In the past few days, Tobias had also tried to persuade Cecilia.
However, she still felt that Selina should break up with Matthew.
In her opinion, Matthew already had a wife. This was a fact. No matter what the reason was, Selina could not be with a married man!
Cecilia tried to persuade Selina, "Selina, a woman's reputation is of the utmost importance, especially for a noble family like us. If you and Matthew continue to stay together, what would others think of you? If your grandfather were to find out, he would be so furious at you."
Selina bit her lip. "Mom, Grandfather really likes Matthew."
"Yes, but that was before we realized he was married! That's why I supported you before but now I'm not," Cecilia exclaimed.
"Mom, please give us a chance, I really want to be with Matthew. Saoirse also promised Matthew that she would divorce him half a year later," Selina pleaded.
"Selina, you shouldn't marry a divorced man,"
Cecilia disagreed.
Selina gave a bitter smile, "Mom, I really don't care. Besides, I'm also a divorcee, I will also be remarrying."
Cecilia was speechless.
"Just think about it again, this is no small matter," Cecilia finally said.
"Mom, I've really thought it through," Selina replied.
Cecilia heaved another long sigh.
She had made some mistakes when she was younger, now it seemed that retribution did not befall her but on her children!
"Selina, it's all my fault," Cecilia sighed.
Selina immediately retorted, "Mom, what are you talking about? This has nothing to do with you."
Pain flashed across Cecilia's face.
Cecilia wanted Selina to stay home for dinner.
Selina originally wanted to call Matthew over but Cecilia objected.
Cecilia didn't want to see Matthew at the moment.
Selina could only call Matthew to inform him that only she was having dinner with the Whitlock family.
Matthew was silent for a moment.
"Selina, I have something to tell you," he said with difficulty.
"Go ahead," Selina prompted him to continue.
"Saoirse wants me to have dinner with her," he blurted out.
Selina's breathing halted.
"You didn't have to tell me that," she said bitterly.
After all, she would be having dinner with the Whitlock family, so she wouldn't be aware of this, but Matthew still told her.
"Selina, I won't hide this from you." Matthew's voice was hoarse.
Selina took a deap breath.
"Go ahead then, after all, it's just dinner," she said with resignation.
Silence resonated from the other end of the phone, only his ragged breathing could be heard.
"If that's all, I'm hanging up," Selina couldn't stand the silence.
Later that evening, Matthew and Saoirse met up in a restaurant.
The restaurant had a romantic atmosphere, and most of the diners were couples.
Saoirse had chosen the restaurant.
She had ordered the food too.
However, it was all according to Matthew's liking.
She looked at Matthew while she ordered, "William, I remember that you like to eat salad with cranberries."
"You also like lemon tea," she continued.
The waiter couldn't help but say to Matthew, "Sir, your girlfriend is really attentive to you."
Matthew was about to speak when Saoirse interrupted, "Alright, this is all we would have for tonight."
The waiter left with their orders.
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