Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 540

Love could make a woman grow overnight, but it could also change them drastically. Everly could feel her greed overwhelming her after she fell for Caleb. Eventually, she thought it was okay to use Heather as leverage if it meant she could get in touch with Caleb. Everly had been waiting for Caleb’s visit, but he never came. Instead, Matthias showed up.

In that case, she wanted to match Matthias up with Heather, since the only way to make Caleb give up on Heather was to get a boyfriend for her. But what Everly didn’t know was that men would never give up on a woman—unless they lost their love for her.

It was the first time Robert realized that Everly was no longer the young girl she once was. And then he made the same mistake as Heather—Robert thought Everly was falling for Matthias. But no matter what Everly had in mind, Heather and Robert would not let it go on. Subsequently, Heather and Robert exchanged glances.

Robert didn’t let Matthias stay after dinner, as he asked Heather to send him off. Then he summoned Everly to his study. I have to nip this in the bud.

Heather and Matthias were walking side by side under the moonlight. Heather was staring down, and she saw that their shadows were getting drawn out by the silvery moonlight. Matthias was stepping on her shadow, which reminded her of a legend that went like this: if one stepped on someone’s shadow, one would never break up with them.

“Why did you stare at Everly back then?” Heather needed an answer right then and there.

“Oh, is that her name?” Matthias didn’t know who Everly was, so that was the first time he had heard of her name.

“What are you trying to do? Trying to seduce my cousin because I’m not letting you pass?” Heather questioned irritably. Then she realized she sounded jealous, and her face turned scarlet.

It wasn’t something big, but Heather was vexed by what she saw earlier. If Matthias was really a playboy, then she had made a bad choice.

“Don’t take this the wrong way. I think she’s cute, and she looked at me first. I thought there was something on my face,” Matthias quickly explained himself. All he had was admiration for Everly and nothing else.

“There were a lot of people looking at you, so why did you only stare at her?” Heather didn’t believe him. Her family was a curious one, so almost everyone was staring at Matthias earlier.

He smirked and nudged her with his elbow. “Someone’s jealous.” She’s jealous.

“As if.” She snorted. Someone’s getting ahead of himself.

Oh, she’s not admitting it, huh? Matthias continued, “She’s a pretty one, so she caught my attention. I like all things beautiful.” Matthias instigated her.

“Don’t get any ideas. She’s too good for you.” Heather insulted him, much to his annoyance.

Matthias snapped. “It’s the other way around, okay? You think your family’s all that? Well, my family doesn’t think so. We’re just accepting the proposal out of pity.” He wouldn’t back off once the fight started.

“Ah, don’t worry. None of us would marry a member of your family anyway.” Heather jeered at him. She was going to play along as his girlfriend and get something out of him, but the more she talked to him, the more she realized they couldn’t get along, let alone falling in love. Heather was infuriated, and she thought he was just wooing her for fun. No matter what, she could never get along with him.

Matthias was dumbfounded. What was I even saying? Why’d I bring our families up? Sh*t, now I’ve done it. Matthias wanted to take back what he said, but he knew it was too late.

“Your car’s up ahead. Have a safe trip.” And Heather turned back.

Matthias saw her off, but he had nothing to say. Everything was going fine up until the end, and as a result, Heather stormed off. Goddammit!

Everyone was still in the living room when she came back, but Robert and Everly were nowhere to be found. Not that she cared though. Everyone lowered their voice when she came in, and they looked at her as if she was Robert. They feared her, so they didn’t talk much.