Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 515

As Heather walked out of the apartment, the cold breeze hit her face and it brought upon a wave of coldness. However, she couldn’t stop thinking of Leon’s words; he actually made a lot of sense. Perhaps making use of Matthias is the most logical decision right now. However, the thought of having to become entangled with Matthias once again deterred her from making this move. As far as things were right now, Caleb hadn’t made his move just yet.

She didn’t go to her car immediately after walking out of the housing compound; instead, she decided to take a walk around the area. Normally, she felt better after taking a walk when she was in a bad mood and presently, she enjoyed being out on this bitterly cold night.

There was a drop in temperature on this cool, fall night and it slowly seeped into her. The cold air flowed through her jacket so she quickly wrapped herself up tightly. Today, she was dressed quite thinly and the bone-chilling cold air on such a night reawakened her senses, making her feel quite refreshed by it. This was indeed a bitterly cold, fall night.

Recently, it rained quite frequently and each time it did, the temperature outdoors would drop further. As such, the coldness seemed to hit earlier this year compared to the previous years. It felt like they had jumped straight from a hot summer’s day to a blustery cold, fall night. Meanwhile, Heather stared at the fallen leaves on the ground and took a deep breath of cold air.

This breath of cold air cooled her down immediately and she curled up her lips into a smile, somehow enjoying this perverse feeling. The breath she exhaled was quite warm and she tried to warm her hands by blowing a stream of hot air on them. Although the warmth hit her hands, it didn’t manage to warm her heart, which was slowly turning colder and colder.

Her current location was quite deserted so there weren’t that many passersby on the street. The quiet night brought upon a terrifying vibe in the surroundings. Heather kept walking further along, all the while feeling lonely. Suddenly, a car stopped right in front of her.

She stared silently at the person in the car who rolled the window down. The face of the person who stared back at her looked quite honest. However, she didn’t recall meeting this guy before so she looked at him warily. Despite his honest look, she knew it was quite important to keep her guard up among strangers.

“Hi there! Do you need a ride?” The slightly plump, middle-aged man had a rich, baritone voice.

“No thanks,” she rejected him with a darkened expression. There must be something wrong with this guy!

The middle-aged man heard her rejection and subsequently opened his car door to get out of his car. Meanwhile, she furrowed her brows slightly and her body went into alert mode. I definitely won’t let him off lightly if he dares to do anything to me!

“Are you Miss Langston?” He asked with an honest, straightforward voice. He had a down-to-earth look which somehow managed to make one lower their guard.

Suddenly, Heather came to her senses and displayed a combative stance. “Yes, I am.” She maintained an impassive look on her face, but her cool and aloof expression naturally exuded a rejecting vibe.

“A gentleman sent me here to fetch you,” he carefully explained himself. Currently, Heather gave out a dangerous vibe and he was fairly terrified of her.

The person who had hired him had warned him in advance that she wasn’t an ordinary woman; in fact, she was usually quite wary of strangers and she might be combative too. However, he had brushed off the person’s words back then. The photo he had seen of her seemed to indicate that she was quite pure and innocent but unexpectedly, she possessed a commandeering aura when he was faced with her.

“Gentleman? What does he look like?” She questioned him quite forcefully. It felt like she was targeted by someone.

Immediately, Heather looked around at her surroundings. Although she didn’t catch sight of anyone, she could sense that there was a pair of eyes fixated upon her. This feeling was quite uncomfortable and she was keen to find out who was behind all this.

“Miss Langston, I’m not too sure what’s going on too. He contacted me by phone and transferred the money into my bank account directly, so I had no choice but to accept this job,” The middle-aged man sounded quite resigned; it seemed that the person behind all this was quite domineering.

“I don’t need a ride, so stop bothering me.” She looked at him coldly. He had disrupted her mood to stroll around the neighborhood and she was quite annoyed by that.

“Miss Langston, I have to escort you back home safely. It’s my assigned task today,” He pleaded with her to the point where there were beads of perspiration that formed on his forehead.

“That’s not necessary, and I really don’t want to keep repeating myself.” Heather turned her back on him with an annoyed look on her face. She no longer wanted to continue arguing with him.

“I’m sorry but could you please help me out with this task here? I’ll be punished if I don’t complete it,” he said with a dejected look on his face. His current expression paired with his honest look could obviously gain one’s sympathy.

“This is a pointless task, so who cares whether you complete it or not? Besides, whether you get punished or not has got nothing to do with me at all,” Heather commented quite nonchalantly. This had nothing to do with her after all, so there was really no point in emotionally blackmailing her.

The man did not expect her callousness at all and he planned to pull at her heartstrings in the hopes that he could complete his task successfully. Surprisingly though, she left him with those words.

“Please don’t make my life difficult.” He looked at her fretfully. Meanwhile, he had run out of ideas on how to get her to hop into his car.

“You’d better stop bothering me or else I’ll call the cops on you!” She retorted with a cold voice. It looks like this guy doesn’t have any dangerous weapons on him so he won’t be a match for me if we come to blows.

All of a sudden, he became quite frightened by the dark vibes this woman gave off. She never regarded herself as a nice person. On the contrary, she had a dark side to her that was usually hidden from the public. Right now, she had no qualms in revealing her worst side to this stranger, who was continuously pestering her. In the past, she had come out unscathed in her fight with five strapping guys and presently, her expression was exactly the same as back then.