When Love Comes Knocking novel Chapter 11

After Andrew and Melina were done with their meal, he didn't leave the house.

Instead, he reclined on the couch with his eyes closed, seeming out of sorts.

Melina was still covered in dirt, and her fever had left her drenched in sweat. She felt uncomfortably grimy but was wary of taking another cold shower.

It wasn't the fear of getting sick that held her back. She was more worried about being a hassle to others if she got sick.

Hesitantly, she approached Andrew and asked in a small voice. "Andrew... Could you show me how to run hot water?"

Andrew, though not asleep, kept his eyes closed, giving off an air of not wanting to be bothered.

Melina's words trailed off. Usually lively and cheerful, she found herself uneasy in this unfamiliar situation of living alone with a man.

Met with Andrew's silence, she quietly went back to her room.

In the bathroom, Melina called Dorothy for help while attempting to run the water. She ended up with a tub full of cold water, her face flushing with embarrassment at her ineptitude. Even with phone guidance, she couldn't figure it out and would have to trouble Dorothy to come over.

As Melina waited for Dorothy, Andrew suddenly entered her room.

Seeing her in the bathroom, he strode in without hesitation.

Andrew was brimming with the irritable ferocity of a sleepless person. He had come to investigate why watching Melina plant orchids the night before had calmed his emotions. But, upon seeing the tub filled with cold water, his gaze turned icy.

Andrew's voice dripped with sarcasm. "Oh, so you took cold showers to make yourself sick, huh? Are you trying to play the victim in front of me? You're quite the actress."

Melina could take a beating, but she wouldn't stand for false accusations. Her cheeks puffed up as she defended herself. "I did not! I just don't know how to run hot water."

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