Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 566

It was a heavy downpour out there. Heather, who had no makeup on, was sitting opposite Matthias. It stirred something within him that he wanted to capture and keep this beautiful moment to himself. A shutter sound could be heard and he took a photograph of her while she was drinking her coffee. However, she lifted her head the next second and snatched his phone away from him.

He felt a little frustrated that he had forgotten to turn off the shutter sound, and now Heather had deleted the photo without a second thought. She then glanced at him coldly, her expression unkind. “Don’t simply take photos of me.” To Heather, she was looking like a mess now, so how could she let anybody photograph her in such a state? She fixed her fierce gaze at him, as though he had done something unforgivable.

“You look too pretty so I couldn’t help it,” Matthias replied with utmost sincerity. Heather’s aura seemed weaker than usual when she did not put on any makeup, and she looked more adorable now when she was angry.

Upon hearing his words, she felt resigned toward Matthias’ aesthetic judgement of a straight man. She did not think that she would look good right now with her current state. As she came to that thought, she found her attention being drawn away by his phone.

She realized that there were countless photos of her in his phone, and she had no idea when he took all these without her knowing.

Frightened, she looked up with a hint of horror. “You sent someone to stalk me?” There were a lot of photos which were taken from a far distance and it would not have been taken by Matthias himself.

“No,” Matthias responded while he snatched his phone back and added, “It’s all taken by me.” Back then, he once stalked her from behind and he initially just thought of watching her from afar. However, he could not contain himself in the end and took a few photos.

“Don’t ever do such a thing again.” Heather did not want to have an argument with him today, so she sounded gentle while she spoke.

“I’m sorry.” Being exposed by Heather on the spot, Matthias too felt disgusted with his own obsessed and foolish actions.

“Alright, then; I’m going home now.” Heather did not want to stay with him any longer. She had been running around for a long while, and now she felt so weary that she did not even want to talk to anyone else.

Upon seeing that, Matthias quickly stood up and offered, “I’ll send you.” Right at the moment, he was looking as though he was a big boy who had just done something wrong. He looked so panicked and he wanted to behave better to win her favor.

“No, it’s alright.” However, she rejected his offer decisively. She had not forgiven him for what happened just now and she even refused to let him get closer to her.

Upon hearing her words, he was no longer stubborn. Evan had once advised him, saying that sometimes when a girl forcefully said no, he should listen to her. Otherwise, the girl would hate him if he did the opposite.

Looking at such a situation right now, Heather obviously did not want him to send her off, so he could only watch her retreating figure as she walked away. Holding an umbrella in the heavy rain, Heather looked even more fragile and thin. At this moment, Matthias was longing to stand by her side and hold the umbrella for her, protecting her against the wind and rain.

As Heather’s unbending figure faded away in the rain, Matthias withdrew his gaze, thinking that he should head back to the company immediately. Because of an uncertain text, he ran out in a hurry and made himself look like a hot mess. Moreover, he did not win the heart of his beautiful woman either.

Ever since he was transferred to the business department, he felt that everything became much quieter as he was now free from Regan’s blabber. He knew that Regan was actually waiting for a chance to come back but he was badly hit by the loss previously, which meant that he would not cause any trouble again in a short period of time.

In this poor weather, a lot of people were using various ridiculous reasons to take their time off, as the losers would have thought that the life of a wealthy person was unrestrained and happy. In fact, no matter if it was on a windy day or a stormy day, Matthias would come to the company earlier than anyone else.

Moreover, the board of directors were not completely disappointed in him despite his abnormal actions during this period of time, as his good performance back then was still well remembered after all.

In his most hardworking years, he only slept for four to five hours a day and he gave it his all. Even though he made a whole lot of money for the Locke Group and even expanded the business scale of the company, people would gossip behind his back, saying that he could thrive just because of his identity.

As soon as Matthias thought about this, he decided to put away his messy thoughts. He had been with the Locke Group for a very long time and he even felt a little nostalgic. Moreover, he had been working so hard all these years for another important purpose of his and he would do anything just to achieve it.

The documents were crammed full of words and he looked at the information with his eyes narrowed. The reason that the Locke Group could develop so rapidly and smoothly in Bradfort City was all thanks to that person who paved the way for them.

In the business world, everyone would have their own axe to grind just for their own benefits. Ever since he had more concerns in his mind, he started to examine that goal of his which was not known by anybody. Is it really worth it to sacrifice so much for that goal?

There was still a heavy downpour out there. This heavy rain had lasted for a very long while and it would certainly burden the drainage system of Bradfort City. Moreover, in some places, the water had risen to calf-level. In short, there would be floods if it continued to rain so heavily. As he looked down from such a high level, Matthias noticed that all living beings had become very small.

He was standing in front of the window while the humans below were just like ants. Right now, there were various conspiracies going on in Bradfort City. When the upper levels were competing for power and gain, the ones struggling to survive at the bottom of the pyramid were the ones who suffered. As this thought came into his mind, he felt increasingly swayed and he was even a little shaken.

If I give up now, will it be a good thing for everyone? In the middle of the night, Matthias would also ask himself the same question. However, there was no turning back for an arrow that had been released, and he did not have any other choice now.

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