Chapter 658


    After resisting for a while, Leon could not help butugh out loud. Then, he waved to Heather. “It’s too


    difficult.” He could not even continue to stare at her and burst outughing continuously, as if his


    Annoyed by his actions, Heather pointed at him as she asked, “Can you be more serious?” I’m so mad


    at him that I can’t wait to tear him apart.


    He tried to stop himself fromughing, but he was actually quite fearful. All of hisughter was to mask


    the uneasiness within him. In the past, he always imagined how it would be like if he and Heather were


    together as a couple. Although his wish was now granted, he felt uneasy.


    Even Leon himself thought that he was quite annoying, but he did not have the courage to look into


    Heather’s eyes as he was feeling guilty. Even though he did not force her, he could not get past his


    own mental barrier.


    “What the hell do you want?” she emphasized helplessly. Leon did not even reply to her, which made


    her quite troubled.


    He took a step back and sat on the couch. “I think it’s too difficult to pretend to be a couple with you.”


    Heather pinched her chin and looked at him in confusion. “You were the one who initiated this, yet you


    are backing away now. Do you think it’s appropriate?”


    As she questioned him, he felt slightly embarrassed and awkwardly looked at her. He did not know


    what to reply to her, and he also felt that he was a failure. However, he felt that he could not maintain


    the pretense anymore.


    “Heather, we don’t have to be serious when we are just pretending.” Leon tried to run away from the


    problem. Before this, he even thought of slightly taking advantage of her, but this thought had


    Looking at his cowardice, Heather dramatically sighed. “Who do you think your grandfather is? Do you


    think he’s someone whom we could easily fool?”


    On a coincidental asion, she looked into his family background. His grandfather, Dave, was a


    legend who called the shots in Europe. She could not fathom how a legendary character like him had


    raised a yful and easy-going grandson like Leon.


    Heather knew that Leon’s family was exceptionally strict on him. I wonder how he grew up in that


    environment. He’s considered lucky that his grandfather did not tear him to shreds by now.


    Leon merely gave an awkward smile. As soon as he remembered his own grandfather, he immediately


    lost all confidence and nced at her with a troubled look. “I guess no matter how good we are at


    acting, we still can’t hide it from him.”


    She rolled her eyes at him and tried to console him. “Don’t be so discouraged. I already told you to


    treat me as though I’m your actual girlfriend.” After all, they were quite close to begin with, so she


    believed that they could ovee this difficulty.


    Leon merely shook his head in exasperation. “I know who my grandfather is. I’m afraid we aren’t going


    to pull our tricks off in front of him.” At this point, it was he who could not take it anymore. In fact, he


    regretted his previous suggestion.


    Heather hated people who gave up even before trying. Hence, she responded seriously, “Don’t make


    me look down on you.” She could only say such words to motivate him at that stage.


    Leon pouted with mixed feelings. As the situation became increasinglyplicated, he could not


    continue to be that useless.


    Suppressing the uneasiness within him, he said, “Alright. Let’s do it again.”


    He was not a decent person to begin with. Since he had pretended that Heather was his current


    girlfriend, he merely acted in the way that he usually would. After jumping down from the couch, he


    pulled her into his arms, “Heather, this is my grandfather, Dave.”


    As Heather and Leon exchanged nces with each other, she felt that his introduction seemed slightly


    off to her. Then, she told him about it. “Don’t you think that your introduction is too informal?”


    Upon hearing that, Leon scratched the back of his head as he smiled awkwardly. “I seldom talk to him,


    so…” He truly had no idea how to have a proper conversation with his grandfather at all.


    “Is the rtionship between you both this bad?” Heather had once tried to ask him about his family, but


    he passed it off with jokes.


    Now, he felt even more awkward. He knew that she was almost being isted at the Langston Family


    and his situation was not any better than hers. His grandfather did not even dote on him like how


    Robert had treated her, so Leon would asionally envy her.


    “In my years growing up, I can count the number of times we spoke with both my hands.” If Dave had


    not tracked Leon’s location all the way to Bradfort City, Leon nned to continue avoiding him and


    acted as if he did not have such a grandfather.


    Leon really hated his own family and he would sometimes direct his hatred toward Dave. However,


    after thinking about it from a rational point of view, he realized that Dave had been treating him quite


    well, so he slowly let go of his hatred toward Dave.


    Since young, he had grown up with hatred toward his own family and he had spent a long time


    convincing himself to ovee it. He even once thought about destroying his own family, but he gave


    up on the idea in the end. It was mainly because Leon did not have the power to do so and he did not


    want to work with the enemies of his family. Apart from that, he actually did not hate Dave that much.


    “In that case, I bet it’s not because of you that he’sing all the way to Bradfort City this time


    around.” Heather confirmed her hypothesis even more firmly, which was another bad news for them.


    “I’ve already thought of that. It’s just an excuse for him to visit me this time.” Leon smiled exasperatedly


    because Dave did not even care about him. After all, he was an illegitimate child, so no one in the


    family had respected him.


    She scooted closer to Leon and looked at him with a soothing expression. She did not imagine that his


    family was worse than hers. Even though she acted as though she did not mind how her family treated


    her, she, in fact, cared about it a great deal. Fortunately, she had a grandfather who doted on her a lot.


    After theparison, it was obvious that Heather’s situation was better than his since he was a trivial


    person in his family. When she thought about this, she felt even sorrier for him.


    “Don’t look at me like this, Heather. I’m not as pitiful as you think,” Leon said nonchntly as he did not


    want to expose his family matters to outsiders. So what if my life was tough? It’s all over now.


    Heather apologetically nced at him. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t—” She felt that she should not look at him


    with pity as it would make him feel even more miserable.


    “Why are you apologizing to me? Actually, sometimes I kind of fancy you. Maybe it’s because you


    remind me of myself.” Heughed self-mockingly. Nevertheless, it was a fact that she was quite simr


    to him; even their family backgrounds were quite alike.


    “How narcissistic could you be to fancy another person like you?” Heather asked in disgust. At this


    stage, she merely wanted to lighten up the atmosphere so that Leon would not continue to wallow in


    the past that hurt him.


    Heughed out loud. “Don’t you startughing at me. You are the same after all, you narcissistic


    woman.” He had always wanted to tell her this statement. Now that he had said it aloud, he felt much


    better.


    “Haha, let’s not criticize each other any further. We are the same type of people.” At this moment,


    Heather could not help but think about Matthias, whose family background was also extremely simr


    to Leon’s.


    Leon noticed the change of expression in her eyes and asked mischievously, “Are you thinking of


    someone else?” Actually, he was not very happy about it, so he forced himself to smile when he saw


    her falling deeper into the rtionship.


    His question was spot on. Her thoughts were visible on her face, but she did not like the feeling of


    being seen through by others. “Actually, I’ve been thinking about something.” At this moment, she felt


    that she had a lot of doubts to share with him. If she continued to hide it further, her mental health could


    take a beating.


    Upon hearing that, Leon curiously scooted closer to Heather. He loved to hear her secrets and he


    guessed that this time around, it had to be rted to Matthias.


    “You can tell me anything. I’ll keep your secrets for you.” Leon was quite dependable on this as he had


    always guarded her secrets and never told anyone about them.


    Of course, Heather well understood that he would not simply blurt her secrets out. Apart from that, his


    circle was very different from hers, so he was a good option for being her confidant. She did not want to


    hold herself back anymore, especially when she needed a good listener at this moment.


    “Leon, let me ask you seriously—am I a peculiar woman?” She felt that her thoughts were divergent


    from that of an average woman. It must be tiring to be with someone like me!


    He nodded. “Quite weird, but also very unique.”


    It was rare that she had received such honest feedback, but upon hearing his reply, she was not angry


    and nheless smiled.


    However, Leon was shocked by her smile and thought that she was irritated, so he changed his


    Looking at his nervous expression, Heather could not help smiling. I wonder what he is worried about.


    “Don’t think of me as such a fierce person. I’m not angry at you. I just agree with what you said.”


    He looked at her in disbelief. I don’t believe her at all. Which woman would want to bemented as


    ‘weird’?


    “Since you know about this, what are you thinking?” Leon had no idea why Heather had asked him


    such a question, but he had an ominous feeling about it.


    “Is it difficult to be in a rtionship with me?” she asked in repentance. Matthias was a good person,


    but I’ve always bullied him. Now that I think about it, I truly regretted my actions.


    However, he vehemently shook his head. “Nonsense. It’s not difficult at all. Instead, it makes people


    envious.” He was the one being envious about it and he wanted to be in a real rtionship with her.


    Heather mocked in reply, “There’s nothing to be envious about being with me. You know that I have a


    bad temper with many responsibilities on my shoulders. It’s exhausting to be with me.” With a tone of


    repentance, she felt slightly unfair for Matthias.


    Leon merely nudged her forehead. “Heather, please be your normal self. Why are you thinking about


    this suddenly?” After patting her forehead, his hand froze in midair as he thought that it was


    unnecessary.


    However, Heather never noticed his movement and she pushed the bangs on her forehead aside as


    she smiled bitterly. “Why don’t you teach me how to have a normal rtionship?” Seeing how


    experienced he was in rtionships, she thought she ought to learn something from him in this aspect.


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    He looked at her in amusement, thinking that they were straying further away from the main point. Did


    she get the wrong point here? We are just pretending to be a couple, but things seem to be more


    serious. Does she n to actually be in a real rtionship with me?


    “Heather, why are you suddenly thinking about this?” To Leon, it was not a good thing because he


    making him ufortable to even think about it.


    Upon seeing his reaction, Heather fell silent. Her words had indeed seemed suggestive earlier, so he


    might have the wrong idea. She wanted to p her head. What have I been doing? “Just treat it as if I


    said nothing,” she replied awkwardly.


    In sync with her, he agreed. “Alright.” We can’t continue with this. After all, we haven’t even carried out


    the real n.


    Hence, Leon took the initiative to remind her. “Heather, the most important thing right now is the party


    on the day after tomorrow.” He was not confident that he was able to hoodwink his grandfather, but he


    did not want to embarrass himself at the party either.


    As soon as he recalled Dave’s usual character, he felt worried for himself. I don’t want to be punished


    by him during the party. If that happens, it would be so embarrassing!


    “Why don’t we think about how to create a huge news today?” The party was not happening


    immediately, but they had to somehow make their rtionship official so that everyone would be aware


    about it.