Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 674

Heather stretched out her hand to touch the white dress and showed a satisfied smile. She liked the simple yet vintage design of the dress and she thought that Leon knew her well, after all. When he saw the smile on her face, he finally heaved a sigh of relief.

“Do you like this dress, Heather?” he asked tentatively.

She nodded. “I like it. You have a good taste, as always.” Leon’s sense of fashion was so good that she could bring him to pick out clothes for her.

“Then change into it so we can see now,” he said excitedly. He could not wait to see her in this dress already.

However, she did not want to put it on immediately as she thought her household clothes were more comfortable, so she murmured, “Nah, I’ll wear it when we are about to head out.”

Her behavior made Leon suspect if her compliments just now were forced. After all, when girls saw a beautiful dress, they could not wait to try it on themselves.

No matter how I look at it, her reaction doesn’t seem normal. She’s clearly placating me. Looking at the white dress on the couch, Leon thought it was perfect no matter from which angle he looked at it. He had begged the master designer for a long time to make this for him and this dress was one of its kind in the world. As such, he did not expect that Heather would treat it this way.

Noticing the unhappy expression on his face, Heather realized that her reply just now had hurt him, so she quickly thought about salvaging the situation. After all, she did not want to hurt him.

“Do you want me to wear it?” she asked tentatively.

Upon hearing that, Leon nodded vehemently. Of course I want to see you wear it! I can’t wait to see you in this dress already!

“In that case, I’ll put it on for you to see even though I don’t feel like it,” she said in a helpless tone. In the end, she did not forget to complain about it. “You know, casual clothes are the most comfortable to wear at home.”

Leon looked at her in surprise. “Heather, you’ve changed. In the past, you thought that no matter where you are—with other people or alone—you always want to look presentable.” He reminded her of something she once said that was contradictory to her current statement.

“People change. It’s quite nice to have a different personality when I’m alone anyway. It seems cuter.” With that, she smiled at him playfully.

He nodded in agreement. “You’re right. It’s better to be more casual in private. We are not celebrities anyway. In the past, you cared too much about your image. When you are alone in your room, no one is looking at you anyway. Why are you so well-dressed? Who are you going to show it to?”

When she heard his rant, her eyelids twitched. Finally, Leon blurted out his thoughts all this while.

“So this is actually how you saw me in the past.” She revealed an eerie smile that shocked Leon, to which he thought to himself, I seemed to have said something wrong just now.

And so, he quickly denied and explained things to her. “I’m sorry, Heather. I think I might have conveyed my meaning wrong. I just think that in the past you had too high expectations of yourself. This is not an easy life to lead. I think your current life principles are better.”

With a cold smile on her face, she looked at Leon with murder with her eyes. “It seems like you don’t agree with my precious life principles.”

Women would always find a way to twist the original intentions of others. In this instant, Leon was suddenly at a loss for words. He had no idea how he could continue to clarify his thoughts, so he did not want to explain it to her without much tact. It seemed like he had not learned his lesson yet.

“Since this is the case, I think it’s better for me to wear it when we are about to head outside.” After finding an excuse for herself so that she would not have to wear it now, she walked upstairs immediately.

The door shut from upstairs in a few seconds. Leon regretted his actions and was quite mad at himself for speaking without thinking carefully about his choice of words. Looking at the white dress on the couch, he felt like an utter idiot.

Heather continued to lay in bed. The afternoon passed lazily just like that, but she felt very comfortable about it. I didn’t know that wasting time can be such a nice feeling, she thought as she smiled furtively to herself on the bed.

The only plan for the rest of the day was the party in the evening. For now, she did not want to do anything and just wanted to lay in bed quietly. She did not even have the energy to eat something.

She did not have much appetite lately and she always forgot that she was hungry. She seldom had breakfast because after she was done with her work, it was already noon. Even though it had been a lazy day for her, she still did not have any breakfast and it was too late for breakfast at this time anyway.

It was time for lunch but Heather did not feel hungry at all. Usually, she would feel famished around 3 PM, when her stomach was completely empty.

However, Leon’s mealtimes were very regular. The food was delivered punctually during lunch hour. After laying in bed shortly, Leon’s knocks on the door disturbed her again.

Upon hearing that, she refused to get out of bed as she grumbled to herself, Seems like I can’t have a nap after all. The weather is so good for sleeping today!

“I don’t want to eat.” She felt like a rebellious child who refused to eat.

“Heather, you haven’t eaten anything for a long time now. Your stomach can’t take this.” In all honesty, Leon had remembered her schedule for her. Not only was Heather’s schedule out of the norm, her mealtimes were also very irregular.

“But I don’t have the appetite. Can I skip this meal?” She looked at Leon resentfully, who was standing at the door. She did not even want to leave her cozy bed.

The weather became increasingly colder, as Heather felt that she could not leave the warm bed. Just yesterday, she was thinking about hibernating. Unfortunately, she was a human, so she still had to get up to work and carry out her life activities.

“Even though you have no appetite, you have to eat a little. I ordered some soup. You can drink those, at the very least.” If Heather still refused to come out, he already planned to barge into her room directly.