In her bedroom, Yesseca heard Tremaine kick her door heavily.
Bang!
It felt as though his kick had landed on her heart.
Yesseca covered her face with a pillow.
"Horrible man, huge lousy guy!" She pounded the bed with her fist.
Tremaine was such an annoying man!
A lousy person!
Yesseca's mood was just as foul.
Just as Tremaine was feeling annoyed because he had nowhere to go, the phone suddenly rang.
Tremaine answered it.
He asked angrily. "Who is it?"
"Mr. Quartley." A man's voice spoke over the phone. It had a low, somewhat magnetic tone to it that was very soothing to the ear.
Tremaine frowned.
This was the first time he had ever heard such a pleasant voice of a man over the phone. It was unique and somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who it belonged to.
The other side seemed to have read Tremaine's thoughts. The voice then added, "Mr. Quartley, it's Matthew."
Matthew!
Tremaine remembered who it was.
He was a very good man.
But at the same time, also an extremely tragic one.
He was such an excellent man, but he had married a very poor woman. Such a pairing must be very miserable indeed!
"Mr. Quartley, sorry to disturb you so late at night." Matthew said courteously.
Tremaine immediately interrupted, "No need to be so polite with me. Just tell me what you have to say."
Matthew smiled.
He admired how straightforward Tremaine was.
It was also because Tremaine had such qualities which was why he wholeheartedly went for Yesseca.
Matthew simply asked, "Mr. Quartley, I wanted to ask about how things were going with you and Yesseca. How are things going with the two of you right now?"
Tremaine was already quite annoyed, but when he heard Matthew mention Yesseca, his annoyance grew larger.
He couldn't help but mutter, "You have a lot of free time on your hands."
"She is my dear little sister. Of course, I have to make time for her," Matthew said softly.
Tremaine was also aware that Matthew really was looking out for Yesseca's best interests.
Although he didn't want to talk about Yesseca right now, he still mentioned, "She's doing very well. She's eating well and gets enough sleep every day. She's fine."
Matthew was quiet.
He felt that there was something wrong with the way Tremaine said all of that.
Tremaine added, "She's fine, but I'm the one who's doing this wrong!"
He was about to explode with rage because of Yesseca!
Matthew then understood that there must be something wrong between Yesseca and Tremaine.
That was why he'd called today.
Before, he had spoken to Tremaine and Yesseca and been able to have a short talk with both, but Matthew had also found that Yesseca and Tremaine had incompatible personalities.
For example, Tremaine was slow in recognizing emotions and often careless in his disposition towards men and women. He was often reckless as well.
Yesseca, on the other hand, was much too meticulous and sensitive.
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