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Standing before love Matthia working hard
Heather and Blake were having a quiet breakfast, as if the argument the night before never happened. The butler told Robert everything, but Robert decided to stay quiet. Even so, he was worried his grandchildren would fight again.That was the moment when Matthias barged in at the worst time possible. Everyone was still having breakfast, so they stared at him the moment he came in, and Heather frowned. Is this guy dumb? He came right after I said yes? She was slightly regretting her choice. Despite his uninvited presence, everyone turned their attention back to their breakfast, saying nothing about Matthias’ arrival. Perhaps they had agreed to the relationship between him and Heather.Robert was still welcoming as usual, so he asked Matthias to come over, but the guy only had eyes for Heather. He seemed oblivious about the fact that he came in at the wrong time, and to top it off, he looked as happy as a lark.What should I do with him? “You’re early, Matthias.” Robert pointed out the
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Standing before love Super realistic ride
The road was paved with glass, creating an illusion of walking on space. Also, the path was flanked by a starry sky, and Matthias seemed to have reverted to a childlike state. His eyes were gleaming happily while the stars were smiling down at him. Heather envied him for that, as it had been a long time since she last felt like a kid who got her wildest dream fulfilled.She wondered what her wildest dream was anyway. Every time she was asked that question, Heather would tell them about how she wanted to be a successful businessperson. But is that really what I like?“Feels like we’re walking in space, huh?” Matthias looked at her.Heather nodded with a smile. She didn’t want to snuff out the light in Matthias’ eyes, for dreams were something to be respected, and she respected everyone’s preference. The older she got, the vaguer her childhood dream was, but she knew she never wanted to be a filthy businessperson in the first place.“Look up there. It’s the planets.” He poked her gently
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Standing before love Happy ending
Even Heather—who was usually uninterested in space—got into character. She looked at Matthias, and he answered, “This is more interesting than I thought.”She nodded in assent. I seem to have underestimated modern tech. I totally didn’t expect simulations to be so realistic now.“Pardon me for my rude behavior earlier, dear guests. Do you have any questions for me?” the captain asked politely, unlike how he acted earlier.Matthias stared at the screen and asked, “Will we be landing on Kepler-452b?” That was the question he wanted answered the most.The serious captain finally cracked a smile. “Yes, we shall be landing on Kepler-452b.”Matthias looked at the captain up close. Since they were just simulated humans, they should be different from real humans. If he can smile, that means he has a real-life model somewhere. There were a lot of simulated humans around the deck, but most of them had a deadpan look on their face. The details were lacking, but obviously the creator had poured a
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Standing before love Never push yourself
Matthias was getting really confused after getting played around by Heather. He never realized Heather was a picky eater until that point.“What about Thai then?” he asked.“Isn’t that Southeast Asian too?” she shot back.Oh d*mn. He was feeling awkward. I was in too much of a hurry. “What about spicy food?” he asked patiently.Heather only smiled, and it sent a chill down Matthias’ spine, for he had a feeling that he had done something wrong. A while later, Heather said, “You’ve eaten with me a few times before, but you don’t seem to notice my preferences.” She wanted to see how patient he would be with her, and if he would accept her unreasonable actions.He gazed at her with a look of resignation, since he never did notice the details. Thus, Matthias tried to think back on the times he shared a meal with her, but it didn’t help. All he could recall was that the first time they had a meal date was at a Western restaurant.Since that was his only lead, he decided to bet on it. “So, W
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Standing before love Immature
A waiter came over to clear the table after a while, and the hotpot was turned off before getting taken away. Heather looked at him in confusion, since clearing the table while the guests were still there was inappropriate.Before she could say anything, he answered, “They’ll change it into a mandarin pot later.” He could guess what she had in mind based on what she was doing.However, that didn’t cheer her up the slightest. She didn’t want to have any more hotpots, even if it was a mandarin pot, which would have one side of the pot with soup that wasn’t spicy. By now, she couldn’t work up an appetite, and she lost all interest in hotpots after the earlier experience. The spiciness still lingered in her mouth, and her stomach was still churning.“I have some important business to settle, so I might have to leave.” She tried to say goodbye in a roundabout manner as much as she could, but still, she was actually busy recently, for she needed to work on her company.Matthias wasn’t surpr
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Standing before love The fight
The board of directors were engaged in hushed conversations as they waited for Matthias’ arrival. Regan was all smiles, confident that Matthias would be struck down from his sudden attack. There was a hint of smugness in his smile when he imagined how gloomy Matthias must look, but when Matthias came in, Regan realized he was smiling confidently, as if unfazed by the recent events.Matthias sat in his spot, silencing everyone with a glance, then he threw a mocking grin at Regan. Oh, looking confident, huh, Matthias? No matter. You’ll be the butt of the joke soon. Regan had distributed the file for everyone present, and the board of directors had finished reading the document that recorded all the mistakes Matthias did recently.The biggest mistake recorded in it was about the eastern suburbs’ project manager swindling a huge sum of money from the company. A scandal like that would have been censored, but Regan made it known publicly.However, that was a huge mistake on Regan’s part. H
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Standing before love No time to rejoice
The most nervous person in the room was Regan, who thought, in retrospect, that everything had gone unexpectedly smooth from start to end. Even though Harper was the person he wanted to rope in as his henchman when he first joined the company, he didn’t know much about him, and he now felt that he was being set up as he listened to the things Matthias had just said.This time, the call really went through, and Harper’s voice sounded from the other end, making Regan’s heart gallop in anxiety. All of a sudden, it dawned on him that this was such an ironic situation; he had carefully planned to set up Matthias, but he was the one being set up in the end.“Hello, President Locke,” Harper answered politely.“Are you in France now, Mr. Lewis?” Matthias asked while looking at Regan, deliberately asking the question so he could hear it.“Yes, President Locke,” he answered. At the moment, he was at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, and he would be carrying out an important task in Franc
Last Updated : 2025-01-11Standing before love The awkward duo
Looks like someone is already impatient, Matthias thought, placing the document back into the folder. After thinking about it again and again, he took out the document once more from its folder. Then, he stood up and strode to the paper shredder. It’s better that no one else sees this, he decided, putting the document into the shredder.Before he moved here, that person already instructed him to defeat Hart Group, and not only did that person want Locke Group to take over Hart Group’s position in the business scene of Bradfort, but he even wanted to occupy the Hart Group.Back then, Matthias was devoted to his promise, but he was wavering now because he admired Tony and didn’t want to destroy the Hart Group. At least, he didn’t want to play the role of the villain as there were too many complicated relationships involved.In addition, he now had plans to be with Heather, so he really didn’t want to harm Hart Group. Compared to destroying Hart Group, he wanted to destroy Locke Group ev
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Standing before love It wasn’t easy
Back in the country, Locke Group and Hart Group did not give way to each other, causing everyone in the city to live in fear. As the two large companies were in dispute, they implicated many small enterprises and caused them to close down one after another.Even the Langston Group, who had always been watching the fight from afar, had been affected. Nevertheless, Blake didn’t dare to tell Robert about what was going on. If Robert were to find out that Langston Group had gotten into such big trouble under Blake’s management, the old man would never let him off easily.Although Robert had informants in Langston Group, Blake hadn’t notified many people in the company regarding this issue. Thus, the informants Roberts planted in the company didn’t catch a whiff of this news.The Langstons are on the verge of bankruptcy and Blake had been trying to solve it. However, he had forgotten that this hole in his finances would become an abyss once it got too big. That was the case now, and he cou
Standing before love A string flicks
Early in the morning, Matthias and Heather started traveling. A journey to the west was what she had decided for them. It had been snowing nonstop throughout the night. Hence, she could only see a huge pile of snow when she looked out the window.As it just stopped snowing in the morning, they were set to head out. After hours of snow, the weather was rather cold so she had covered herself in a thick fleece jacket. Initially, she refused to as she wasn’t a fan of fleece jackets. However, he persistently insisted that she should wear it out. Thinking that he might have to take off his jacket for her again, she complied.With the fleece jacket on, she looked young and adorable. As someone who was petite and slim, she looked a little chubbier in the fleece jacket. While Matthias liked her outfit, she—on the other hand—couldn’t understand his taste in fashion.“You look like a bear when you’re wearing a fleece jacket.” Though she gave him a scornful stare, a smile crept up her lips as she
Standing before love Little bliss
The crisp sound made from Heather’s steps on the permafrost echoed. As she looked into the distance, she couldn’t see much on the other side of the river. Since Matthias didn’t continue on the conversation, they simply just let it slide.Rumors had it that he was good at fighting. She was eager to see his prowess in martial arts but she forgot one thing—she was a girl. There was no chance he would ever fight her; even if he did, he wouldn’t be using his full strength.On the other side, Bradfort City was in chaos. It was so much more peaceful where he and Heather were. The commotion was mainly caused by the constant attacks from Locke Group toward Hart Group that hadn’t ceased, even with Matthias away.Ever since Locke Group started provoking Hart Group, the two companies could not be in the same city anymore. To make things worse, Tony hadn’t gone easy on the Locke Group.To be frank, Matthias was still more or less affected by the ongoing tension back in Bradfort as Nikolai would so
Standing before love Two strong wheeled charcoal
In the below freezing temperature at night, Heather was sleeping in a separate bed as Matthias in a standard room they had booked. Matthias didn’t dare to act rashly this time around and maintained a distance from her. She had given him a slight warning during the day, so he knew how far to go.Because Iceland had an abundance of geothermal energy, the temperature inside the hotel was ideal, and Heather soon fell asleep. On the other hand, Matthias was still unable to fall asleep. Looking at Heather, who was a short distance away, he let out a satisfied smile.The way she looked while she was asleep looked extremely harmless. She had lost the aggression she normally had, and her sleeping posture was also more carefree.Occasionally, she would knit her brows together. He didn’t know what she was dreaming about, but it didn’t seem like a pleasant dream. At the thought of driving in the car with her during the day, and how they even fought over a map, he realized that he liked this feeli
Standing before love The two have made heather
After doing some shopping in the mall, they were able to feel how much better domestic malls were. The malls in Iceland had too few products, so they could only buy a few things.Walking out of the mall, Matthias received a picture on Messenger from Nikolai. Upon seeing the picture, Matthias became enraged.As it turned out, the stalker had followed them all the way to Iceland and uploaded a bunch of pictures of them being affectionate with each other. Once again, he and Heather were making headlines again. In an instant, Matthias replied to Nikolai, ‘Did you find out who tipped off the media?’ He told Nikolai to be more attentive, but he wasn’t sure if the latter had found anything yet.‘I need one more day. I’m currently searching through the whole city.’ Previously, Nikolai didn’t quite understand why Matthias gave him this task, but after the headlines came out today, he finally understood. It looked like Matthias had already sensed that someone was following and taking pictures o
Standing before love Emerging clues
Matthias’ sudden stern attitude created an awkward tension between the both of them. Heather didn’t think that her words would stir up such a big reaction from him.“You and Locke Group…” She had a bold prediction, but she wasn’t sure if she should say it out loud. It might be presumptuous to ask him so directly.“I don’t want to talk about Locke Group anymore.” His complexion improved slightly. He was a little sensitive about Locke Group these days, which inevitably got Heather thinking.“Okay. Let’s not talk about it, then.” She didn’t want to cross his boundary. That was the basic form of respect between people.They still had half an hour left before the plane would land. Heather and Matthias also tacitly agreed not to talk anymore. The entire first-class cabin was quiet; everyone was in deep sleep, while Heather was looking elsewhere.Previously, she was worried that someone was following them and suspected that the person might be in the first-class cabin. After observing for a
Standing before love On the way to Iceland
The atmosphere was heavy. At this hour, there weren’t a lot of people waiting to board a flight. The lounge exuded a mild refreshing scent that seemed like it was barely even there. It instilled a sense of familiarity in Heather, as though she had smelled this scent somewhere before.“Do you smell this fragrance?” Her question was so sudden that Matthias wasn’t able to make the switch yet.He tried his best to sniff, but he didn’t pick up any unusual scents. Getting up from his shoulder, Heather looked all around but did not notice anyone suspicious.“A perfume fragrance?” He only smelled perfume. When he tried his hardest, he even smelled a fusion of several different perfumes.Looking around, he figured that it was probably coming from the person next to him; even a man was wearing perfume.“No. Maybe I was mistaken.” She brushed it off. It seemed the mild scent was also gone now. She reckoned she was just imagining things.He looked at her with a worried gaze and suspected that the
Standing before love A big chess game
Seeing Heather’s deep awareness of herself, Matthias felt like he had misunderstood her all along and had assumed that she was someone who wouldn’t repent.“If you’re able to recognize your problems, then it proves that there’s still a chance to fix them,” he said earnestly. It was better to console her during this time as it was rare that she would want to improve herself.“What problems do I need to fix?” Looking over at him, she needed to hear his answer.On the other hand, Matthias was stumped. Some of her bad habits also looked cute to him now. His mind inevitably went blank when she asked him about the problems she needed to fix.“You have a bad temper and are very purposeful.” He gave a general answer. Aside from that, he couldn’t think of anything else.In regard to her temper, she really didn’t give anyone any leeway, unless she had business relations with them, in which case she would give them some. In normal life, she wouldn’t even bother with anyone who couldn’t benefit h
Standing before love Late repentance
Regardless of what Heather said now, Myra wouldn’t listen to any of it. Heather couldn’t think of a better countermeasure. She had imagined this sort of situation happening before, but she never thought through how to face it.“I don’t want to see you.” Looking at Heather’s indifferent expression, Myra couldn’t see the slightest bit of sincerity. It didn’t look like she was remorseful at all.Myra regretted having met Heather. No matter what Heather did now, it would all be misinterpreted in her eyes. Their friendship had ultimately been jeopardized.All along, Heather never liked to give explanations, but she already did her best to explain things to Myra. It didn’t look like Myra wanted an explanation from her at this point. Nonetheless, what could she do? She was completely at fault.She maintained eye contact with Myra for quite some time. It was the first time Myra looked this tough in front of her. Her mouth opened slightly; the words had reached her mouth, but she couldn’t spea
