jeffrey smiled frankly. "That's because I didn’t know you at the beginning, but later, I fell in love with you. How could I be so