All Chapters of Standing before love : Chapter 411 - Chapter 420

As Heather watched the butler approach them, she felt as though the wheels of fate had been set in motion and there was nothing she could do to stop them.She blanched as the small gift box was carefully placed in Robert’s hand, clueless as to what it contained.However, now that she was thinking about it, she had a bad feeling about what might be in the box.“I’ll open it if you don’t mind,” Robert said as his fingers clasped the box.She managed an exasperated smile and answered with what she hoped was nonchalance, “Go ahead.” He would only grow more suspicious of her if she were to deny him from opening the box.In retrospect, she might have been too brash when she explained herself earlier; it was obvious that her grandfather did not completely believe her this time. After all, it was hard to convince anyone that Matthias was trying to exact revenge on her when there was neither a basis to the story nor proof to support her claim.Suddenly, Robert handed the box over to her and he

The person standing outside the door was none other than Matthias, who still came in the end. He was wearing a calm expression, as if he really had nothing to do with the incident.He entered the room under the gazes of those three people before he looked at Heather with a shadow of a smile on his face.“I didn’t expect that you would prefer having a discussion at the publisher’s office, Miss Langston,” he casually said as he stared unblinkingly at her.The editor-in-chief of The Apple Gazette darted a tentative look at Matthias while Alexander openly appraised the editor-in-chief. The atmosphere was a little awkward and it was quite obvious that Matthias was pretending to appear relaxed.“Alexander, give the newspaper to Director Locke,” Heather said to Alexander, who then solemnly took out two newspapers from his briefcase—they were news that made the headlines today and yesterday. After that, he passed them to Matthias with a serious expression. He made everything seem so formal th

They were steadily staring at each other; never in their wildest dreams would they have guessed that a man could cause their friendship to be tested. It made Heather recall the time when they were young. Myra once had a fight with me over Matthias. Perhaps this is fated! Matthias must be the man God had arranged to ruin my friendship with Myra. She bit her lip while she looked especially upset.“The news is not true. Matthias was…” Heather trailed off as she swallowed the rest of her sentence. Maybe this is what Matthias wants. I won’t fall into his trap the second time.This time, she was extra careful while guessing Matthias’ thoughts and motives. On the other side, Myra listened to Heather and looked on in confusion and concern because Heather’s sentence sounded ambiguous.Myra tightly hugged Heather. “Did he force himself on you? Let’s demand justice from him.” Heather’s pause had opened her words to interpretation, so it was only natural for Myra to jump to the worst conclusion.

Robert repeatedly scrutinized the man standing in front of him; he tried hard to glean some clues from Blake’s expression. He claims to have the family’s interest at heart, but it’s quite obvious that he’s using this opportunity to coerce Heather. There was no way on earth that he would agree to Blake’s suggestion of sacrificing Heather for the sake of the company. As he frowned, he gradually sat down while he maintained his gaze on Blake.At this point, the duo silently stared at each other. After some time, Robert mentioned with a distant tone, “There is no need for our family to resort to such a desperate measure of sacrificing a family member’s future for the sake of the company’s interest.” He had previously seen for himself Blake’s tactics. Sadly, Blake remained steadfast in his ways of using these underhanded measures to plot against others.Both of them refused to give in to the other. Blake insisted on progressing with his plan under the guise of maintaining the family’s inte

Some things were far more difficult to achieve than one could imagine and Heather’s plan was too naive. Upon seeing Robert’s infuriated looks, she could only stop mentioning about the Hart Family.After their conversation ended, she stared lifelessly at the snacks on the coffee table. Not only did I fail at my first try, I even angered Grandpa. I didn’t choose the right time to do it. Grandpa was already angered by Blake before, so why did I mention the Hart Family to him? Am I not pouring more fuel to the flame?The more she thought about it, the more she resented herself and the angrier she became. Therefore, she decided to finish all those snacks that night itself since overeating was a way for her to reduce her stress.For the whole night, she couldn’t fall asleep, especially after experiencing all the frustrating things earlier today, so she simply got out of bed and lay down on her couch. Even though she looked bored on the surface, her emotions were actually running wild inside