Matthew's thin lips parted slightly as he explained, "Selina, you're way too hot- tempered. I could tolerate you, but you pushed me away. It's not easy to find someone else who can deal with you. You should restrain yourself from now on."
Selina began to breathe rapidly.
She stared into Matthew's eyes and asked, "What if I don't restrain my temper?"
Matthew was silent for a moment.
"Nothing will happen," he murmured. "But I just want you to be happier in the future."
He was worried that Selina's unrestrained personality would only cause endless quarrels with her partner. When the time came, she wouldn't be happy.
After all, no one would be as tolerant as he was to Selina.
Matthew's gaze was deep. "I really hope that you'll be able to live a happy life in the future, young lady."
Like that, it would not be in vain for him to let her go. It would not be in vain for him to keep all his thoughts in his heart from then on either.
Selina was startled.
Young lady...
It was such an unfamiliar way to address her. It had been a long time since Matthew had called her that.
She raised her fair face and looked at Matthew, "Why did you call me young lady?"
"Why do you call me old man, then?" Matthew asked.
"Because you are an old man," Selina answered.
"Then it's because you are a young lady," Matthew then replied.
Selina suddenly felt that she was so pretentious at this moment.
She actually felt like crying over this simple conversation.
Selina sniffed desperately. "I'm 26 now. I'm not a young lady anymore. I'm just a lady."
Matthew's gorgeous black eyes focused on Selina, then they narrowed. He smiled faintly. "Selina, you will forever be a young lady in my heart."
In his heart, Selina was unchangeable.
No matter how old Selina was, or how much white hair and wrinkles she would have in the future.
In his heart, Selina would always be the 16-year-old girl in the red dress.
Selina felt like she couldn't control herself anymore.
She was really going to cry.
Right then, she suddenly had an impulse.
She really wanted to rush into Matthew's arms and let him hug her.
She really wanted to feel the long lost heat between them.
However, her impulse was still controlled in the end.
Because Selina had thought of Joycelyn at the last moment.
The image of Matthew and Joycelyn together earlier that day surfaced in her mind.
She couldn't control herself and wanted to ask Matthew what on earth was going on with him and Joycelyn.
Although she knew there was no need to ask, and that she didn't even have the right to, she still couldn't help but do it.
In a sour tone, Selina began, "Matthew, you and that lady friend of yours..."
She paused for a moment. Matthew probably wouldn't know the reason she asked anyway. The moment Selina was about to change her words, she suddenly heard footsteps.
They sounded slow and sluggish.
As soon as she raised her head, she saw Peter walking over.
Selina was stunned.
Was he here to use the washroom too?
The Perry family house was so big and there were so many washrooms in it. Why was everyone choosing to use that one?
Peter hadn't come to use the washroom.
He had fought wars in his early years, so he was particularly sensitive to any movement. He had heard some voices coming from somewhere in the middle of the night, so he got up to have a look. As a result, he saw Matthew and Selina at the door of the bathroom.
Flabbergasted, Peter asked, "What are you doing in the bathroom in the middle of the night? Why are you not sleeping?"
Selina kept quiet.
Matthew did not say a word either.
"I'll go to sleep now," Selina said and ran back to her room.
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