Chapter 84: The Great God’s Double Standard
Melody Monroe returned to her rest area and sat down in a chair.
"Talia, get me a glass of plain water."
Talia immediately twisted open a thermos, poured a cup, and handed it to Melody.
"Melody!" a voice called out.
Melody and Talia both looked in the same direction.
Leah Young walked over with a smile. "Melody, you and Mr. Langdon have been filming straight through, so you missed lunch. Raymond specially ordered some food for you both. Mr. Langdon is over there now, so why don’t you come eat with us?"
"No, thank you. I don’t really have an appetite right now. Please thank Raymond Ford for me," Melody replied with a smile, politely declining.
"Are you sure you won’t come? Raymond specially prepared it." Leah Young deliberately emphasized the word "specially." It was as if Melody was being incredibly disrespectful.
"No, thank you." Melody was just as direct in her refusal.
"Alright, then." Leah Young replied with a disappointed look on her face and turned to leave.
Melody rubbed her stomach. ’I’m so hungry! But I still have three more pounds to lose. I have to resist.’
Barbecue, fried chicken, beer, skewers... They appeared in her mind, playing on an endless loop.
"Are you trying to become an immortal?" a teasing voice sounded.
Jasper Rockwell walked over and sat down across from Melody.
"I’m on a diet."
"Tsk tsk, you’re already so thin, and you still want to lose weight." Jasper Rockwell eyed Melody up and down while sucking on a lollipop.
Melody looked up at Jasper Rockwell.
’Every time I see him, he’s eating candy, but his waist is smaller than a woman’s! That figure... it’s just unreal!’
’I’m so jealous! Why is it so easy for me to gain a few pounds?!’
"Want one? I have more." Jasper Rockwell pulled a lollipop from his pocket and offered it to Melody.
"No." Melody refused decisively, leaned back in her chair, took out her phone, and opened a game.
Playing games was a way to temporarily forget her hunger.
"Let me join! Let me join!" Jasper Rockwell immediately pulled out his phone and logged into the game.
...
Meanwhile, Zane Langdon had eaten the meal at Raymond Ford’s invitation.
"Nola, give the money to Miss Ford," he instructed his assistant.
A chubby man who looked to be in his twenties immediately put down his chopsticks and pulled out his phone.
Raymond Ford was suddenly a little embarrassed. "N-No, there’s no need, Mr. Langdon. It’s nothing."
"Thank you for ordering for us. You ordered for Melody too, right? I’ll pay for her share as well. It’s only right."
The smile on Raymond Ford’s face stiffened.
’What does Zane mean by this? He insists on paying me, but then he offers to pay for Melody!’
"Really, there’s no need!" Raymond Ford insisted. "Please, just consider it a small gesture from me!"
Zane Langdon saw a receipt still stuck to one of the boxes. He tore it off, handed it to his assistant, and gave a simple order: "Pay it." Then he got up and walked toward his own rest area.
The smile on Raymond Ford’s face completely froze.
Nola Hughes held up his phone and said to Raymond Ford, "Miss Ford, how should I pay you? Cash is fine, too."
"No, really, you don’t have to."
"I can’t do that. I have to do what Zane tells me. Oh, right, I have your assistant’s WeChat. I’ll just transfer it to her." After saying this, Nola Hughes immediately sent the money.
"Thanks, Miss Ford! The food from this place was delicious," Nola Hughes said after paying, then hurried off to find Zane Langdon.
Leah Young was standing to the side when her phone suddenly buzzed with a transfer notification.
She glanced at Raymond Ford. ’Don’t tell me Raymond actually took their money,’ she thought to herself.
Raymond Ford was seething with a rage she couldn’t vent.
’Why is Zane Langdon so good to Melody Monroe?’
’I’m supposed to be the female lead, okay?!’