Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 623

The two of them remained in such a posture, for Matthias took Heather’s struggle as playing hard to get. If it weren’t for the fact that she had to save Matthias’ face in front of the others, Heather would have shoved him away directly. She whispered to his ear, “Let go of me.”

Such a movement was extremely suggestive in everyone else’s eyes, but only Matthias knew that Heather was displeased. Even though he was still a little tipsy, he didn’t dare to act so rashly anymore. Hence, he reluctantly let go of her. This was truly something unbearable, for no one would be willing to let go of the beauty in their arms. However, he was already content with everything that happened today, for he had seen Heather’s changes with his own eyes.

He was now confident about the future, and he believed he would live until the day Heather personally agreed to go steady with him. By then, the nature of their relationship would gradually become clear.

“I’ll be heading back first.” At this moment, Heather naturally had to go back to the Langston Residence—she couldn’t stay all night at Matthias’ place.

Meanwhile, he was reluctant about it. Furthermore, Evan gave Heather more trouble by asking, “Where are you going? Why don’t you stay with Matthias?” The drunken Evan was unusually overbearing. He wouldn’t let Heather leave no matter what, and it seemed as though he would come over and grab her hand the next second.

Heather was both amused and annoyed. This is so troubling! she thought to herself.

Matthias had the same notion, so he didn’t make any special efforts to stop Evan. In the meantime, Heather helplessly dodged Evan’s suddenly outstretched hand. She feared that she would instinctively knock Evan to the ground if he kept on fooling around.

“Don’t leave. It’s dangerous for a lady to go home alone at such a late hour,” Evan said.

Upon hearing his words, Heather really felt helpless; Evan didn’t even know what he was saying. “Stop him, Matthias. I’ll be leaving first.” She decided to leave right away instead of wasting her breath talking to Evan.

Matthias looked at Heather reluctantly from behind as she left in a hurry. When Heather had walked far away from him, Evan patted him on the shoulder. “Stop watching, Matthias. She’s gone far away.” Evan didn’t forget to remind him. After finishing his sentence, he let out a belch.

“Shut up.” Matthias couldn’t stand how annoying the drunken Evan was. He even wished he could render Evan mute with poison.

However, Evan continued with no fear of death and said, “Don’t blame anyone else if you don’t try hard, Matthias.”

The look in Matthias’ eyes became very terrifying, and he wasn’t able to calm down unless he tore Evan into shreds. However, the latter still looked unconcerned. Matthias really doubted whether Evan was really drunk, but he couldn’t tell what the man was thinking from the look on Evan’s face. “Are you really drunk?” he then asked with a stern expression.

“I’m not drunk, of course. One only throws up if they’ve had too much liquor,” Evan answered disdainfully. I’m not drunk; I’m very sober, he thought to himself.

“Take him to the room and let him rest, Mrs. Graham.” Matthias didn’t want to continue looking after Evan, so he called the servant who was still working the night shift. Mrs. Graham was a servant with relatively great strength.

However, Evan began to kick up a fuss again, and he refused to obediently follow Mrs. Graham back to his room. “I don’t want to sleep. I want to keep on drinking.”

“Tell the kitchen to make some hangover soup for him, Mrs. Graham,” Matthias ordered while he prepared to go upstairs. However, Evan clung to him again before he could take the first step. At this moment, Evan was like a ghost who pestered someone with all its might and would never stop until it captured the person’s soul. “Shut up and be quiet,” Matthias warned in a stern voice. I’ll never let Evan touch alcohol again, he thought to himself. Since he didn’t want to care about Evan anymore, he ran out right away—Heather probably hadn’t gone far at this time. Now that Matthias had finally gotten rid of Evan, he had to send her home safely to put his mind at rest.

The night breeze outside was chilly, and it dispelled Heather’s tipsiness as she strolled along the path. It was rare for her to be alone in such a quiet environment, and she narrowed her eyes slightly to enjoy this beautiful moment. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long before she saw Matthias catching all the way up to her. She looked at him in puzzlement as she didn’t expect him to come after her.

“I must send you home safely, Heather,” said Matthias with unusual determination.

“It’s very convenient for me to go home alone.” Heather was used to going home alone, so she rarely let someone else do so; in fact, she refused to let anyone send her back to the Langston Residence.

“I have to see with my own eyes that you’ve reached home safely,” Matthias insisted.

Heather looked at him in vexation. “It’s dangerous for you to send me home at such a late hour. You’ll have to come back alone at night.”

However, Matthias stepped forward and took Heather’s hand right away. “How could a man like me be in danger?”

“You’re even more good-looking than most women, though. Men aren’t necessarily safe nowadays,” Heather argued meaningfully.

“How many people can get close to me with my fighting skills?” Matthias said in displeasure. What is Heather talking about? She’s simply making me feel so helpless, he thought to himself.

“I’m not bad at fighting too,” Heather retorted. After all, she wasn’t used to having someone else escort her back. Matthias tried to develop such a routine for Heather in the past, but unfortunately, the latter had been quite uncooperative.

“I hope I can protect you and give you a sense of security,” Matthias said directly.

“What if I say—” Heather replied, but Matthias interrupted her before she could finish her sentence. “Don’t say that you don’t need it. You need it when I think you do,” he said in a stoic manner.