Chapter 144


    I didn’t know how long they had beenmunicating. Seeing meing out, they stopped talking and


    turned to look at me.


    Inexplicably, I could sense their tension and anger. If I identally threw a bomb at them, it would


    immediately cause a big explosion.


    “You look pretty.”


    Matthew walked up to me with a grin. “Let’s go for a walk first. The research institute will start sses


    soon. We may not have time by then.”


    “Okay, my ssmate said there’s a botanical garden nearby. There are many varieties of roses there. I


    want to take a look.”


    “No problem. The roses I picked for you yesterday were from there. There are many varieties of


    precious flowers. If you like any, I’ll give them to you.”


    “Flowers should be free. They prefer to be nted in the soil and bathed in the wind and sunshine. It’s


    too unfair to put them in a flower pot. I just want to have


    a look.”


    Matthew didn’t argue with me and followed whatever I said, listening to me.


    We walked onto the path. When I turned the corner of the apartment, I looked back inadvertently. Felix


    was still standing in front of the apartment. His head was slightly lowered, and he seemed to be


    thinking about something.


    Matthew drove a short distance from the college and stopped in front of the supermarket. He told me to


    wait in the car while he entered the supermarket. In less than ten minutes, he came back hurriedly


    while carrying two oversized shopping bags.


    I couldn’t see clearly through the shopping bags. It seemed to be some snacks


    and water.


    “Why did you buy so many things?” I asked him in doubt.


    The botanical garden wasn’t far away. We were just going sightseeing, not picking or camping. He


    didn’t need to buy these things at all. Or did he have


    other ns?


    He put the shopping bags on the back seat, took out a bottle of alkaline water, opened it, and handed it


    to me. “I didn’t buy a lot of things. These are the snacks


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    like.” you women like. You can eat the ones you


    When I was a child, I was addicted to snacking. I always felt like something was missing if I wasn’t


    chewing on snacks.


    When I went to university, I was taken care of by Colin. He used the excuse that eating too many


    snacks was bad for my health and would turn me into an ugly fatty. He tried hard to put an end to my


    habit.


    Now that I saw snacks, I imagined myself turning into a fat, tanned woman with a height of five–foot–


    two and a weight of 350 pounds.


    I shuddered after imagining it as if I would be that the next moment.


    “I don’t eat snacks.”


    “Why? Don’t all women like these?‘


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    “I’ll be fat. I don’t want to eat them.”


    Matthewughed. As if looking at an unreasonable child, he rubbed my head with an indescribably


    affectionate tone.


    “What nonsense. It’s only a bit. You don’t snack all the time. It doesn’t matter.


    “Colin said I can’t eat them.”


    “Who’s Colin?” Matthew’s reaction was quick


    He immediately grasped the points of my words. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to eat these snacks but


    Colin didn’t allow me.


    He looked at me questioningly.


    “Colin White, Felix’s brother. I treat him as my brother. He took care of me back in Lincoln University.”


    “Felix’s brother…”


    Matthew murmured, and something strange appeared in his narrow eyes. There