Chapter 65


    Chapter 65 The Reasons Behind Their Breakup


    Erin had not gotten a chance to exin everything to Chandler before Matthew’s gaze fell upon her.


    Earlier, he had been too preupied with trying to avoid Chandler and had overlooked her. After all,


    his concert was swiftly approaching. He absolutely could not have any injuries on his face!


    That was his responsibility as a celebrity to the public.


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    Now that he caught sight of the woman he loved on the ground, a twinge of pain shot through his chest.


    Matthew immediately walked over and got down on one knee. Nervously, he asked, “Erin, are you


    okay? Are you hurt?”


    “I’m fine…”


    Erin’s heart was cold. Even if Chandler hadn’t used his full force when he pushed her just now, it was


    enough to hurt her. It was


    only when Matthew had helped her up that she realized the scrape on her knee..


    “Don’t say you’re fine. Look, your knee is injured! I’ll take you to the hospital straight away.” Matthew


    eximed as he


    attempted to lift her up.


    Before he could, however, Chandler had already rushed forward and prised his arms away. Angrily, he


    said, “Get your dirty


    hands off her! The person you should be concerned about is ire, not her!”


    Matthew was forced to take a step back as Chandler wrapped an arm around Erin’s waist. Just like


    that, he lifted her up


    effortlessly.


    “I’ll send her to the hospital.” He swept a cold gaze over Erin.


    Erin didn’t resist. Instead, she chose to remain silent in Chandler’s embrace. She didn’t want to tell


    Matthew that she was


    Chandler’s lover. At that moment, she only hoped that Chandler wouldn’t say anything about it too.


    Matthewughed coldly. “Chandler, ire and I are already broken up! She can take her own life or


    hurt herself, and it wouldn’t


    have anything to do with me. She can’t use her life to forcefully chain me to her.”


    Hearing his emotionless words, Chandler narrowed his eyes, danger radiating from his dark irises.


    “Matthew Burgess, if you’re


    still a man, you should know that you’re obligated to take responsibility for everything that had


    happened, separated or not.”


    Unexpectedly, his remark made Matthew burst intoughter, albeit one that turned bitter and cold


    toward the end. Matthew felt the judgment and doubt in Erin’s eyes. He knew then that Erin, too, had


    misunderstood him.


    He inhaled deeply before gazing at Erin meaningfully. His voice was cold when he spoke. “I never


    needed to exin anything to anyone about my private rtionships, but I hope you will not mistake


    me for a heartless, emotionless person, Erin.”


    Chandler stared at him wordlessly. Now that Matthew had started, he was interested in hearing how the


    other man was about


    to defend himself.


    Matthew continued, “ire is not an inherently evil person, but dating made her spiteful! When we


    were together briefly, I


    witnessed how she had transformed from an innocent girl to the scheming, maniptive woman she is


    now!”


    His words were so unpleasant that Chandler had evidently reached his limit, anger suffusing his


    features. But before he could


    open his mouth to speak, Matthew interrupted, “Chandler, don’t you start rushing to her defense. Listen


    to me first! ire is jealous and suspicious. Once, she thought I had an affair with a female guitarist in


    my band. When we were overseas, she secretly hired someone to attack the woman. My friend was so


    severely injured that she could no longer y the guitar due to her resulting disabilities. If her father


    hadn’t intervened and mediated the situation with his influence, she probably would have been in


    prison abroad by now!”


    Matthew’s face was still indignant, his amber eyes filled with helplessness. “You know, her father even


    came to my father as a mediator, hoping I wouldn’t pursue the matter further. Even my friend herself


    didn’t wish to press the matter further. What else could I do? I could only excuse her actions for a


    moment’s impulsiveness and forgive her. Later on, she only became more extreme. She would secretly


    check my phone behind my back and have people shadow me. Not only that, she even suspected that


    I was tangled in an affair with my female fans! I’m just so tired, so I suggested we break up, but she


    refused to let me go. If


    I sumbed to her coercion and threats, wouldn’t I end up trapped under her mercy? I tried calling her


    father. I thought I could get him to bring ire to a psychiatrist. Her dad agreed, and he even


    supported us breaking up.”


    Matthew became agitated once again. “Now that I’m here preparing for my concert, she wants to get


    back together. When I refused, she had the nerve to threaten me with her own life. Does she really


    think I’m a spineless puppet? Chandler Frost, don’t you just judge me based on what you’ve heard from


    her!”


    When he exined his side, undoubtedly, Erin was entirely convinced by him. Despite her inability to


    obtain ire’s side of the situation, her intuition told her that everything Matthew said was the truth.


    Chandler stood unmoving, his unpredictable eyes swirling with indecipherable mysteriousness. No one


    could tell what he was thinking at that time.


    Matthew frowned and hesitated for a moment before speaking. “Chandler, I have no grievances with


    you, nor do we have any conflicts of interest with each other. There’s something else I thought you


    should know. ire told me once that she knew you liked her, but she said you could only ever be a


    backup for her because you were too old for her.”


    His words elicited a lightugh from Chandler. Without sparing him another word, Chandler left the hall


    with Erin in his arms.


    Matthew was just about to step forward to stop them when a manager who had previously been hiding


    in the darkness stopped him hurriedly.


    The manager, Ceylon Sinir, was profusely sweating as he spoke. “Oh, Matthew, for God’s sake, this


    is me begging you. Don’t. you leave this arena right now! I don’t know who leaked this, but the outside


    of the arena is packed full of reporters waiting for you toment on this. Your encounter with that girl


    earlier is all over the Inte now!”


    Ceylon clicked on the photo on his phone and showed it to Matthew. In the photo, Matthew was singing


    while ying the guitar, and Erin was smiling with tears in her eyes. In such a short amount of time, the


    number of views had already reached


    three million.


    Matthew was shocked. “Who leaked it?”


    “I don’t know. Someone must have hidden in here and taken the picture secretly! I’ve already sent my


    assistant to investigate-”


    Matthew thought of the concert and his fans and decided to put Erin’s matters aside for the time being.


    He would have to wait


    till he had the time to find her another day.


    Since Erin’s cousin was one of his fans, he wasn’t worried about not being able to find Erin again. And


    yet, recalling the interactions between Chandler and Erin and sensing the depth of their rtionship,


    Matthew’s heart gradually sank.


    Chandler took Erin through a special passage reserved for the higher–ranking staff members of Strata


    Arena,pletely avoiding the reporters outside. Shortly after, they sessfully boarded the car and


    left the arena.


    Kyle was driving in front and couldn’t see what was happening at the back as Chandler had separated


    the front and back seats


    with a partition.


    In the back seatpartment, Chandler held Erin in his arms, his expression frosty. Whenever she


    shifted, he would squeeze


    her waist tightly. After a few attempts, Erin gave up trying to resist and let the ice king hold her however


    he wanted to.


    Time passed minute by minute.


    After twenty minutes, Chandler finally spoke, “Erin, how did you know Matthew Burgess? Isn’t this


    something you should have told me about earlier?”


    Erin had never wanted to hide this from him anyway. She was afraid that he would use her of


    intentionally “seducing men.” So, she told him all about May’s request for her to buy her a concert ticket


    and her history with Matthew.


    When she was done speaking, Chandler remained silent, his expression cold. And yet, Erin could


    clearly feel that the man holding her had rxed slightly, the previously tensed muscles on his thighs


    loosening just barely.


    She felt herself rx as well, but once she did, drowsiness.seized her immediately. Had it not been for


    the waves of stabbing pain from her knee, she would have been asleep by then.


    “You should sleep if you’re tired. Your injuries aren’t severe. They should be healed within a week.”


    Erin smiled at his words. She could sense that he was no longer mad at her. She leaned closer to his


    face and asked, “So you


    believe me?”


    Chandler nced at her. “I trust that you wouldn’t dare to lie to me.”


    For the first time. Erin thought he was rather reasonable. It was nice to be trusted by someone,


    especially if that someone was Chandler Frost. Instinctively, she kissed his cheek once. Just as she


    was about to pull back, a hand shot out and supported the


    back of her neck, pressing her close.


    Chandler wasn’t about to let this opportunity slide, especially when Erin was the one who initiated it. It


    wasn’t until she gasped for air that he let her go. He watched a blush spread across her cheeks. She


    looked so delicate, so beautiful now that his heart skipped a beat. Softly, he said, “Lean against me.


    You need sleep.”


    He pressed the back of her head against his shoulder. Erin closed her eyes and fell asleep soon after.


    A faint smile spread across his icy features. However, thinking about ire, some of his previous


    iciness returned. Matthew’s words reverberated within his mind. Perhaps it was time he did some more


    research into ire Kane’s background.