Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 569

On the phone, Matthias did not feel a sense of displeasure from Heather, and both of them tacitly remained silent about what happened yesterday. It was a brand new day and a new beginning; yesterday had already passed. He had improved a lot in dealing with relationships.

“What is your decision about the date, Miss Langston?” Since she did not reject him at once, she would very likely agree to his offer. Therefore, he certainly should take advantage of this situation to persuade until she nodded.

“Well, I’m afraid that Director Locke is doing this for his private reasons under the disguise of business matters,” replied Heather in a teasing manner. This was not the first time he had done such a thing and it used to happen very often. Therefore, in her eyes, he was like a person with previous convictions.

Upon hearing her words, he smiled while looking resigned, as he was unable to continue with what she said. By using the name of official business matters for his private interests, he had indeed done such a thing countless times. Right at this moment, he couldn’t help but feel ashamed while he looked back on his actions.

“We’ll only be talking about business and not about the other things.” He then pledged in all honesty and sincerity, but even he himself could not believe in these words.

“Alright, then. I wonder what matter Director Locke wants to talk with me about?” She was having the thoughts of teasing Matthias. As she recalled his embarrassed look, she smiled broadly.

Meanwhile, he flipped through the documents that he was holding. These were all the information regarding the cooperation between the Locke Group and the Langston Group, and it would possibly take half a day to read through these thick bundles of documents without missing a word.

“It’s about the cooperation between the Locke Group and Langston Group.” As he spoke, he pushed the documents aside. He would need to bring it along later for the date, and it could be said that he indeed spent a great effort just to meet Heather.

Upon hearing his reply, Heather frowned. She did not want to take care of this matter and since it was about the company’s cooperation, Blake was far more qualified than her to further discuss it with Matthias.

“Can I not accept it?” She hesitated a little, as she thought of the words that Robert had told her back then, which were hinting at her implicitly yet obvious.

She used to think of fighting for it in the past, but she completely gave up on this thought later on. However, Robert brought up this matter again all of a sudden, and it caused a total mess in her mind. On top of that, she was surprised that Matthias dared to brazenly ask her out by using this reason, which meant that Robert was indeed backing him up. As she thought about this, she did not know whether she should comply with his wish.

“The cooperation will be happening soon but a lot of things are yet to be finalized. Miss Heather, are you really not feeling worried about it?” Speaking in a businesslike tone, Matthias was trying his very best to ask Heather out to meet him.

He insisted on using this reason as he had set his mind to talk about this matter with her, so he certainly would not go to Blake Langston for this. If she refused again, he could only compromise in the end. Moreover, she had envisioned various possibilities that might happen in her mind.

“I’m not working at the Langston Group anymore, so I’m afraid that I’m not eligible to have a hand in this matter.” Still, she refused. The only thought she had right now was to develop her own company well and she did not want to compete with Blake any further.

“But that’s not what Old Master Langston said to me. He told me that you’ll always be a member of the Langston Group’s board of directors. Other than Blake Langston, you’re the director with the most company holdings among the Langston Family.” Matthias’ words were so high-sounding but it left her feeling startled.

“Where did you hear this rumor? I don’t even have the slightest share of the company in my hands.” Heather said inexplicably. Was it really what Robert told him, though? She thought.

At the same time, Matthias was surprised too. Robert did not tell him that she was not aware about this matter back then, and it seemed like he wanted to inform Heather about it through his mouth.

“It was your grandfather. He gave you the shares.” Looking at this situation, he was certain to conclude that it was definitely Robert who transferred the shares to Heather.

“But I’ve never signed any share transfer agreement.” She did not have the memory of signing such an agreement, but she indeed signed a lot of contracts and documents before.

“I’m not clear about this either. You can ask Old Master Langston about it.” This time, he had been used by Old Master Langston. As soon as he thought about this, he held his forehead in distress.

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In the meantime, a scene had popped up in Heather’s mind while she recalled. There was a time when Robert called her over to the study alone, asking her to sign for a document. At that time, he only asked her to sign, but he did not show her the contents of it. Could it be…

It was simply unknown whether it would be good news or bad news. She was feeling both helpless and amused about this, as she couldn’t believe that Robert would do such a thing behind her back.

“Alright. Where did you plan to meet?” Not wanting to stress herself about this matter anymore, she changed the topic in a split second and agreed to meet with Matthias.

For him, he had achieved his aim. Therefore, he no longer cared about the messy things of the Langston Family too.

“Wherever you like—you can decide.” He was afraid that Heather might not like the place that he chose, so he might as well let her choose on her own.

After thinking about it for a moment, she decided to go to the tea house. The place was rather quiet and they could also book a VIP room for themselves, so they would not be disturbed by anyone.

Matthias agreed with her suggestion and he then hung up the call before picking up the documents instantly which were placed near to him. At the moment, all he wanted was to hurriedly arrive at the teahouse they agreed upon.

The place that Heather picked this time was not in the city center. It was located in a remote alley at the outskirts of the city, as good wine needs no bush. She once came here by chance, and she liked the charming, attractive lady boss here. On top of that, she also admired her proficient tea ceremony.

It was a kind of artistic enjoyment when you watched her brewing the tea, and what Heather liked the most was the boss’ smile—her smile was extraordinarily enchanting, as though it could hit the deepest part of one’s heart.

Besides, she would also discuss the tea ceremony with the guests, as she felt that the tea ceremony was similar to the humane way of life. If one had been to this tea house for once, one would definitely think about coming here for the second time. During this period of time, Heather was swamped by various kinds of tasks. Fortunately, the weather today was great, so this simple and unsophisticated tea house came to her mind, and it was also just in time to fulfill her promise which she made to the lady boss.

Back then, she had promised the lady boss that she would come over again next time. When such words were coming out of Heather’s mouth, it certainly was meant to be a promise, not just a casual remark.

This was the first time for Matthias to come to this place and he navigated it on the map for a pretty long while. The roaring machinery sound could be heard coming from the side, as this place was a development area. He did not expect that there would be an antique tea house in such a place.

Heather, on the other hand, had arrived ahead of him. The tea house only had one VIP room and since it would be served by the boss personally, the cost of the room would be a lot more expensive. Therefore, the people who would purposely book the VIP room were few and far between.