Everything had happened so quickly that Matthias couldn’t understand why Heather would react in that way, so he stared at her in confusion. At the same time, she also realized that her reaction was slightly over the top. If it really has something to do with him, I should act like nothing has happened.
“What is it?” He took a step forward as he thought that his abrupt actions had startled her.
“It’s nothing. I’ve been having a bit of a nervous breakdown lately.” She tried to give an excuse.
Fortunately, he didn’t persist in asking her, but his eyes were full of confusion as her sudden change of attitude earlier had filled him with anxiety.
“Is there anything troubling you?” Matthias asked tentatively.
However, Heather only gave him a smile as she couldn’t bring herself to answer his question. At that moment, she didn’t trust him at all and one could even say that she had never trusted him before. Even if she had built a little trust toward him, it was now completely destroyed.
Since he couldn’t get any response from her smile and she obviously didn’t want to reply to him, he didn’t force her to answer.
Then, Heather took the initiative to sit on his couch, but he didn’t follow suit after giving it a thought. Instead, he returned to his armchair because he himself concluded that he couldn’t be too intimate with her; otherwise, she would do something surprising again.
Knock! Knock! Knock! Suddenly, someone outside knocked on the door, so Matthias replied, “Come in.”
Heather’s attention was immediately attracted by the person coming in, who was Lara, and she could see that Lara was holding a huge stack of documents. I didn’t expect him to be this busy today.
However, Lara only came in for a while before she entered the room. During the entire period, she didn’t bat an eye on Heather, but Heather was vigilantly staring at her. Everyone is a suspect.
Meanwhile, Matthias seemed to have noticed her gaze and he was curious as to why she was suddenly interested in Lara, but he was certain that Heather was hiding something from him.
“Heather,” he called her intimately.
However, she wasn’t used to him calling her this way. “Yes.”
“Did you really come to see me all of a sudden for nothing?” He had seen through her act since the beginning, but he couldn’t figure out her true intentions.
“It’s really nothing,” Heather replied with a faint smile.
Meanwhile, Matthias stared at her eyes as he tried to search for clues, but she had concealed her emotions so well that he couldn’t notice anything.
“Then, I’ll—”
Without waiting for him to finish his words, she interrupted him with a smile. “You can continue with your work. I’ll wait for you here.”
Upon listening to her, Matthias was slightly relieved inside his heart. He had important documents to deal with at that moment and he didn’t want to delay it, but at the same time, he didn’t want to ignore her because of his work. Therefore, he felt much relieved after hearing her words.
After that, he continued with his busy paperwork at his desk while Heather sat on the couch, surveying his office. Not many people would use such a huge space for an office, but Matthias’ presidential office is much bigger than any president office that I’ve seen before.
The high floor had made the whole room look bright and clear. The reason why Matthias chose to have his office on the highest floor was because he could enjoy the feeling of being above everyone.
Heather was rarely this patient, so she would glance at him from time to time while he was working. The most charming thing in the world was the serious looks of a man working, so even she was starting to stare at the side of his face in a daze.
“What are you looking at?” Matthias suddenly turned his face and asked her.
Therefore, her face instantly flushed. I can’t believe I’ve been caught peeking at him. It’s so embarrassing. “Nothing.” She turned away. Ever since I met him, I’ve realized that my face is starting to blush more often.
When he rose from his armchair, the blush on her face had already disappeared. She noticed that he was approaching her, so she quickly took a few steps back to keep a distance from him.
“Focus on your work,” she uttered in a serious tone. I can’t stand him approaching me whenever we disagree.
Matthias glanced at Heather with dissatisfaction after his gesture was called out, so he couldn’t hug her.
“I can’t work properly with you here,” he teased.
Seeing that he was unwilling to return to his seat, she had no choice but to use her trump card. “It seems that I’ve interrupted your work. I think I should leave.” She walked toward the door.
Immediately, he blocked her path with a playful smile on his face. “Don’t go. Let’s have dinner tonight.”
It would be dinner time soon and Matthias planned to finish his work as soon as possible so that he could dine with Heather.
“When you are done with the documents on your desk, it may already be late at night.” She raised her brows at him as she considered whether to leave or not.
“I’ll deal with some urgent ones now, but I can leave the others till tomorrow.” As an experienced businessman, he definitely knew what to do.
“That means I’m delaying your work.” Heather looked as though she was determined to leave, which made Matthias even more anxious as he didn’t want her to leave yet.
“Don’t go.” There was a hint of plea in his tone.
“You should just focus on your work!” she said to him.
“I can’t focus on my work if you leave.” However, he was determined not to let her leave. The two of them continued to bicker like children and were close to pulling each other.
“Director Locke, I don’t think you should behave like this in your own company.” This time, she really insisted on leaving. I’m not sure if anyone saw me meeting him, so I need to leave earlier and be more careful to prevent any trouble.
“If you insist on leaving…” Matthias uttered while pulling her into his arms with a smirk on his face. “Why don’t we leave together?”
At the moment, he only had Heather in his mind, so he would never let her leave his office easily. I must follow her everywhere.
“Director Locke, I heard that the board of directors are not satisfied with you lately. If you don’t properly do your work, they may remove you from your position.” She was informed about some of the Locke Group’s internal affairs, so she teased him.
“The Locke Family is still the dominant force in the company. Those pathetic old men on the board can’t impeach me.” He immediately felt a headache the moment he thought about the board of directors.
Matthias’ recent performance had upset the board of directors, so whenever they had a meeting, the directors would find ways to criticize him.
“You will inevitably anger everyone.” Heather poked his chest with her finger and felt that it was really firm like steel.
Although both of them practiced martial arts, the body of a man was still much different than a woman’s. Even if she had all the muscles in the appropriate areas, they still weren’t as solid as his.
As for Matthias, even though he looked slender on the outside, the muscles on his body were extraordinary. Even if he endured several punches, he would still be fine.
“It’s not good to be low-key all the time,” he replied suggestively. Not long after he took over the Locke Group a few years ago, he always kept a low profile, but it only made the board of directors behave even more unscrupulously.
Now, he planned to put them in their places. They are becoming more and more ignorant of my position. I need to let them understand that they’ll never overthrow the Locke Group.
“The Locke Group has been in turmoil lately. I wonder what you are planning secretly inside your mind,” Heather asked casually, but she was actually curious about his true intention.
“As long as the foundation is still there, I don’t need to be afraid of some turmoil,” he answered confidently.
Upon listening to him, she furrowed her brows in confusion as she couldn’t figure out what he was actually thinking about. He had revealed many things to her before, but he was always vague when talking about the Locke Group.
“Why is the Locke Group always targeting the Hart Group?” She took the chance to ask.
Matthias looked at her aggrievedly as he couldn’t explain the details to her. After all, she was intelligent. If she connects everything together, she may see through my plan.
At the moment, he couldn’t let anyone know about his plan. Not only that, he still wasn’t sure whether Heather would choose to side with him in terms of her own interest. I need to exact my plan secretly by myself.
“Heather, you do have many questions to ask. Do you have a thousand questions ready in your mind?” He smiled while changing the subject of the conversation.
“If you think I’m annoying, you should let me leave.” She feigned anger.
While looking at her, Matthias didn’t know whether to laugh or cry as there wasn’t a way for him to please her, so he responded, “If you have any other questions, you can just ask me.”
However, Heather shook her head. “I don’t dare to ask you now because you’ll say that I’m annoying.” It was really funny to look at her anxious looks, so she continued to tease him.
“I won’t. You can ask anything you want. I’ll answer every one of them,” he replied in an extravagant way.
However, Matthias’ sweet words didn’t have much effect on her. In a disdainful manner, Heather responded with a grudge, “You didn’t give me a satisfying answer when I asked you a question earlier.”
“Then, how can I satisfy you, Miss Langston?” he asked while pretending to be frustrated. At that moment, he had no intentions of continuing with his work as he only had her in his eyes.
“I don’t want to force you anymore, so can you please have mercy and let me leave, Director Locke?” Heather adopted a playful tone, but she was still restrained in his arms.
“If you agree to have dinner with me, I’ll let you go,” he answered unreasonably. Now, he was pressing her against the wall so that she would not slip away from his hands easily.
“What if I don’t agree?” She lifted her head and stared at his eyes.
Then, Matthias lowered his head and looked deeply into her eyes. Her brows are so thick that they seem like they are fake. Why is her face so naturally beautiful? No amount of plastic surgery can produce such a natural beauty.
“There is no such option.” He pressed his chin against her head, but she didn’t resist. In fact, close combat was her strength, so she was actually being polite to him.
“I can’t believe that the great Director Locke is bullying a weak girl like me.” She pretended to be frail while the light in her eyes flickered, as if she was putting on a world class act.
“Heather, can you please accompany me?” Suddenly, he softened his tone and spoke in a pleading voice that no one could reject.
