"You..." Tobias sighed.
"What's wrong?" Natalie was puzzled.
He asked, "What would Selina think if she saw Mathew crying when he saw her?"
His words left her speechless.
At that moment, she finally understood.
Her voice was a little bit bitter. "I see. So he was forcing himself to smile. It must be hard on him to have to hide his emotions at a time like this."
On the other side, Matthew was holding Selina so tightly that she couldn't even break free.
She was a little anxious, so she stomped on his feet.
However, he smiled at her.
Seeing his smile, she was enraged. "How can you smile at a moment like this?"
"Selina." He said softly, "Do you remember the first time I saw you? You were dancing, and you left the crowd amazed. I really wanted to invite you to dance, but I could not muster up the courage to do so. Do you know why?"
"Why?" she asked.
He replied, "Because I'm not good at dancing. I'm afraid that we'll be at each other's toes if we did dance."
This time, she was silent.
Because she was at a loss for what to say.
When Natalie told her that Matthew had learned the truth, she had imagined that she and Matthew would cry when they meet. However, it did not turn out that way.
"Matthew, can you save me some face?" She looked down before continuing, "Please leave, will you? I don't want you to see me like this."
"I've already seen it." He said softly, "You're beautiful as ever."
She felt her breathing stop.
"Fine. Even if I am beautiful now, I'll get uglier and uglier, and I'll look old." Her voice was soft, filled with bitterness.
"It won't change my opinion." His voice was firm. "Selina, I have told you long before that you'll always be the little girl I know. Nothing will change you in my heart."
However, she was getting upset. "I don't believe you could still see me as a little girl when I look like I'm eighty."
"What if I can?"
It left her speechless.
"You win."
"Selina, you're not just years too early to beat me, but you're also silly." He said seriously, "You can't find anyone more foolish than you in this world. How could you hide something like this from me? Just how silly are you?"
Right then, she chuckled. Her worlds filled with sarcasm and coldness. "Matthew, but what can you do if I told you? You can't save me. Even my brother could not find a cure for me after searching everywhere."
Her words were like a knife to his heart. He felt so much pain from them.
But he suppressed the pain.
Tobias had already explained everything to him when he came over. After accepting the shock and pain from the news, he was calm now.
If what she was experiencing was incurable, he had already figured out what he would do next.
He would stay with her.
Then, he took her hand and said, "Even if your days are numbered, let me be there for you in your last moments. Promise me, okay?"
But she shook her head, refusing him, "No, I can't let you see how ugly I would become." "Selina, Tobias told me you did this because you didn't want me to suffer from the news of your death and cost me the rest of my life. Am I right?"
She gave a simple reply of acknowledgement.
With that, he sighed and continued, "Silly girl, you hiding it from me caused me all those that you were trying to prevent. Do you understand?"
She retorted, "No. If it weren't for Natalie, you would have hated me and found someone new and started afresh."
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