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A schemeful woman
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The dinner went smoother than expected. Heather was a cultivated woman who had no problem coddling Lisa, but Sebastian didn’t fall for it at all. Fortunately, Lisa wasn’t hostile toward the Langston Family and was even fond of Heather. All night long, Heather and Lisa’s laughter filled the air and for some reason, Heather was able to amuse Lisa. After dinner, Heather went to the car to grab the presents. She had prepared gifts for Myra, Tony, Lisa and Sebastian. Before she came back from Italy, she had picked four gifts. She initially wanted to bring gifts to only Myra and her fiancé, but when she was shopping, she decided to get something for Myra’s in-laws as well. Now, it came in handy. Tony noticed that the gifts were worth a lot of money. Curiously, he wondered where she had gotten these customized and premium gifts in such a short time. The more he thought about it, the more he realized she wasn’t a simple character, as if nothing in this world could stop her from getting wha
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Standing before love Never act in a haste
These days, Heather had been extra concerned about Stark Group, more so than Myra herself. She put aside her work on her start-up business and even went to see Myra at Stark Tower. In the office, Myra was focused on the documents in her hands, while Heather was on the couch looking at the paperwork with a frown. In fact, her expression was more grim than Myra’s. “Heather, why are you so concerned about Stark Group?” Myra finally couldn’t hold back. Her unusual behavior was baffling. Clutching the paper in her hands, Heather had an intimidating look in her eyes. Not knowing what she was actually looking at, Myra was a little confused by her unstable breathing. “What did you say?” Heather didn’t hear what she said at all. “You’ve been acting weird lately, Heather. I don’t want you to get involved in this mess.” Myra put down the sheet in her hands and gazed at Heather with a grim expression. Beyond the window, the wind was howling and the weather was gloomy and depressing. Because
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Standing before love Manipulation
The dining table was trembling a little as Matthias tapped it with his fingers repetitively. At this moment, the atmosphere became so quiet that one could only hear the crisp sound of his fingers drumming against the table. It almost sounded as if he was breaking down Heather’s final line of defense within. The situation was in a stalemate as he didn’t reply to her. He simply stared at her beautiful face, reliving the shameful moments from the past. “I’m afraid you can’t afford it.” His voice was low in a way that was terrifying. “Let’s hear it first,” she calmly replied as she put down her utensils and locked eyes with him. “Be my lover.” He said that word-by-word, and his gaze was filled with hints of insanity. “Hahaha!” It threw her into a laughing fit. Is he serious about this? “I remember clearly that the person you like is Mimi. What you have just suggested can be easily misunderstood by others.” She was suppressing the anger that was burning within herself. It was obvious
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Standing before love A true man doesn’t play
It was the next day. Chimes of the windbell hanging from the ceiling could be heard as rays of sunlight shone into the room. As the wind gently blew, strands of Heather’s hair danced in the wind. She even looked gorgeous when she was asleep. Lowering his head to take a look at his watch, Matthias began to contemplate whether he had overdosed her with drugs seeing that she hadn’t woken up yet. He donned a neat suit that didn’t have a trace of wrinkle on it. He was gazing deeply at the woman who was still unconscious. Heather never thought that he would drug her yesterday, and Matthias only won because he had the element of surprise. As if on cue, she started to move. It was evident that she was suffering from a bad migraine as she woke up. Obviously, the drug had a strong effect. Rubbing her temples, she felt like her body had been hit by a truck. Waking up feeling extremely groggy, the first thing she saw was Matthias’ unwavering gaze at herself. Out of instinct, she calmly took a l
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Standing before love Great battle
Matthias’s frantic and fearful laughter echoed around the whole room. Heather never truly knew Matthias because ordinary provocation methods were ineffective on him. “It’s been many years, but you haven’t made any progress at all.” Matthias looked at Heather contemptuously. Over the years, Matthias had improved significantly. Compared to him, Heather seemed to have not changed much. It was the first time she was looked down at by someone. Back when Heather met Matthias at his speech, she had a premonition that she would meet him again. Back then, she already noticed Matthias’s change, but at that instant, she felt his threatening aura even more deeply. “You thought that I would care about what you think, and you’ve despised me ever since you were young.” As Matthias spoke, he poked Heather’s chest, where her heart was. I really want to open up Heather’s heart and see what’s inside. Heather directly slapped Matthias’s hand away and glared at him angrily. His actions had provoked her
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Standing before love Keeping his word
When the car rolled to a stop outside Skylark Tower, Matthias stepped out of the vehicle and chivalrously opened the door for Heather. It was as though he had become an entirely different person since leaving the house. “I suppose you have some twisted plan in the works, Director Locke, seeing as you’re putting in this much effort,” she pointed out darkly. The alarm bells went off in her head and she had a feeling that something was wrong, but she knew it was too late for her to turn around and make a run for it. “Afraid of wicked schemes?” He smirked in amusement and there was an intimate edge to his gestures. “Better to be safe than sorry, right? I’d rather have my guard up around you,” Heather answered curtly, though she berated herself for being so impulsive earlier; it made it harder for her to get off her high horse. Matthias offered her his arm, silently indicating for her to take it. She shot him a quizzical look and muttered, “Surely there’s no need for us to put up such a
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Standing before love A master of digression
A hush descended upon the room and the air grew thick around them. It was surprising that Matthias could hold his ground despite the immense pressure that seemed to have come from everyone else’s disapproval of his suggestion. Seeing as this had nothing to do with her, Heather sat silently off to one side, a placid smile playing about her lips. Matthias, on the other hand, gazed at her with dark eyes. He was likely thinking of ways to throw her under the bus, but others might perceive the expression on his face as one of endearment. The stifling silence in the room went on for what felt like forever and when Matthias saw that none of the board members had anything to say, he continued, “Do any one of you know who this lady next to me happens to be?” His question made everyone fix their gaze on Heather, making her shoot him a deadly glare. Why does he always have to cause a distraction? She bristled at the sudden attention that was cast upon her but she wasn’t one to be perturbed by
Last Updated : 2024-12-03Standing before love Going all the way
On the way to the restaurant, Heather and Nikolai held hands and engaged in cheerful banter. Matthias, on the other hand, was sullen as he trudged along behind them. He felt as if he was caught in the middle and he could neither interject nor ignore them. It wasn’t as though he could pull Heather away from his own cousin—that would look bad on him, not to mention unreasonably rude. Upon entering the Italian restaurant, Heather and Nikolai sat on one side of the table, while Matthias took the seat across from theirs. He eyed them darkly as he grumbled to himself, Is she always this chummy with the people she’s interested in? Throwing her a disgruntled look, Matthias could tell that she was shedding the presence in front of Nikolai. When the waiter came to give them the menu, the latter looked up and upon seeing the baleful gleam in his cousin’s eyes, he quickly widened the gap between Heather and himself. He slid the menu toward her and said courteously, “Miss Heather, you can have t
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(Final Chapter)However, before Myra could digest the incidents, a knock on the door emerged again. Zayne’s eyes lit up at once as he reckoned it was most probably Jason this time.Sure enough, Jason appeared in front of them with injuries. Leon found Jason rather unfamiliar as it was natural for one to not remember a driver’s appearance.“You’re finally here, Jason!” Heather exclaimed in surprise upon seeing him as she had waited for him for a long time.“Zayne Lee.” With a cold look, Jason walked up to Zayne and tilted his head to look at him. “Stop acting. I know you’re not injured.”Zayne stared at Jason awkwardly as he had not expected to be seen through by Jason so easily. Meanwhile, the others glanced toward Zayne in shock.“Congratulations. Your plan to lure the enemy out has succeeded. Now, I can tell you with certainty that the mastermind behind all these is Caleb Moriarty.” It was very rare for Jason to spit out such a long sentence.The others were not surprised upon heari
Standing before love Weird things happened
Since the situation had escalated to this point, they could only fight to their death, and Matthias was prepared for the battle. Even though the opponent was one of the top killers in the world, it was not an issue at all for Matthias to protect himself. However, it would be an arduous task to protect Zayne, the patient, at the same time.Matthias decided to be the vanguard and asked Leon to stay by Zayne’s side while he guarded the door vigilantly. They didn’t know when the killer would discover them, so Matthias had to guard the door well.Meanwhile, Heather kept increasing the fare’s price to the driver, hoping that she would be able to find Jason as soon as possible. Looking at the GPS, she became more flustered when they got closer to the destination. She was perturbed as the truth was about to be revealed, and she was all the more anxious at the thought of the critical situation in the hospital. Even if she successfully found Jason now, there was not enough time to rush back to
Standing before love A waiting game
Since when has Leon become this caring? Lying on the bed, Zayne really wished to turn to lie on his side. Due to the anesthetics, he didn’t feel much pain; he just felt uncomfortable because he couldn’t stretch his body. Nevertheless, he wasn’t hoping for anyone to understand his feelings at this moment. He attempted to move his body as he was worried if he had actually become handicapped.Leon glanced at Zayne in puzzlement, wondering what he was struggling about. Zayne didn’t seem to be in a good situation, but Leon had no idea how to help him. The two of them faced each other while Leon stared at Zayne with an inquiring look, but he still couldn’t understand what was on Zayne’s mind.It was only until Matthias came into the ward did the standstill between the two come to an end. Leon stood up and stared at Matthias. At that moment, all three of them were at a loss for words as an awkward atmosphere arose in the ward.Alas, Leon spoke up and broke the ice. “I’m going to buy oranges
Standing before love The patient should be given the most respect
The atmosphere surrounding the two men was extremely intense. Matthias didn’t want to cause more trouble at this moment, so he took a few steps back and attempted to keep a distance away from Leon.Leon understood Matthias’ intention. He smirked and said in a sarcastic manner, “President Locke, I heard you’ve been keeping a woman recently.”Matthias freaked out upon hearing his words. So Leon’s actually mad because of this. Matthias couldn’t think of an appropriate explanation. Staring at Leon’s eyes, he knew Leon might not buy his words even if he explained them to him.“You actually believed those rumors?” Matthias said justly. He didn’t intend to explain the details to Leon, nor did he want to be maligned.“I’ve seen you and the woman together with my own eyes.” If it wasn’t that Leon had seen it himself, he wouldn’t be this suspicious of Matthias.Matthias looked at Leon in resignation. It seems like he’s really concerned about Heather’s matters—he’s still bothered about these thi
Standing before love An intense atmosphere
Heather walked toward the main road while pondering. Judging by the traffic of the cars that were passing by on the busy road, she had a feeling it would be very hard for her to get a cab at this moment. Hence, she was starting to get a headache just by staring at the noisy street.She reckoned no drivers would be willing to accept a booking at times like these but she still decided to give it a try—only now did she suddenly realize the importance of owning a car.But alas, the fastest way she could think of was to increase the offer price. She believed there would definitely be drivers who were willing to accept her booking as long as she offered a price that was high enough. However, she worried that the cabs were too far away.True enough, when Heather opened the ride-hailing app, there were no drivers around the area. She wished she could get a driver by offering a huge stack of money, but sometimes, there were situations that even money couldn’t solve.When a driver finally accep
Standing before love A sudden accident
Ever since he stepped foot in Bradfort City, Zayne had nothing but problem after problem piled on his plate. This time, he looked for trouble himself. Matthias’ situation was already far beyond what Zayne could handle, and Jason knew that the latter was barely holding on.After Matthias had left, Jason descended into worry. He looked at Zayne, his face a little on the pale side. Neither brother had managed to reach an agreement. Jason completely did not approve of what Zayne was doing, and the conflict between them could blow up at any moment.The atmosphere was loaded like a powder keg. Both men’s expressions were tense, and it seemed as though things would break down the next second. Jason moved and took a step forward, whereas Zayne curled his hands into fists. The situation was both awkward and tense.Jason continued to march forward. Zayne could find no reason to make him stay, so he helplessly watched as Jason left the room. He looked at his younger brother, his lips faintly qui
Standing before love Someone who creates problems
Anger was still anger in the end, and Heather wasn’t someone who would cling to someone unreasonably either. She knew that Leon wouldn’t have hung up on her so easily, and it seemed that he was extremely tired.After her call with Leon ended, Zayne texted her. She played the video clip that he had sent to her, but she wasn’t sure how to react to it. Not only that, Heather didn’t know how he had managed to get his hands on this firsthand information—the venue in the clip was where the Locke Group’s board of directors were currently at.Heather took notice of Matthias in an instant. When she saw him there all by himself, she suddenly felt that he needed to be protected as well. Sometimes, she really couldn’t get a handle on him as her heart ached for Matthias.However, Heather couldn’t bring herself to examine her conscience even though she could sense that Matthias was under a lot of pressure. She had only watched a few seconds of the video clip, but her heartstrings were already being
Standing before love Two unfortunates
At that moment, any further exchange would simply be pointless. The day had barely started, yet it was already so disastrous. The next hours would be even more so.The more Zayne wanted her to admit it, the more resistant she was to do so. With a stiff face, she responded, “It’s his personal affairs. Why should I care?”When he heard her bold words, Zayne had a hard time holding back his laugh, for he was astounded by how persistent she was. Heather was so reluctant to admit it, so he didn’t want to pursue the matter any further. Since she felt that way, he shall have it her way.“What’s your plan today?” As he went off on a tangent, Zayne started to chatter casually. Heather felt that there had to be an underlying meaning behind his words, so she shot him a deadly glare.On the other hand, Zayne stared at her calmly, and he thought her petite look was extremely adorable. She must be dwelling on nonsense again!“Other than locking myself in here, what else can I possibly plan for? I l
Standing before love Start a disastrous day
In the freezing night, Matthias stared at the mansion in front of him with not a trace of anger. Since it belonged to the Lockes, it will no longer mean anything to him from now on. Should I say goodbye?Ever since Evan left, the residence had been especially quiet at night. Having lost his attachment to the mansion, he coldly gazed at the building as if the entire area only had one residence.Despite his desire to walk in, he stopped himself outside the home. After all, he was now truly alone after pushing everyone else away.At this moment, he sensed a fragrance of blossoms wafting in the air. He tried to locate the source but to no avail. Surprisingly, such a subtle aroma somehow matched the winter so well. As he took in the scent, he was reminded of the countless incidents, wondering when they would finally end.What surprised him was the fact that the family head had yet to look for him since he left the Locke Group, and that made him feel rather peaceful as the head seemed to ha
