Matthew immediately denied it. "You're too kind, Haseph. Joycelyn is like a sister to me, just like how she treats me as her elder brother."
Disappointment flashed across Joycelyn's eyes.
Indeed, Matthew had always treated her as a sister, nothing more.
However, never once had she treated him as her brother.
Haseph let out a dry laugh and didn't say anything.
"Joycelyn is an amazing woman, she will find the right person eventually," Matthew added on.
Haseph changed the topic and asked, "Matthew, is your father doing fine?"
Matthew's voice was warm and gentle as he said, "Yes, he is. In fact, he keeps talking about the both of you. It seems like you both will have to visit him sometime."
"Definitely," Haseph replied.
After a long chat, Matthew then sent the Welmert family back home.
After dropping them off, Matthew was about to start his car engine and leave when Joycelyn came to him once again.
He rolled down the window and asked, "Joycelyn, is there anything else?"
Joycelyn had a gentle smile on her face. "Matthew, I just want to thank you for what you did today."
"It's no big deal. You don't have to be this formal with me," Matthew stated.
Joycelyn's eyes seemed to dim a little as she said, "My parents have been rushing me to get married. If it wasn't because that guy was too horrible, I wouldn't have asked you for this favor. I know I should settle down already."
"You'll find the right person," Matthew reassured.
Joycelyn responded half-jokingly, "Maybe you'll have to introduce me to someone then."
Matthew smiled. "I will keep an eye out for you if I have the time."
"Well, I'll head back then. Goodbye, Matthew," Joycelyn said.
After Joycelyn left, Matthew was about to leave when his cell phone rang.
He picked up the phone.
It was all about work. After hanging up, he inadvertently glanced at the phone's screen and noticed a text message that he hadn't read.
"Matthew, you b*stard."
Matthew frowned slightly.
It was from Selina. What was this about again?
She was still fine that morning. Why would she send something like this to him?
Matthew dialed Selina's number.
There was no answer.
Subconsciously, he called Natalie, just to see whether she knew anything about this. However, he hung up the phone before Natalie could even answer.
Natalie was pregnant, so he didn't want to disturb her.
Matthew paused for a while, and he decided to call his assistant to have him check on Selina's location.
Fortunately, after a short while, the assistant sent him Selina's location. She was in a coffee shop.
Matthew immediately drove there.
Along the way, he was wondering what in the world had he done to trigger Selina again, to the extent that she had sent such a text message to him.
However, he still couldn't think of anything.
There were a lot of cups of coffee on Selina's
table.
She had drunk six huge mugs on her own.
Lothar was a bad fortune teller after all.
He had told her that Matthew still had feelings for her, but it turned out to be a lie!
If Matthew had feelings for her, then why was he Joycelyn's boyfriend?!
Selina still couldn't get over this.
However, there was one thing Selina could thank Lothar for, which was this trick that he taught her.
Whenever she was angry or sad, she could just eat or drink her sorrows away. Like that, she would no longer have time to think about the troubles she was facing.
Taking this moment as an example, she drank so much coffee that her stomach was bloated, and her body was aching so hard that she didn't even have time to bother about those troubles in her heart.
Selina wanted to take a walk to relieve her aches, but as soon as she stood up, she froze in place.
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