Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 735

Anger was still anger in the end, and Heather wasn’t someone who would cling to someone unreasonably either. She knew that Leon wouldn’t have hung up on her so easily, and it seemed that he was extremely tired.

After her call with Leon ended, Zayne texted her. She played the video clip that he had sent to her, but she wasn’t sure how to react to it. Not only that, Heather didn’t know how he had managed to get his hands on this firsthand information—the venue in the clip was where the Locke Group’s board of directors were currently at.

Heather took notice of Matthias in an instant. When she saw him there all by himself, she suddenly felt that he needed to be protected as well. Sometimes, she really couldn’t get a handle on him as her heart ached for Matthias.

However, Heather couldn’t bring herself to examine her conscience even though she could sense that Matthias was under a lot of pressure. She had only watched a few seconds of the video clip, but her heartstrings were already being tugged. Needless to say, Matthias’ expressionless face affected her.

How could things have come to this? Heather initially assumed that Matthias had prepared himself, but from the looks of things, he actually hadn’t. Perhaps he even felt guilty.

She really wanted to charge over and watch the proceedings, and Heather had no idea how Matthias would face this situation alone. Would he be able to weather it?

Some time earlier, Heather had pored over some information about Matthias. She understood that he had made huge sacrifices to be able to climb to his current position.

Now, he had to personally destroy the work created with his blood, sweat and tears. Heather could even sense the excruciating agony that Matthias was going through now, so she had to reflect on herself.

Was it really a good thing to reach this point?

Heather sent an emoji to Zayne, fully aware that he was deliberately irritating her. In other words, he really had to add more chaos to the mix.

Zayne immediately texted her back.

‘Looks like I underestimated Matthias.’

Heather didn’t want to answer Zayne’s text, for she knew that he was merely baiting her. Her lips quirked up, for Zayne couldn’t hide his tricks from her.

“This has nothing to do with me.” Heather continued to maintain her distant demeanor.

She herself knew very well whether she actually had a hand in this, but she was prideful. How could she bow her head so easily?

Matthias probably knew that about her, so he hadn’t contacted Heather immediately and took on all the pressure himself without causing extra hassle for her.

Perhaps Matthias had once wavered before, but Heather’s thoughts were a tangled lump as she immediately switched off her phone. If she didn’t watch the video, then she wouldn’t be worked up about it. She knew that Matthias would definitely talk to her after this, and she wanted to hear what he had to say.

As she spread across the couch, she could imagine Matthias currently battling it out verbally. After all, he had never lost to anyone when it came to debates.

Right now, however, Matthias wasn’t actually having an easy time. The higher-ups, who were under the encouragement of the head of the Locke family, nitpicked at Matthias and tore into him. However, the latter did not relent throughout the process. After all, he knew that this was just the beginning and that there would be more troubles ahead.

The family head observed Matthias’ silence from the sidelines, looking for a weakness to pounce on. However, Matthias did not say much, so it was naturally difficult to find a weak point.

Matthias had no idea how long this endless war of words was going to last, but he couldn’t avoid it either. Hence, all he could do was to face it head-on. Some of the high-ranking board members even attempted to convince Matthias by appealing to his morals through the thousands of workers under the Locke Group’s employment.

“I am not the sole one responsible for the Locke Group’s current situation,” Matthias stated lightly. He didn’t intend on taking responsibility for this. If they wanted to guilt trip him, then so be it.

When Chester saw Matthias rebuff him so casually, he smiled. Matthias was a callous person, and someone with such a personality was practically a prodigy in the field of business.

Yet, not only did Matthias refuse to put his heart into the Locke Group, he even forced the company into a corner. Chester only regretted that he hadn’t noticed Matthias’ rebelliousness earlier.

“This meeting ends here.” Just as he was lost in thought, Chester heard Matthias speak.

“No.” Chester, who had remained silent all this while, finally spoke up. He then looked straight at Matthias.

The latter looked at him fearlessly, and a mocking smile seemed to appear on his lips. To him, Chester was just a toothless tiger.

“Matthias, you are currently at the helm of the Locke Group. Since the company is a sinking ship, do not expect to come out of this unscathed,” Chester said, his words loaded.

Matthias could hear the threat in Chester’s words, and he looked at the man in disregard. Evidently, he was not afraid of him. Matthias had already made plans to escape from this precarious situation, and he would not have any second thoughts about doing that.

“I certainly will not run from the responsibilities I should bear.” Matthias’ eyes were like burning torches.