Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 423

The person standing outside the door was none other than Matthias, who still came in the end. He was wearing a calm expression, as if he really had nothing to do with the incident.

He entered the room under the gazes of those three people before he looked at Heather with a shadow of a smile on his face.

“I didn’t expect that you would prefer having a discussion at the publisher’s office, Miss Langston,” he casually said as he stared unblinkingly at her.

The editor-in-chief of The Apple Gazette darted a tentative look at Matthias while Alexander openly appraised the editor-in-chief. The atmosphere was a little awkward and it was quite obvious that Matthias was pretending to appear relaxed.

“Alexander, give the newspaper to Director Locke,” Heather said to Alexander, who then solemnly took out two newspapers from his briefcase—they were news that made the headlines today and yesterday. After that, he passed them to Matthias with a serious expression. He made everything seem so formal that the people around him unconsciously felt nervous.

“Director Locke, please have a look at them.” Alexander handed him the newspaper with both hands.

Matthias took the newspaper and skimmed through them. Then, he folded the papers and kept them away before he raised his eyes to look at Heather. He seemed unfazed by the incident reported in the news.

“Miss Langston, you didn’t call me over just to show me the two newspapers, right?” His expression made it obvious that he was unperturbed by the incident reported in the news.

“Hmph!” she coldly snorted. “Looks like the content in the news doesn’t concern you, Director Locke.” The fact that he seemed fine with it upset her, which made her lose the intention to even put up a show.

“This kind of gossip is never real in the first place, so why should I be concerned about it? Getting worked up over it is a waste of energy.” Matthias indeed did not expect Heather to care about the gossip so much. It appeared that she cared very much about her private life.

After he said that, the editor-in-chief anxiously glanced at him. The editor-in-chief did not expect Matthias to say that the news was fake right in front of him, which made him wonder whether Matthias was actually here to help or stir up more trouble.

“This is an act of violation to my reputation. I will definitely take this publisher to court.” As she was speaking, she looked at the editor-in-chief and it was obvious that she was threatening them.

Matthias cast an indifferent glance at Heather, as if he was saying that the news had nothing to do with him. His actions completely illustrated that he did not take the matter seriously at all.

“This is my lawyer. I hope that you can testify for me in court,” she uttered in a serious manner, but her eyes revealed her aggressive attitude.

Upon hearing that, the editor-in-chief was flustered. He wanted to interrupt them, but any words from him now would only further upset Heather and the more he spoke, the more mistakes he could make. Therefore, he had no choice but to keep quiet and look at Matthias pleadingly.

Matthias politely smiled and uttered, “Miss Langston, appearing in court will bring bad luck to us businessmen.” It was obvious that he implied he disagreed with taking things to court.

As a matter of fact, Heather had thought that he would not agree to her request, so she wasn’t disappointed. On top of that, she did not have any evidence to prove that he had colluded with The Apple Gazette in secret.

The reason why she had called for this meeting today was solely to give The Apple Gazette a warning. Since The Apple Gazette had the courage to offend the Langston Family by tarnishing their reputation, she had never intended to let things slide easily.

“Director Locke, it is fine if you refuse to appear in court. Someone will seek the evidence from you. You will only need to tell the truth and you’ll be considered as doing our Miss Langston a favor,” Alexander quickly chimed in. With a smile on his face, he cunningly described it in a way that forced Matthias to agree to his request.

“That’s for sure. I’m a decent citizen who obeys the law, so I won’t fake my testimony. I will tell the truth.” Matthias wore a stern expression as well while he said righteous statements.

After the discussion, the two parties arrived at a consensus—at least on the surface—while the editor-in-chief, who had been listening to them from one side, felt edgy. Although Matthias had darted a look to comfort him, his mouth had said otherwise. The editor-in-chief was worried that Matthias would abandon him to save himself.

It was at this moment that he regretted his action of colluding with Matthias. The Langston Family was extremely influential in Bradfort City, so it was not worthwhile to offend them for Matthias’ sake.

Upon seeing Heather’s determination to get to the bottom of it, the editor-in-chief was worried that they would lose in court and he would definitely be fired then.

“Miss Langston, if there are no other matters, I will have to take my leave to attend a meeting,” Matthias responded as he glanced at his watch to feign that he was busy.

Heather wore a polite smile. “Director Locke, you sure are a busy man. Apologies for taking your time. You should get going if you have other matters to attend to.” In fact, other than to let him know that she was not an easy target, there were no further reasons for intentionally asking him to meet up with her.

After he had left, her gaze turned to the editor-in-chief, who had been ignored this whole time. Looking at his expression, she inwardly thought, This time, I will make sure to give you a good scare!