Matthew had yet to fall asleep. Instead, he was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window once again.
Selina walked into the bedroom and then closed the door behind her.
He appeared to be so deep in thought that he didn't notice her entering the bedroom at all.
She silently crept towards him, step by step. The moment she was within reach, she wrapped her arms around his waist from behind and then snuggled her face into his back.
His skin was burning hot, the temperature spreading to her own face as well.
She could not stop herself from smiling.
He just had a natural power to make people feel at ease.
She had just simply put her arms around his waist, and a sense of security was already enveloping her.
She thought that when she initiated such intimate actions towards Matthew, he would definitely react to it. However, this man did not move an inch.
Nevertheless, Selina didn't think much about it.
She gently called out, "What are you looking at?"
And in the next second, her arms, wrapped around his waist, were pulled off by him.
He finally came to his senses, looking down at her from above as he replied, "People's heart."
Selina's eyes were engulfed with confusion.
She didn't understand what he was trying to convey.
However, it didn't matter right now. They had much more important things to proceed with.
She flashed a smile at him, "Do you know what day it is today?"
Her sweet smile was extraordinarily beautiful. It had the same effect as pure moonlight that shone through the windows and it momentarily took his breath away.
He asked her back in a deep voice, "What day is it?"
Her smile grew even wider, "It's the day when my period ends."
After that, she stood up on her tiptoes and whispered into his ear, "Are you up for some fun?"
The moment these words left her mouth, she started to flush red from the top of her head to the ends of her toes.
She had initially prepared herself and intended to seduce him like those femme- fatales she had seen in movies. However, she still couldn't help but blush when she uttered those words.
Matthew's mind exploded at her invitation.
Seeing her being so daring, he recalled once again the conversation he had heard on the phone and those things that were hidden in her bag.
He looked at her, dumbfounded, "Selina, have you always been so bold like this?"
Her face turned an even darker shade of red.
She took a deep breath and looked back at him, her alluring eyes glinting. "What do you think?"
She didn't want herself to come off as too shy, as she wished to be more eager and spontaneous.
However, no matter how badly she wanted to act so in real life, the crimson stains on her cheeks still did not fade.
A wave of emotions passed through Matthew's eyes.
After a moment of hesitation, he spat out a sentence from his mouth, "Were you this bold to Dylan as well?"
Selina felt as if she had been struck in the head.
She stared at him in disbelief.
At this very moment, all the unruly desires that belonged to young women, as well as the raunchy fantasies, quickly dissipated.
All that remained was pure shock.
She had never imagined that he would say such a thing.
A twinge of shame crawled through her entire body.
She replied, enunciating each word clearly, "Matthew, what do you mean by that?"
Her frosty gaze pierced into his eyes, just like a sharp sword.
As soon as the words left his mouth, Matthew immediately regretted it.
He shouldn't have asked her that.
He shouldn't have said that before finding out the truth.
He had always been a calm and level- headed person, but he had felt like a complete mess since that afternoon.
"I'm sorry, Selina," he muttered to her, "I'll stay at my house tonight. I'll come see you tomorrow."
His mind was in such a jumble that he needed a night's peace to recover from this.
After saying that, he headed towards the entrance of the bedroom.
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