Melody's panic grows in her chest. She looks around, there is nowhere to run to. She has been a fool and has believed that this total stranger would help her and now this? She is so going to die, he is going to rape her and kill her afterward. He holds her and moves her to the bed and that's when she bursts into tears. "Please, don't hurt me. " She begs. " You said that you would help me. " " That's what I am trying to do, sweetheart, why won't you let me?" She doesn't see how her getting on a bed is going to his mind tends to her wound and so she doesn't stop trying to free herself. He holds her down with one of his hands and takes off his belt very easily. She starts to sob, she doesn't have any strength left as he ties her hands with his belt. The belt acts as a string rope and she stops moving so much. He takes a look at her gown, there is no way he would be able to take this off her easily, she is being such a rebel. He rolls his eyes and proceeds to tear her c

Melody is mad at her for the way he handled this with her grandfather and she doesn't speak to him as they walk to the car. She shuts the door so loudly when she gets it that Duke turns around and frowns at her. " You are fully aware that this is the only car that we have, right?" He asks. " How could you be so naive?" She laments with anger. " He was baiting you and you took it like a fucking fish!" Duke knows sheis angry and he just starts the car and drives out of her grandfather's old mansion. Her eyes are outside and her head is supported by her hand, it's obvious that she is trying to think of a way out of this mess. " I have friends. " She sighs. " If I beg them well enough they might lend us the money. It will take us decades to pay back but at least I have my face now, and I can work well. " " You aren't taking any loan from your friend. " He tells her. " Oh, Mister genius. " She raises her hands helplessly. " Do you have thousands of dollars bills stacked somew

An angry Duke pulls the manager up to his feet and drags him by the collar back into the office. Melody is confused, she doesn't know what to do. She saw some of the workers making phone calls and she knows that she is going to be in trouble and her husband too. She doesn't want Duke to get arrested because her family is going to mock both of them. She walks into the office and shuts the door and presses her face against it as she breathes through her mouth, she has never been more scared in her whole life. Mister Maxwell has found his way to his sit and is groaning in pain as he wipes the blood from his nose and tries to sniff the rest back in, where they are supposed to be. " You stupid, jerk!" He curses at Duke. " Just wait until the police come and take you away. You are going to rot in jail for the rest of your life. " Duke is angry at this man's audacity to still speak to him with such disrespect and so he grabs him by his neck and bashes his head into the table. Th

After a very hectic day, Duke and Melody return to their car with bags of money. It's a lot of bags, but Duke insisted so that he would get to see the shock on her grandfather's face. Melody and Duke enter the car and shut the door. Melody heaves and pushes her hair back. " That's one hell of a day. " She confesses. " Yeah?" He laughs. For someone who has been on a rollercoaster this whole time, he has been calm. " You know, I went through so many emotions today. " She confesses. " I went from worrying that you won't get the loan to worrying that we would be going to jail. " " Jail?" He laughs with genuine surprise. The truth is that he wasn't even trying hard to stay out of trouble because if he has been taken to jail and is made to reveal his real identity, then the police will be the ones in trouble not him. Melody looks at him and smiles. She pulls closer and kisses him on his lips. He wasn't expecting it, but he returns it, taking control of it and giving her lower lip a li

Everyone falls silent and if a pin is to drop on the ground, it would sound as loud as a plate crashing on the ground. Taylor is the center of attraction, everyone's eyes are on him. They don't even notice when the front door opens and Melody's father, Mister Joseph walks in with his briefcase in his hand. He looks around, but everyone is too busy to notice his presence and so he walks right into the heart of the scene. "Guys, what's going on?" He asks. " I can see that Taylor made it. "Taylor is now sweating profusely and he keeps wiping his face again and again. " Joseph, thank God you are here. " Melody's grandfather returns to his seat with a disappointed shake of his head. "What's going on?"" Well, the boy kind of proved us wrong. " He gestures. " He came here with the money as he said he would, but there has been a new development. ""Okay?" Mister Joseph shrugs. " Taylor here said that he helped Duke get the contract and Duke says it's false and now Taylor can't prove