"No way," Matthew said.
There was a ding, and the doors to the elevator opened.
Selina bit on Matthew's hand, and he had to let go out of the pain.
She immediately got into the elevator, with Matthew following behind.
In the narrow elevator, there was no one but them. The air between them became a little strange.
Selina looked away, refusing to glance at Matthew.
She was still mad at Matthew for accusing her of kissing Lothar. She didn't want to talk to him.
Matthew could tell how angry and wronged Selina felt.
His heart throbbed.
After a while, he murmured, "Selina, I'm confused. I don't know whether you're telling the truth or not."
After all, Selina used to reject him. Despite all the things he did for her, she never once returned his feelings. Yet, Selina had just told him she liked him. Matthew felt like he was dreaming. It was surreal.
Matthew's words annoyed Selina even further.
She finally had the courage to confess her feelings. She even told Matthew that she liked him, but he was doubting her words!
Why would she even lie about this?
Selina glared at him. "If you can't believe it, then don't!"
After saying this, she paused and said indignantly, "Matthew, you know I have a huge ego. Even so, I chose to spill out everything to you, yet you're doubting my words. Do you know how annoying you are?
"Lothar is a close friend of mine, and I don't have a boyfriend at all. Try to use your common sense. Why would I act this way if I had one?"
"Why would I be angry thinking that you were with Jenna, to the extent of questioning her in the shopping mall? Why would I react that way thinking that you were with Joycelyn? Matthew, why can't you get it?!"
Selina took a deep breath. "I regret confessing to you now. I shouldn't have fallen for you, because you, Matthew Perry, are an idiot!"
She then pressed a button.
"Selina, I..." Matthew was still in a daze.
He had always been sober and calm, and had never been in such a state. He didn't know what he should say or do. He didn't know how to clear his mind.
"What's up with you? I don't want you anymore!" Selina's eyes were covered by a layer of mist. She felt wronged, furious and frustrated.
"You can't do that," Matthew said.
"Who are you to say that, I..." Selina wanted to refute.
However, her eyes widened in astonishment.
He cupped her face in his hands as he sealed her lips in a kiss.
Their lips met. Currents of electricity began to flow throughout the elevator, filling the air with boundless ambiguity and glamor.
There was a ding.
The elevator door opened.
"Mr. Clark, Mr. Lee, please follow me to meet Mr. Perry," Stryker was saying to the two guests.
The three of them were walking to the elevator.
Before the assistant could press on the button, the doors to the elevator opened.
Everyone was speechless.
All three of them froze in place, especially the two guests that were on their way to meet Matthew.
Their eyes widened.
Stryker did not know what to say.
He was the first to react as he pressed on a button to close the elevator doors.
The dignified president of the Perry Group was pinned against a woman and kissing her in the elevator. This scene slowly disappeared from their gazes with the elevator doors closed.
Stryker forced a smile to the guests and said, "Why don't you two take a seat? As you can see, our president is currently occupied."
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