Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 405

Her memories were hazy and vague. For a brief moment, she felt like she managed to grasp onto something, but unfortunately, it slipped away from her again. In the end, she couldn’t remember anything at all.

No matter how hard she tried to recall, nothing came to mind. Memories that flashed quickly in her mind seemed like a dream that was out of reach. Myra stared at Matthias across from her in frustration, and in the end, she still couldn’t remember how she was related to him.

When dessert was served, they both ate in silence. Matthias had ordered a glass of warm milk for her, as he thought it would be safe for pregnant women.

Just as he said, the colorful fruit cake was delicious. This dessert shop had really good desserts that weren’t too sweet and had a nice texture.

Neither of them spoke to break the silence. Myra lowered her head and ate the piece of cake in front of her quietly.

Meanwhile, Matthias would occasionally raise his head to look at her with a doting look in his eyes. However, this small space made her a little anxious, and it was as if she could hear his breathing. Soon, she was starting to feel uncomfortable under his gaze that looked as if he had known her for a long time. In fact, the affection in those eyes terrified her and made her uneasy.

They couldn’t go on like this, so Myra decided to break the silence between the two first. “Director Locke, do you have something to say to me? Is it about Stark Group?”

She deliberately reminded him that the two of them were only meeting privately for business. In any case, he was hiding a lot of secrets, so she had to deal with him carefully.

“Regarding Stark Group, I’ve reached an agreement with your father,” he said openly.

At once, a trace of displeasure flashed in her eyes, but it was quickly suppressed as she casually looked away. Then, she said, “So, you’re on my enemy’s side.” Since he had made it so clear, she didn’t see the point of beating around the bush.

“Where did that come from?” he said with surprise in his voice, as if he was completely unaware of the feud between her and Cameron.

“What exactly is your goal? There is no profit to be made from this dying business, so what are you doing by stepping in at this time?” she asked in confusion. Matthias’ behavior was not consistent with that of a normal businessman. In fact, the average businessman would not muddy the waters at this time.

“I don’t want to see Stark Group fall. With my investment, I believe Stark Group will revive,” he said seemingly truthfully.

“An outsider shouldn’t worry about Stark Group’s affairs. Director Locke, why won’t you tell me what your real motives are?” she said in a curt manner. She wasn’t going to be fooled so easily by him.

“You’re right. I am an outsider, but Stark Group and I have benefited from each other, so I had to step in to help,” he said unexpectedly, causing Myra across the table to frown even deeper.

“Why don’t I know about this? Since when did Stark Group help you?” She didn’t believe a word he said at all, and she didn’t think that he genuinely wanted to help. Instead, she felt that he was making the muddied waters even muddier.

“I’d like to know this too. I’d like to know why you have no recollection of the past at all.” He half crouched, bending his waist to lean closer to Myra.

How he wanted to crawl into her head to take a closer look. Did she really lose all her memory, or was she just unwilling to recognize him? This pained him. Time and again, he forced himself to stay calm, but all his will would vanish every time he saw her.

“I’d like to know too.” She looked at him indifferently, not a trace of fear on her face.

“Since it has come to this, we shouldn’t dwell on it anymore,” Matthias said in disappointment.

“Whatever makes you feel better,” she said earnestly. She had no recollection of any entanglements with him at all, but he kept staring at her with a look as if she had betrayed him that made her feel queasy.

“Miss it once, and you won’t miss it a second time. Certainly, you will realize that nothing comes for free, so you’ll cherish it even more.” He stared into her eyes and spoke slowly, as if he was making an oath.

Myra turned away, avoiding his burning gaze. There were just too many emotions behind his eyes, and it made her feel pressured.

“It seems that you have already made up your mind about Stark Group.” She rushed to change the topic and tried to steer the conversation back to the right direction.

Just then, Matthias said sternly, “Then we have nothing else to talk about. What needs to be said has already been said. Since there’s nothing else to talk about in terms of business, we can talk about ourselves,” he answered rather casually. However, Myra had no intentions of chatting further with him. After all, she had only met him several times as far as she could remember.

“I’m not used to talking about my personal matters with someone I don’t know well.” She responded lightly, and she appeared to be brazen.

In his eyes, she saw a hint of disappointment that made her heart wrench, as if she owed him something.

A moment later, they were done with their desserts and the two fell silent once again. Myra’s eagerness to leave was written all over her face, which Matthias noticed in her eyes and realized she really didn’t want to stay with him anymore. It seemed like their short time together was nearing its end.

“Miss Stark, are you really not going to have a casual conversation with me?” he asked as he was unresigned and fought for his last chance.

“I don’t know what to say.” She was polite, but it was merely perfunctory.