Nothing Matters, except YOU & Me novel Chapter 729

When did Zayne even contact that man? Heather felt that Zayne seemed to be keeping a lot of things from her. However, at this rate, that person would show up at any time if they kept on stalling like this.

Heather sunk into the sofa in distress once again. Since that man was able to come to an agreement with Zayne, he had probably made his fair share of sacrifices.

When she put it that way, Heather no longer felt as stressed to meet him. After all, Zayne had always been on her side all this time; to be ‘betrayed’ by him once in a while wasn’t such a bad thing.

Just then, a gust of wind sent the rustling noise of grass into the villa, and Heather was agitated by the slight commotion. From then on, she paid extra attention to pick up any movements from outside while a hint of anticipation tickled her heart. After all, she had been thinking about this person a lot for the past few days.

She had once been in love with him, so how could she erase him from her memory in the blink of an eye? After experiencing that, Heather truly felt that emotions could make a person act in predictable ways. Back then, she was an outsider to all these conventional patterns of human nature; now, she was a part of them. She’d never imagined for this to happen to her, but the truth was right in front of her eyes.

Meanwhile, the white walls around her seemed like a cage; Heather hugged her knees on the cushion, her eyes clouded with weariness and confusion.

At last, a knock on the door cast away her moment of self-deprecation—it appeared that their guest had arrived. Heather waited in anticipation for him to come in on his own, and she even forgot to speak.

“Is anyone home?” Matthias stood outside the door; he was as nervous and restless as the woman inside. As a result, he went a little heavy on the knock, and the door creaked open under his unintentional force. He realized it wasn’t locked to begin with.

It seemed like Zayne had helped them out quite a lot this time. Matthias headed straight inside, for he knew this was an indication that he was welcomed. After entering the living room, he noticed Heather on the sofa right away. Even though her hair was messy and she was wearing a pair of slippers, he still thought that her beauty was unparalleled.

“Hey,” Matthias greeted Heather.

However, she had been looking elsewhere since he entered. She was deliberately avoiding his gaze and wasn’t planning to respond to him either.

Instead, Matthias went up to her; as his footsteps approached gradually, Heather’s heart sped up steadily as well. He finally came to a stop when he was about three steps away from the sofa.

He stood there and looked down at Heather for a long time, but she wasn’t willing to spare him a glance. Hence, he leaned toward her and nudged forward a little, slightly closing the distance between them.

“Are you really going to ignore me, Heather?” Matthias’ voice was as soft and soothing as ever, and his expression couldn’t be more kind.

“Why are you here?” Heather acted like she didn’t know about his visit.

Matthias took another step forward. Heather finally turned to him, and the two shared a moment of silence as they locked eyes. Just then, Heather found her words stuck in her throat; similarly, Matthias couldn’t seem to voice out the sweet talk that he had planned either.

“I missed you, so I came to see you.” Matthias wanted to keep staring at Heather like this without a care in the world.

On the other hand, the woman was fully prepared so that she wouldn’t be caught off guard. She wasn’t planning to keep on conversing with Matthias, nor did she want to have any physical contact with him. Thus, she instinctively scooted to the side.

“I’ve already made it clear last time,” she said firmly. She couldn’t bring herself to be with him, after all.

Meanwhile, Matthias promptly sat down next to Heather when she turned away. The moment she felt him beside her, she darted far away in reflex like she was being scalded.

“You always pretend to hate me, but I know how you truly feel.” Matthias didn’t want to lose her anymore, and he wanted her to understand his feelings.

“Please behave yourself, Matthias.” Heather stood up immediately, not being able to do it anymore.

The man reached out and grabbed her by the arm, for both sides were unwilling to give in. Heather struggled to break free from his grip, but she couldn’t seem to muster the strength to do so.

“I know that you’ve been thinking about it for the past few days, Heather.” Matthias wanted to take control of the situation this time. In other words, he refused to be on the passive side forever and to be led on by Heather all the time.

“I don’t know what you mean by that,” Heather said coldly with a scoff as she flung away his hand. Unfortunately, his fingers were so tightly clasped around her arm that she couldn’t shrug it off at all.

“Running away isn’t going to help us, Heather.” Matthias’ voice became cold as well.

Heather didn’t expect him to be so headstrong today, and she couldn’t reject him when he acted this way. At that moment, she was a little regretful that she had decided to wait for him in the living room.

“We’re on two opposite sides, Matthias. It wouldn’t do us any good to keep hanging onto each other.” Heather would rather put everything on the table at this point.

“You seem to be the only one thinking we’re on opposite sides,” Matthias reminded her.

“Am I wrong, though?” Heather stared condescendingly at him; she was now standing while he was sitting down. Meanwhile, Matthias’ calm and collected demeanor made it seem like he had full confidence of winning the woman back.