Chapter 37
Melanie’s POV
It didn’t take long for Jason to be whisked away, and I couldn’t blame him; he had his business to handle, and I had mine.
The only issue was that I’d grown accustomed to being accompanied by Idris; at every function, we were together trying to give off the illusion of the perfect power couple.
Now, I almost felt naked.
Luckily, a voice called out to me, offering a temporary distraction.
“Melanie, it’s been a while. How have you been?”
It was my father’s sister, Aunt Jenna.
The one aunt who had been divorced four times and now decided to just live out her years as a cat lady in her mansion. With what I’d been through, I sort of understood why she had given up on love.
“Hi, Jenna,” I said as she pulled me into one of her signature bear hugs.
She was a sho
