Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 544

Heather and Blake were having a quiet breakfast, as if the argument the night before never happened. The butler told Robert everything, but Robert decided to stay quiet. Even so, he was worried his grandchildren would fight again.

That was the moment when Matthias barged in at the worst time possible. Everyone was still having breakfast, so they stared at him the moment he came in, and Heather frowned. Is this guy dumb? He came right after I said yes? She was slightly regretting her choice. Despite his uninvited presence, everyone turned their attention back to their breakfast, saying nothing about Matthias’ arrival. Perhaps they had agreed to the relationship between him and Heather.

Robert was still welcoming as usual, so he asked Matthias to come over, but the guy only had eyes for Heather. He seemed oblivious about the fact that he came in at the wrong time, and to top it off, he looked as happy as a lark.

What should I do with him? “You’re early, Matthias.” Robert pointed out the obvious, since he knew Matthias was there for Heather.

“Well, I did say I’ll give you the proposal as soon as I can, so here I am.” Matthias made up an excuse, though he did have a proposal at hand. After all, coming over without anything was inappropriate.

Robert said, “I’m still having breakfast, so I can’t really go away.” Then, he looked around before setting his gaze on Heather. “You’re done with your breakfast, Heather? Good, can you take him to the study?”

Heather couldn’t refuse her grandfather, so she nodded. “Sure.” She wanted to take him away anyway, for Matthias had been doing a lot of over-the-top stunts around her family. This is not good.

In the meantime, Blake watched everything in silence. He wasn’t surprised about their relationship, since they didn’t keep it a secret back at the company. Now that they were getting closer, and Robert was greenlighting it, Blake realized that Heather must be getting along well with Matthias. And he hated that.

He hated it when everything was going well for her. Why is she the one who’s getting it good? Compared to her, Blake had been having a bumpy ride over the years, but all of it was his fault. Instead of reflecting on himself, he decided to put the blame on Heather, much to her chagrin.

Blake thought Heather had a smooth life, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. She ran into a lot of problems too, but Blake ignored all of it.

On the way to the study, Heather put some distance between her and Matthias. She didn’t want to talk to him, much to his confusion. Since he couldn’t figure it out, Matthias asked her carefully, “You don’t seem to welcome me, Heather.”

“Yes, you’re right,” she snapped back. You came right when everyone’s having breakfast. Of course I don’t welcome you.

This is not a good start. Matthias was still confused. He was an idiot when it came to women, for he knew nothing about pleasing them. They came to the study a short while later, then Matthias followed her in.

Heather turned around, asking formally, “Where’s the proposal?”

He took it out of his suitcase and handed it to her. They didn’t seem like a couple, though he wanted to approach her. However, he didn’t know how to do it; he knew he would mess things up, for she was a hard obstacle to overcome.

It was getting closer and closer to nine, but Heather still didn’t bring the date up. He wanted to remind her of the date, but she didn’t seem too happy. On the other hand, Heather seemed to be putting on airs to test Matthias. Matthias didn’t want to be late, for the most exciting part was at the start. In the end, he mustered up his courage to ask, “It’s getting late, Heather. I think we should be going now.” He was as careful as he could, for he was worried he might upset her.

In response, Heather looked at the time. We’ll really be late if we don’t set off right now. She was coming up with a way to get past the living room without anyone noticing, since some people were still having breakfast down there. None of this would have happened if he called me before coming. The more she thought about it, the more annoyed she was.

“Don’t call me by my name. I thought I told you so.” Heather was getting irritated. Matthias was shameless and forgetful, but she couldn’t do anything about it.

Right when they were about to argue, Robert came in. Ah, this is familiar. She’s annoyed, so I guess they’re upset again. Hmm, they’re really a perfect couple.

“Grandpa.” She greeted him politely, her enthusiasm for the date doused.

“Hello, Mr. Langston.” Matthias greeted him even more politely, worried someone might take it the wrong way.

“Do what you have to do. I’ll go through the proposal.” Robert knew what had happened once he took a look.

Heather looked at him, then at Matthias. She was still annoyed by Matthias, even though he never did manage to make her happy once, much to her chagrin.