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. She could obviously avoid this, but why didn’t she?
Initially, she thought she would fall asleep when she lay in bed, but she was wrong. In fact, she didn’t have the tiniest sense of sleepiness. As soon as she lay down, her mind drifted to Matthias like a curse—even if she told herself not to fall for him, her chaotic mind couldn’t calm down.
Heather was annoyed by this, and she grabbed her phone from the side. Since she couldn’t fall asleep anyway, she decided to play mobile games to cure her insomnia.
A familiar tune rang when she opened the gaming app, but she instantly felt bored. On second thought, all mobile games were boring.
Day after day, their tasks were the same; Heather was dissatisfied that these games had no storyline at all. Despite that, she went online every single day to complete the daily tasks. It looked particularly boring, and it felt like it was a single-player game.
She didn’t like completing the tasks as a team, so she played by herself. Nonetheless, it was enough for her. As long as she could pass time and eventually fall asleep, she didn’t expect much from this game.
When her mind was focused on something, other things would not emerge in her head out of nowhere and disrupt her mood. At that moment, she put all her concentration on the game.
The longer it took for her to level-up as the game progressed, the time she spent on this game increased as well. She didn’t think that she would be this dependent on a mobile game to pass the time one day.
In fact, she was shocked at her change. It was all because of Matthias; even though he wasn’t around her, he still had a huge impact on her.
Just then, random thoughts popped up in her head—she thought about what he was doing and how he had been. Needless to say, she couldn’t help but think of him and the little details of his life.
At the same time, he was thinking about her too. Not only had he returned from Iceland by himself, he didn’t leave anyone there to keep an eye on Heather.
He didn’t know what she was doing, and was unaware that she had returned to the country. As he continued to assume that she was still in Iceland, he wondered if the heavy snow had stopped.
She was always so capricious that he was worried about her being alone there. On second thought, his worrying was unnecessary.
Heather was perfectly capable of taking care of herself. After all, she had been abroad ever since she graduated high school, and she had taken care of herself quite well.
After seeing her gentle side in front of others, he couldn’t understand why she was so strict with him—it felt as though whatever he did was wrong in her eyes.
Just then, the sound of music filled his ears. His heart was in a turmoil since he had been holding back from going to Heather these few days. In truth, there were many times he wanted to reach out to her and asked how she was doing.
“Answer it.” He glanced at Nikolai angrily as the music kept blaring, but Nikolai simply let it continue.
“You’ve been a little cranky lately, Director Locke,” Nikolai said helplessly. He didn’t want to bother Matthias, but the latter insisted on having Nikolai move all of his work there to keep him company.
Since he had no idea what was going on in Matthias’ mind, Nikolai didn’t want to work with him. After all, he was always on his toes whenever Matthias was around.
“Be serious when you’re working,” Matthias grunted in annoyance, making sure to correct Nikolai’s attitude.
As he lowered his head, Nikolai knew better than to provoke Matthias at this moment. Recently, he had quite a temper. Matthias sighed at how Nikolai was whenever he was a little more stern to him, but he couldn’t do anything about it at all.
“Director Locke, I’ve been working so seriously that I can’t even answer the phone.” With that, he declined the call. It was from the same person again, and they wouldn’t let him go even during office hours.
“Put it on mute and stop disturbing me.” Matthias really couldn’t stand Nikolai’s attitude. After all, it wasn’t good to be so casual as they worked.
At that moment, Nikolai quickly put his phone on mute. He didn’t know whether to laugh or cry that he had put himself in trouble again. Meanwhile, Matthias fiddled with his phone as he hesitated again and again whether to send Heather a message. To be frank, he wanted to call her and hear her voice—he was getting impatient.
When he snuck a glance at Matthias’ troubled expression, Nikolai seemed to understand the distress he was in. He realized he was having troubles with Heather again. Apart from work, men were always stressing about women!
He wanted to tell Matthias that he had received some news about Heather leaving Iceland. However, Nikolai wondered what would be a good time to break the news to him since he kept getting scolded by Matthias these past few days.
In fact, it wasn’t long since he heard about this. As he mulled it over, he twirled the pen in his hand. Although he was a little introverted, he was cunning and mischievous on the inside.
Occasionally, the air conditioner would emit a faint noise. They had bought a silent air-conditioner, but it was impossible for a truly silent air-conditioner to exist—there’d always be a little sound coming from it.
When he was stressed, even the slightest noise was a pain in the neck to Matthias. As he pushed his phone to the side, he no longer wanted to be swayed by Heather.
They were at a critical moment right now, and he couldn’t give up just yet and waste his efforts. He even hoped for Heather to return a little later; he wanted to wait until everything was settled before starting fresh with her.
However, it was just a thought; whatever happened next was certainly not unrelated to Heather. There were many things that couldn’t be avoided, and a helpless smile appeared on his face just then.
As his fingers drummed on the desk, his mood was getting more and more obvious. Nikolai wanted to speak several times, but couldn’t find the right timing.
“Director Locke,” he finally said.
Matthias shifted his attention to him, and his cold gaze was enough to send a shiver down Nikolai’s spine. He didn’t know what Matthias was thinking, but it didn’t seem like something bad.
“What’s the matter?” He spoke with a serious face. If Nikolai didn’t say anything serious, he wasn’t going to hear the end of it.
“I just heard some news that I don’t know if I should tell you,” Nikolai said, but did not manage to arouse Matthias’s curiosity.
“If you want to tell me, then go ahead.” There was a hint of curiosity in his voice.
“It seems like Miss Langston has left Iceland. Someone spotted her at the airport,” Nikolai said confidently. After all, he was rarely wrong about the intel he got.
At once, Matthias’s expression shifted. He didn’t expect that she had already left Iceland; based on his understanding of her, she wouldn’t return so soon. After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn’t figure it out. Meanwhile, Nikolai didn’t know what had triggered him again.
“Where is she now?” Matthias asked. Just because she had left Iceland, it didn’t mean she had returned to the country. Moreover, it was possible that she had gone somewhere else.
“I’m not sure about this since it was at Bradfort City’s airport. For the time being, no one has seen anyone that looks like her,” Nikolai said bluntly. Placing a spy at the airport was indeed a brilliant idea.
“Apart from the airport, where else do you have more eyes and ears?” Matthias pretended to ask casually, making it look like a cop meeting with an informant.
“Eyes and ears?” Nikolai seemed a little confused about his words. He assumed Matthias must have gotten too excited at the news of Heather’s return, for the words he used were rather weird.
“Let’s not talk about it. You should just carry on with your work.” Matthias didn’t want to distract Nikolai from working.
It seemed likely that Heather was already at Bradfort City. As he thought about it, Matthias wanted to call her and personally ask her where she was.
After thinking about it for some time, he decided to send her a message. Finally, he found a reasonable excuse, and the corners of his lips curled into a smile.
After sneaking a glance at him, Nikolai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his expression. Whenever Heather upset Matthias, he would torment his staff; Nikolai was one who suffered the most.
However, Matthias did not get a response from Heather. The message had been sent for a long time, and she should have already seen it by now. Despite that, she never replied.
He wondered if she was still angry at him as he rubbed his temples. This was troublesome. In fact, Heather wasn’t like other women who could be coaxed easily.
On second thought, he was the one who should be angry. He glanced at his phone several times, but there was still no news from her.
It was true that the first one who was moved in a relationship was the loser; he profoundly felt that he had no self-respect at all when it came to Heather. She was perfect and he liked her a lot. Despite that, he just couldn’t tell her so.
However, how could he have known that Heather was asleep at this time? There were many misfortunes in life, and Matthias’ mood worsened right at that moment.
On the other hand, Heather was sleeping soundly, not knowing that she had received a text. When she finally woke up, it was already late at night.
As her eyes fluttered open, it was already dark outside. She blinked continuously, and it took a moment for her eyes to adapt to the darkness. Leon didn’t even come to wake her up, and it was such a good sleep. Just then, she wondered what time it was.
Listlessly, she searched for her phone but to no avail. Once again, she lay back down and closed her eyes, trying to go back to sleep. She didn’t have the energy at all, and her body felt like jelly.
Just then, the sound of bells filled the air. She silently counted and realized that it was 12.00AM. Midnight was the loneliest time of the day, and the night was as cold as ice. At that moment, Matthias’ frowning face flashed across her mind out of nowhere.
