Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 502

In an instant, silence returned to the Langston Residence. After Lucas left, Robert took Heather back into the study, this time with an even uglier look on his face. Not knowing how she had displeased him again, Heather looked at him with an innocent expression.

“You were screwing around!” Robert rebuked angrily.

Heather looked at Robert in puzzlement. She didn’t know in what way she had screwed around, so she wondered if Matthias’s arrival had displeased him. “Are we going to continue drawing?” she asked with a serious look on her face. At this moment, she’d better divert Robert’s attention immediately, or Robert might give her another dressing-down.

“Don’t change the subject.” Robert wouldn’t play Heather’s game, though. He felt powerless at the sight of Heather, for her relationships were in a total mess.

“I know my faults now, Grandpa. I’ll draw an excellent picture to make you satisfied.” Heather unwaveringly guided the conversation to the subject of drawing, but Robert shot her a fierce glare instead.

“What does Matthias have to do with the car accident?” Robert asked. He simply couldn’t understand why Matthias would always get involved in Heather’s affairs, nor could he understand what the two of them were fussing over. Heather and Matthias must be very close in private, but he couldn’t meddle too much in this. After all, he couldn’t force them to sever their ties with each other.

“It’s just a coincidence,” Heather replied guiltily. In fact, there were many coincidences about Matthias. However, Heather didn’t dare to let Robert know the truth behind the car incident, for she feared that he would ground her as a punishment.

“Are there so many coincidences?” Evidently, Robert was displeased with Heather’s answer; he thought she was just saying that to pacify him.

Heather nodded repeatedly and replied, “That’s just how it is.”

“I have to go out this afternoon, so stay in the study and reflect on your mistakes.” Robert glanced at the clock on the wall. It was time for him to attend his appointment since it was getting late.

Upon hearing this, Heather was overjoyed at once, for she had some stuff to take care of that afternoon. If Robert kept an eye on her all the time, she would be unable to do anything else that day. “Okay, I’ll keep practicing and wait for you to come back. By then, you can inspect my drawings,” she promised readily as she had to show her obedience at this moment.

Robert didn’t believe Heather at all, but he really had no time to waste. He was going to meet a big shot this time, so he mustn’t make any mistakes.

Once Robert left, Heather had an illusion that she regained her freedom in life, and she instantly found the study a lot more adorable. She carelessly made a few brushstrokes with a faint smile on her face, for it was only at this moment could she draw freely in a jaunty manner.

When she recalled what Lucas had said, she opened her Messenger immediately. Heather saw a clear and concise message from him as expected. It read, ‘Send me the photo.’

Perhaps Lucas is such a lofty and distant man in real life! Heather thought to herself. As she thought about Lucas’ temper, the corners of her mouth turned upward—Lucas seemed much more interesting than he appeared to be.

She sent him the photo without further delay, upon which he replied, ‘Thanks.’

Meanwhile, Heather felt quite helpless since she didn’t know what to say to him. She had always been a conversation killer on social media, but she didn’t expect that he was a better conversation killer than herself. She wondered if she should exchange courtesies with him, but she thought better of it in the end. How boring it would seem if she responded to the word ‘thanks’ with the phrase ‘you’re welcome’!

Meanwhile, Lucas also didn’t know what to say to Heather as he looked at his Messenger. He seemed to have presented himself badly that day, so he pondered if he should talk to Tony about this. It was his fault for being too impulsive that things turned out this way, and he was already regretting it. How could he leave so suddenly? He wondered what Heather would think of this. He wanted to find some topics to chat about, but he had no idea what conversation he should initiate. As he held his cell phone in vexation, he suddenly found himself very useless.

Meanwhile, Matthias texted Heather on Messenger shortly after Lucas stopped doing so. Heather took a glance at the message Matthias had sent; he had been quite abnormal last night, so she was curious to know what on earth he was up to, but she wanted to stay away from him even more.

‘Are you there?’ His message was so simple that Heather didn’t want to reply to it at all.

Since she gave no reply, he sent another message five minutes later. ‘Are you there?’

Heather stared at the message in contemplation before deciding to ignore him again. After some thought, she simply deleted the message Matthias sent her. To her dismay, Matthias sent her an identical message every few minutes, forcing her to text him back against her will.

Matthias pressed in on Heather so hard that she almost had an overwhelming desire to delete him from her Messenger. However, she decided that she might as well text him back after some hesitation. She texted perfunctorily, ‘I’m busy.’

Matthias was elated upon seeing Heather’s message. He knew that she was only brushing him off, but it was good that she finally paid some attention to him. He asked caringly, ‘Did your Grandpa give you a hard time?’