When Matthew arrived, Selina grabbed his arm and blurted out, "I have let Lothar down."
Lothar had asked her to care for his only family before he left this world.
But she'd failed to do so.
Because of her, Yesseca had been taken advantage of.
Matthew was shocked to hear it.
He lowered his voice and said, "Selina, what happened exactly?"
She didn't say anything.
She bit her lip hard, and her beautiful eyes were full of self-blame and pain.
Matthew looked at Yesseca, who was squatting on the ground. She buried her head in her knees, and her shoulders were trembling.
He brought both Selina and Yesseca home.
He understood that they were both emotional and in no place to be in the same room.
So he took Selina to the bedroom first and let her have a good rest. After that, he went to see Yesseca.
Matthew casually asked Yesseca what had happened.
He didn't expect her to tell him, but she told him anyway.
It might be awkward telling it to him.
But to her, he was just like Lothar, a brother to her.
At this moment, she was feeling depressed, and she was certain that Selina was angry at her. Therefore, she told him everything.
She told him that something that shouldn't have happened had happened between her and Tremaine. Hearing this words, he immediately turned cold and said, "He forced himself on you, didn't he?"
Yesseca shook her head. Her voice was low and bitter. "He did not force me. How could he have forced me under those circumstances? He was running a fever. His whole body was burning, so I was helping him cool down. We were both on the bed..."
Just then, she paused. There were some words she could not articulate.
Matthew was smart, and so he figured it out, although she was being vague about it.
"Please help me talk to Selina. I know she is sad about what has happened to me." Yesseca's face was pale.
Matthew's mind was in a mess.
He didn't expect something more than escaping death that would happen to Yesseca and Tremaine. They had actually had sex by mistake.
He cleared his thoughts quickly.
Everyone was in a mess right then, so he had to be the one to stay clear-headed.
He said to her, "Firstly, you have to understand that this is not your fault. You don't have to feel burdened about it, okay?"
Yesseca didn't say anything.
"Rest up. I'll talk to Selina about this. She just hasn't processed it yet. Leave it to me. Since it has happened, there's no need to feel bad. All we can do now is to play by ear and try to solve things together," comforted Matthew.
She nodded.
After a while, he left the bedroom.
He found Erine.
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