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A ruthless woman
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At this very moment, Heather could do nothing but resign herself to her fate; she could only be as good as gold in front of Robert. Upon recalling the deliberate car accident that morning, she had to admit that she was too impulsive at the time. Even though she had calculated in her mind that nothing serious would happen, she failed to take any possible mishaps into consideration. If she were to do it again, she wouldn’t have been so impulsive. After all, more problems were bound to follow when she decided to bump her car into Matthias’ vehicle.Since she didn’t want to be taken to the hospital, Heather cooperated with the doctor as he examined her under Robert’s hard stare. However, her own gaze made the doctor feel nervous during the examination. The look in her eyes gave him quite a lot of stress, and the doctor probably didn’t expect to run into such a patient.Just then, Robert quietly appeared in front of Heather and gave her a fierce glare, for her habit of scaring timid people
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As he suppressed his inexpressible emotions, Lucas went to the Langston Residence with lots of healthcare products in his hands, upon which the house’s servant had him wait in the living room. Meanwhile, Heather couldn’t wait to go downstairs when she heard in the study that Lucas had arrived. After all, she really had something important to discuss with Lucas.Seeing how impatient Heather looked, Robert said to her nonchalantly, “Don’t be hasty. Just let him wait for a while.”Heather looked at Robert puzzledly, for she couldn’t tell what he was going to do this time. Was he actually going to test Lucas out as if the latter was his future grandson-in-law? “It’s almost time for our date. It’s a bad thing to keep someone else waiting!” She could only try to reason with Robert since it was really difficult to read an old man’s mind.Robert wouldn’t let another man win Heather’s hand easily, though. “What’s wrong with letting a man wait for a lady?” To him, a man should at least undergo
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In an instant, silence returned to the Langston Residence. After Lucas left, Robert took Heather back into the study, this time with an even uglier look on his face. Not knowing how she had displeased him again, Heather looked at him with an innocent expression.“You were screwing around!” Robert rebuked angrily.Heather looked at Robert in puzzlement. She didn’t know in what way she had screwed around, so she wondered if Matthias’s arrival had displeased him. “Are we going to continue drawing?” she asked with a serious look on her face. At this moment, she’d better divert Robert’s attention immediately, or Robert might give her another dressing-down.“Don’t change the subject.” Robert wouldn’t play Heather’s game, though. He felt powerless at the sight of Heather, for her relationships were in a total mess.“I know my faults now, Grandpa. I’ll draw an excellent picture to make you satisfied.” Heather unwaveringly guided the conversation to the subject of drawing, but Robert shot her
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Heather chatted with Matthias on Messenger while drawing on the canvas. She found a book that taught its readers how to draw using charcoal, and after following the step-by-step instructions stated in the book, she slowly got the hang of it.She looked at the drawing she made contentedly, and it looked much better than the sketch she had made in the beginning. Her mouth curved into a smile of satisfaction; she realized that drawing wasn’t as difficult as she thought it was, for smart people would always be faster than others in whatever they did.As a result, it took her much longer to reply to Matthias’s messages, but Matthias didn’t mind this. After all, he was happy enough as long as she was still willing to pay heed to him.Just then, a knock on the door was heard from the outside. Matthias knitted his brows, for he had ordered Lara not to let anyone disturb him.However, the knock on the door wouldn’t stop, so he had to open the door himself. When he opened the door, Regan reveal
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Unexpectedly, the person who couldn’t possibly show up at the Langston Residence right at this moment showed up in front of Heather, and she looked at the person with a half-smile. “Heather.” This was probably the last voice she liked to hear. Few people would call her so affectionately, but she felt disgusted whenever this particular person called her name in such a manner.“What brings you here, Blake?” she asked in surprise. It wasn’t time to clock off yet, so why would Blake come home ahead of time? He even went to the study right away to meet her.“It’ll be Thanksgiving day tomorrow, so the company closed early,” Blake replied naturally.Heather almost forgot that the next day would be Thanksgiving Day, the day when one was supposed to have a Thanksgiving meal with their family. She felt somewhat lonely all of a sudden, for she recalled her parents—they had basically been treating her with indifference ever since she came back to the Langston Residence. Naturally, she would be ly
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Each question was more pointed than the previous. Matthias didn’t want to let her go, and he clearly still had some slight resentment in his heart.“Yes.” Heather didn’t want to continue being stubborn with him. In fact, she didn’t just miss him a little bit—she missed him very much.Matthias rejoiced in secret, for he never expected this to go so smoothly. After all, it wasn’t easy for Heather to speak so honestly.“Do you have any more questions? Why don’t you ask them all at once?” she asked calmly.Just then, he remained silent for a while before he simply said, “I miss you a lot, and I really want to see you.”Heather’s heart fluttered. When it came to their relationship, Matthias had to take more initiative. There were many things she wouldn’t say, whereas he would express his own feelings strongly.When he didn’t get a response from her, he looked at his phone and thought that she was probably feeling shy. He then comforted himself, When in a relationship, one would become chee
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The phone’s bright light was a little blinding in the dark. As Heather squinted her eyes, she saw an unread message from Matthias. These days, he was finally willing to take the initiative to talk to her. As such, she was filled with joy that emanated from within.At that moment, she looked just like any other woman in love. She did like him a lot, and it couldn’t be concealed for too long.Even if she managed to fool everyone, she wasn’t able to lie to herself. If the relationship wasn’t fruitful, she would’ve either let it go or be a little more proactive. However, she was neither moving forward nor retreating right now, and everything was left hanging in the air.Heather completely forgot that it was already midnight and replied to his text with a ‘Yes’. Out of the many words she could have said, she only responded with one simple word.To her surprise, she received a call from Matthias not long after she replied. Heather initially planned on hiding the fact that she had returned,
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Heather was dripping wet when she got out of the tub. Then, she grabbed a towel and dried herself up. After taking a bath, she felt relaxed and walked to the bed in satisfaction.When she saw the wooden bedframe, she wondered if it would creak when she slept on it. Soon, she shook the thought out of her mind.Solid wood was heavy, and the bed rails looked rather aristocratic. As she lay down on the bed, a content smile appeared on her face.It was a big and spacious bed; even if she turned around, she wouldn’t have to worry about touching another person. This reminded her of the nights she slept next to Matthias in Iceland, for she was worried that she would accidentally kiss him whenever she turned around.After her experience spending the night with another person, she couldn’t get used to being alone again. She noticed she was becoming more and more melodramatic, and she wondered if she really had fallen for Matthias.She wanted to ask herself what she liked about him many times. S
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Since she had stayed in Iceland long enough, Heather decided to return to Bradfort City at dawn. After talking to Leon, she felt a lot better.Bradfort City still looked the same and did not change at all during the few days she was gone. As she walked out of the airport unnoticed, she glanced at the tall buildings while a sense of lament washed over her.Upon returning to the city, everything felt so unreal to her. At that moment, the corners of her lips tugged upward as an emotionless smile emerged.In fact, she did not tell anyone that she had returned. As she sat alone in the cab, she said to the driver calmly, “To Snowbush Manor.”Leon recently bought a villa at Snowbush Manor; he had moved in before Heather returned from abroad since he didn’t want to stay in a hotel anymore.Instead of going back to the Langston Residence right away, Heather went to see Leon instead. It seemed like she didn’t want the Langstons to know that she had returned to the country.Leon was still asleep
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Since she failed to find any reason to refuse, Heather could only acquiesce. When Leon saw that she did not deny it, he said, “I’m still hesitant to pursue Paige.”She didn’t expect this to be what he was worrying about. Heather assumed that Leon had started pursuing Paige a long time ago, but it turned out that he was still hesitating. It seemed like he was serious this time.“If you like her, just do it. Isn’t that the principle you’ve always lived by? Why are you still hesitant to make a move?” she asked teasingly.“When I think about the things that you’ve told me, I can’t make up my mind at all.” He was indecisive since it was something he couldn’t easily forget. As such, there was no way he could go after Paige.In fact, it all started because of Heather—that was why she had to help him get over this. After all, Leon was never this cautious and indecisive when he pursued Heather back then.It was rare for Leon to be so undecided. Meanwhile, Heather held back her laughter and sai
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Without giving the leader a chance at all, Matthias said without raising his head, “You can leave now.” It was as if he hadn’t even heard what the person had just said.Everyone looked at each other for a while before someone took the lead and left, and the rest followed suit. Eventually, only the leader was left standing before Matthias, who did not even spare him a glance. He was busy with the task at hand as if the former didn’t exist at all.Matthias had handled things too kindly in the past, and it emboldened the other as a result. But now, he wasn’t going to continue to be so polite.“Head over to the finance office and collect your pay.” He spoke very firmly. The leader looked at Matthias pleadingly for him to change his mind, but it was to no avail.Matthias did not even ask him who was behind the incident. In fact, he had already made his guess without intending to confirm it with the leader.Since there was no longer any chance of turning things around, the leader could only
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Matthias was worried that Heather would suffer frostbite, so he had no choice but to chase after her. However, Heather walked so fast she had disappeared in the blink of an eye.When she turned around, she saw Matthias following her from a distance. Her eyes met with Matthias’, and she wore an inexplicable expression.“Why did you follow me?” Heather just wanted to have some time alone. She didn’t expect Matthias to tag along, so she was a little frustrated.“Why are you angry all of a sudden?” Matthias was distressed. He actually wanted to retort but he ended up biting his tongue.“I’m not angry. I just came out to watch the snow,” Heather said indifferently.“You’re wearing so little and it’s so cold out here. Don’t stay outside too long or you might get frostbite.” Matthias grasped Heather’s hand, wanting to bring her back to the car.“Just let me take a walk and get some fresh air.” It was suffocating in the car, and Heather really needed some space.“Are you still worried about w
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One shouldn’t speak too carelessly on a snowy day. Looking at the snow outside the window, Matthias thought, These are the kind of days that are perfect for snuggling. However, the heater in the car was getting weaker. If they were still unable to find their way out, they might really need to send an SOS message.“The GPS isn’t helping at all.” Heather looked at the car’s GPS and felt that it was leading them to an even more remote area.“The petrol is running low.” Matthias was worried that the car would stop halfway.“Should we call and seek help?” Heather actually sounded like she was gloating.“It seems like you’re quite happy to run into a situation like this.” Matthias had never met a woman like Heather. Ever since she arrived in Iceland, he had been taken aback by her every word and action.Heather darted an indifferent glance at Matthias while wearing a half-smile. “Are you unhappy with me?” From her perspective, Matthias had been nitpicking at her ever since they reached Icel
