Selina bit her lip.
Although she was of noble status, she had never thrown her weight around.
When she was about to leave, Matthew opened his mouth and said, "This shop will be open 24/7 from now on."
The waitress was speechless.
She felt somewhat exasperated. Although the man in front of her seemed to be a part of the upper class, he still had no right to decide whether the shop would be open 24/7 or not.
She said awkwardly, "Sir, our boss has never said that we would be open 24/7."
Matthew took out a gold card. His tone was clear and gentle, without a hint of condescension. "I will buy this store now."
The waitress was dumbstruck.
She took the gold card and checked the balance and was shocked to the core.
"Uncle, you're so generous," Selina murmured.
A hint of pity flashed across Matthew's eyes.
"Have you cried enough? Are you still sad?"
It was fine before he asked. Immediately after he did, Selina grabbed onto his shirt and wiped all her tears and snot onto it.
Then, she sniffed. "I m done crying. No crying anymore."
Selina said, "Matthew, you are so generous."
He could clearly feel the moisture on his shoulder.
"What's the matter?" Matthew stared at Selina.
There was a flicker of gloom in Selina's eyes.
Under Matthew's gaze, she suddenly had the urge to pour out her heart's complaints.
She wrung her hands. "That man played me like a fiddle. One moment he says she wants to marry me, then he turns his back and cancels the wedding. He makes my emotions go up and down.
Matthew frowned in surprise, his gaze icing over a little.
"He dared to toy with you?" His voice was filled with subtle frost.
"Why not?" There was a hint of irony in Selina's eyes. "He's played me many times over, but this time I've finally seen through him."
At that point, she became agitated all of a sudden. Then, she looked at Matthew and said everything
in one breath.
"Matthew, do you know how much I liked him? I've been in love with him since I was a student. From then on, there had been no one else in my heart. Let me tell you, the boys who tried to court me could've formed a line throughout the school, but I was not tempted by any of them. I stubbornly insisted on being with him, yet he still failed me!"
"I saw him fooling around with other women multiple times, but I endured it all. I'm a total perfectionist, and yet I endured it all for him. I just wanted to be with him happily. I didn't have any extravagant desires, but he played me for a fool!"
"Do you know how happy I was when he finally got down on one knee? I thought I had the whole world, but today, he suddenly said that we're not getting married anymore. He's just been playing with me."
Every word spoken by Selina was like a sharp blade, piercing Matthew.
The coldness around his eyes and eyebrows seemed to condense into a white frost.
It was hard for him to imagine that a girl as tender as Selina could be willing to stoop so low to be at a man's side.
She had even been willing to compromise when she had found him cheating on her.
He couldn't have imagined that Selina would be capable of withstanding something as awful as this. He could only imagine just how much she had loved this man. She loved him so much that she even lost her self-esteem.
Selina's eyes reddened again as she spoke.
She took deep breaths. "Matthew, this time, I have really come to my senses. I have broken up with that man for good. From now on, he will no longer have a chance to play me anymore, I swear!"
Matthew kept silent for a moment.
"Have you really made up your mind?" He fixed his gaze on Selina.
Selina nodded vigorously.
She seemed to be worried that Matthew would not believe her and said, "Matthew, introduce someone to me. I must start a new life. I want to end it with that man completely!"
All sorts of complicated emotions surged in Matthew's eyes.
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