Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 499

This was precisely why Heather held Leon in special regard. In addition to being a highly-skilled hacker, Leon had some distinguishing qualities that were absent in other people. Such a person was a great help to Heather, so she was glad that she and Leon were friends instead of enemies. “Gifts for friends should only be the best, of course.” Heather attached great importance to gifts, so she always strove to give the best and the most suitable presents. Furthermore, she put a great deal of care and thought into the gifts she chose. She was an earnest person most of the time, though she didn’t know how attractive her personality was.

“I don’t need anything—just prepare a table full of delicious dishes for me tomorrow.” Leon manifested a mysterious hint of danger. He had never tasted Heather’s cooking before, for the latter was always too stingy to cook for him. Therefore, he had been coveting the food she made.

“It’s a deal,” Heather agreed without hesitation.

“What’s the story about the person you want me to look into?” Leon couldn’t possibly look into a person based on a photo alone. There could be tons of information about a person, and he didn’t know what kind of information Heather wanted.

“Myra was tailed by this guy when she was abroad. I want to have a background check done on him, but it’ll be even better if you can find out whose orders he was under,” Heather explained while looking at the photo on her cell phone. This guy looked ferocious and sinister and was by no means a kind person.

“As expected, you’re doing this for Myra. You couldn’t have fallen in love with your bestie, could you?!” Leon couldn’t understand the friendship between best friends, but he had a feeling that Heather was willing to do anything for Myra. At the thought of this, he was somewhat jealous deep down inside. If only Heather could treat me the same way. I wonder how Myra bought Heather off and made her so devoted to her back then, he thought to himself.

“Stop talking nonsense. Can’t you grow up?” Heather asked helplessly.

“All right, all right. Matthias is the person you love, and your feelings for Myra are purely sisterly.” Leon was still unwilling to let Heather off. If it wasn’t illegal to commit murder, Heather would have killed him a zillion times.

“Do you still want me to cook for you?” Heather asked abruptly on a threatening note.

“Of course I do. I’ll shut up, so just take what I said as bullsh*t.” Leon kept his mind on driving. However, it didn’t take long before he went wild again. “By the way, my mission is to find out this guy’s background. As for whose orders he’s under, you’ll have to sleep with me for one night to know that,” he said shamelessly once again.

Heather massaged her temples; she really felt defeated by Leon, for he never kept quiet even once. “Make a turn at the front, then stop after you drive past the traffic light.” She just wanted to get rid of Leon, and she felt that her head would explode if she kept on listening to his nonsense.

“Hey, are you really treating me as a driver?” Leon was peeved by the way Heather brushed him off. I’m feeling very aggrieved, okay? he thought to himself.

“I’m getting off.” Heather opened the car door right away as soon as Leon pulled up.

“Be careful and take your time, you lady!” Leon shouted caringly, but Heather was already far away from him. As he looked at her from behind, he could only smile in resignation.

When Leon started his car again, the look on his face vanished and was replaced by a serious expression that resembled an ancient Greek sculpture. Blessed with ethereal handsomeness, he looked as good-looking as a legendary god. He fixed his eyes on his cell phone’s screen; the photo of the stalker was displayed on it, and he was trying hard to imprint the stalker’s looks in his mind. He had to drive back to his apartment as soon as possible, for that was where his laptop was. With his laptop in hand, he would be an almighty God.

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It was almost noon when Heather reached the Langston Group. Not surprisingly, Blake was sitting in her office. Heather frowned at the sight of him, but she suppressed the feeling of disgust and impatience within her. She had wasted an entire morning because of Matthias, and now she was going to keep on wasting the wee bit of working hours she had left because of Blake. “Good afternoon, Director Blake.” She decided it would be better to call him ‘Director Blake’ to flatter his vanity.

“You don’t have to be so formal with me, Heather,” Blake replied with a contented look. Truth be told, being called this way by Heather gave him quite a sense of fulfillment.

“It’s quite improper to keep calling you by your first name in the company. It would sound more formal to call you ‘Director Blake’ anyway.” Heather didn’t want to come into conflict with Blake again.

However, Blake always did everything possible to give her a hard time. “You left home early this morning, so why didn’t you arrive at the company until now? Were you at an appointment with your client to discuss business-related matters?” he asked insincerely. He wouldn’t fall out with Heather openly and completely, but he would make things difficult for her in every way possible.

“No, I didn’t. I was involved in a car accident on my way here, so it took a bit of time,” Heather replied with a forced smile.

“A car accident?” Blake immediately stood up from his chair and pretended to be concerned. “Are you hurt? Since you were involved in a car accident earlier, you shouldn’t come to the company. Hurry up and go to the hospital for a check-up.” However, it was evident from Blake’s expression that he couldn’t wait for something bad to happen to Heather.

Heather shook her head and said, “My car suffered some serious damage, but I’m fine.”