Chapter 543
Heather learned a few lessons from the heart to heart session. She knew Matthias didn’t understand
women, but now she knew she didn’t understand men either. In the end, they were idiots when it came
to rtionships. They didn’t know how to love, so they ended up hurting each other.
Heather had never walked a mile in Matthias’ shoes, so she kept denying his love for her. But if he
didn’t love her, none of the mess would have happened. Heather was feeling much better when she
came back to her room. She was only angry because Matthias was overly attentive of Everly. Before
this, she said she was keeping him away from her cousin, but the truth was that she was actually
jealous that he was checking out someone else.
She tried her best to lie to herself, but to her surprise, she actually cared about Matthias more than she
let on. When she got back to her room, Heathery down on her bed and nced at her phone, then
she took it. A momentter, she realized Matthias had called her countless times and sent her dozens
of messages.
There were a lot of messages, but she read through them patiently, and she realized Matthias only
made an exnation after a few minutes between each message. She didn’t like that, but she didn’t
know that Matthias needed to seek counsel from Evan after he got back. He wouldn’t know what he did
wrong otherwise. That was why his messages took some time.
Evan disliked the new work, because Matthias was as dumb as a rock when it came to romance; not
even Evan wanted to guide him anymore. Matthias hadmitted a lot of grave crimes in romance,
and Evan wondered why Heather kept forgiving him. If it were anyone else, they would have cut all
contact with Matthias already.
Even though Heather kept giving him chances, Matthias showed no considerable progress. In fact, the
mistakes he made kept getting weirder and weirder. At this point, even Evan the love counselor
couldn’t salvage the situation. Coupling that with how random Heather could be, Evan didn’t think they
could end up dating.
Meanwhile, Matthias was on the verge of giving up, for Heather had been silent for hours. He was
holding on to his phone, and when he was about to fall asleep, Heather finally texted him, waking him
up.
Matthias was relieved after reading the message. Thank god Heather is still giving me a chance. He
thought it was a serious matter after hearing Evan’s analysis, though reality turned out to be much
kinder, and he smiled.
Hence, Matthias took the chance to ask her out on a date. Romance was all about dates, so he wanted
to have more alone time with her. ‘Wannae with me on a ride tomorrow?’ Someone gave Matthias
a couple of free vouchers a few days ago, but he hadn’t used it, so he wanted to invite Heather on a
date.
‘What kind of ride?’ Instead of refusing him outright, Heather threw him a question. In other words,
Matthias had a chance.
‘A super high tech, super realistic ride.’ Matthias recalled some of the vouchers were for high tech
rides. Realistic rides sounded fun, so he thought Heather would like it.
‘ce?’ Heather still didn’t refuse him. She’s giving me a chance. This is good.
‘Tech za,’ he quickly answered, for he had a feeling she’d say yes.
‘Time.’ On the other hand, Heather thought Matthias was slow in the uptake. Most people would tell
their date the venue, time, and content of the date at once, but she had to ask Matthias for it one by
one.
‘Nine in the morning,’ Matthias answered promptly.
‘I’ll think about it and get back to you tomorrow,’ she answered seriously. It looked like they had a long
way to go before they could date.
Then, she tossed her phone aside, ignoring him. Heather didn’t like to spend much time on her phone,
or else her life would only revolve around it. She brought her phone around to maintain contact with
everyone, but she wouldn’t check it most of the time.
She wanted to spend more time on work, and even if she was trying to wind down, she’d spend the
time on something meaningful. Scrolling her phone was meaningless, so she never had an interest in
it, and she had even less need of her phone when she was overseas.
People like her were rare in the modern era, but she wouldn’t break her own rules even if it meant
she’d have to go against the flow. Phone scrolling could easily waste an hour or two of her life, and she
knew that was not a good thing. Time was a precious resource, so she wanted to spend it wisely.
Even though she was on her bed, Heather didn’t feel like sleeping, so she got up and went to her
bookshelf. It had been a while since she read. Heather thought everyone should read as much as they
could, and as long as they could. Humans should spend their life getting their hands on professional
knowledge and all kinds of information.
She sat on her bed and turned on themp beside her. Since themp was easy on the eyes, it wasn’t
too bright. She liked to turn on amp whenever she read, or she couldn’t see the words. That much
was obvious.
‘A Hundred Years of Solitude.’ She was only halfway through the book. It was a heavy one, and she
couldn’t understand why she read it before she came back.
Night time was perfect for a reading session, so she was reading seriously. Heather was the most
attractive when she was quiet, and she drifted to sleep with a book in her hands that night. If there was
one downside about night reading, that would be the fact that the reader would fall asleep easily.
She woke up at around seven the next morning and realized she was still holding the book. Much to
her disappointment, she only read ten pages the night before. I thought I could read more. Oh right, I
said I’d reply to him today. She wondered if she should say yes, then she recalled her grandfather’s
message.
It was obvious that she liked Matthias, but she thought it would be frivolous of her to say yes so easily,
so she wanted to read through his messages first. But when she turned her phone on, the thing that
caught her attention wasn’t Matthias’ messages; it was Myra’s unread message.
Heather opened her Messenger app to read the message. Since Myra was on her priority list, she
could always see her message.
‘Hey, Heather, I think I’ve seen Matthias before. Can you jog my memory?’
That was not good news for Heather. She never expected Myra to ask her about that, but she knew
she had to keep lying to her friend, even though she didn’t want to. Maybe she remembered
something, or she wouldn’t bring it up. Caught between a rock and a hard ce, she couldn’t even take
the time to answer Matthias.
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‘You’re just overthinking, Myra. Wait, you got up at five?’ Her sleep is being affected. No pregnant
woman would wake up at five. And she didn’t sleep earlyst night.
She shifted the topic, but Myra didn’t answer her question. Instead, she asked, ‘Is that so? But I feel
like I’ve seen him somewhere, and the more I think about it, the stronger this feeling gets. Can you tell
me the truth, Heather?’
Heather felt guilty after seeing thest sentence, though she knew Myra didn’t mean it. Even so, it
knocked on her conscience, and she realized that lying wasn’t what a friend would do. The more she
thought about it, the guiltier she got. Then, she started feeling that dating Matthias would be a p in
the face for Myra. ‘Maybe it’s just your pregnancy working, Myra. You’re reading into it too much.’ I
have to hide it from her. I can’t let anything happen to the baby.
‘Every time I close my eyes, I dream of my high school. I wonder if I have met him before during high
school.’ The closer she was to the truth, the more frustrated Myra was. A lot of things didn’t add up, but
she couldn’t figure out what was wrong.
‘Have you told Tony about it?’ Heather asked, worried. It’d get moreplicated if Tony got involved.
And possibly worse.
‘No. Tony’s been busy with work, so I don’t want to trouble him.’ Myra had thought about it, and she felt
like she might have been overreacting, so she wouldn’t trouble him with it before getting any definitive
answer.
‘Wanna hang out, Myra? You shouldn’t sit around all day even if you’re pregnant.’ Now, she was
inviting Myra to go out, forgetting everything about Matthias.
‘Not today.’ Myra added a troubled emoji, then she kept texting. ‘I need to go to the Hart Residence
today. Haven’t been seeing Grandpa and Grandma ever since I came back.’ Myra was a good
granddaughter-inw, so she would spend time with Tony’s family while he was busy with work.
‘Alright then.’ Heather couldn’t keep it up anymore. Myra was already a married woman after all, unlike
her. Sometimes she envied Myra for having a happy family, and her baby would be born soon too.
On the other hand, she thought she had nothing but a lot of money in the bank. That was her only
source of security, but she thought it was pathetic. A whileter, she scrolled down to Matthias’ chat
window and saw that he was already asking her if she had made up her mind. Since she had nothing to
do, she decided to go out with him. ‘Sure. I’ll go,’ she answered curtly.
Despite the short answer, Matthias was overjoyed. He thought it was no dice, but surprisingly, she said
yes at the veryst moment. Evan suggested that he pick Heather up at the residence, since it would
look more genuine, not to mention it was a gentlemanly move. “It’ll be easier to get her affection,” he
said.
Matthias took the advice and left halfway through breakfast. Evan stared at the feast of a breakfast
before shooting Matthias a nasty re. “Gals before pals, huh? Despicable,” Evan grumbled. Heather
changed him. I sure hope it’s for the better.