After their meal, Selina put down the utensils in her hand. "Matthew, you have to go to the company tomorrow," she said.
"No." Matthew immediately refused. "I have to stay with you at a time like this."
Selina's expression turned serious. "No, Matthew, I am really fine now that you had taken the fall for me. But you must go back to the Perry Group, this is your company we're talking about, you still have so many employees relying on you, you must go back and handle this," Selina stated.
Matthew fell silent.
Selina continued, "I'll feel even more uneasy if you're here with me. If you want me to feel better, go back to the company tomorrow and work out the problem."
Matthew finally agreed.
"Alright then," Matthew said.
The next day soon arrived.
Matthew went to the company headquarters.
After Matthew left, Selina also prepared to head out.
Natalie asked Selina about her destination.
However, Selina did not disclose it to her.
"I'm off to run some errands. Natalie, don't worry yourself over me, I'm really fine," Selina assured her.
Natalie went to probe further but was interrupted by Francia.
After Francia came back late that night, Bowie had ranted to her about the events of the day. Francia had been furious and wanted to confront Natalie immediately. However, she'd held back when she thought of Tobias, because she was still a bit intimidated by him.
She knew that both Natalie and Tobias were in their bedroom at the time.
Hence, she held in her anger until the next morning.
Francia interrupted Natalie's conversation with Selina. Her hands were on her hips as she shouted at Natalie, "What the heck is going on with you, Natalie? Not only did you not introduce anyone to Bowie, you even dragged her away from a man she was interested in, and banned her from having dinner last night. What kind of cousin are you!"
Natalie felt offended by her statement.
Lothar had came the night before just to help Selina. Who would have thought that Bowie would be infatuated with him right after one encounter? Furthermore, everyone had been fully occupied with Selina's condition that day.
Not only that, Francia's statement of banning Bowie from dinner was just ridiculous. She had personally called Bowie to dinner, it was her who refused to eat.
"Aunt Francia, it wasn't like that," Natalie tried to explain.
"How was it not?" Francia raised her voice even more, "Why would my Bowie lie about this? Is this how you treat your cousin? Are you trying to let both me and your father down?"
Natalie fell silent.
After a moment, she replied, "Aunt, can you stop mentioning my father whenever you like? You know how much this pains me." Natalie bit her lip. "If you really think of me that way then I won't explain myself further to you."
Natalie walked away after she said that.
Even though Francia was rude and unreasonable, she still had some common sense.
She realized that it wouldn't do her any good if she chased after Natalie.
Francia glared at Natalie's retreating figure. "So what if you married into a rich family? Acting so arrogant like you're really something!" she spat.
Selina arrived at Saoirse's villa.
She grew up in an aristocrat family, and hence was not completely ignorant about the world.
She understood what kind of crisis Matthew was facing at this time.
Therefore, she wanted to help him.
There was only one way to solve this, and that was through Saoirse.
If Saoirse was willing to issue a statement in support of Matthew, then this crisis could be resolved easily.
Selina almost groveled and begged for Saoirse to help.
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