Most of the people had already left the Locke Group at night, but Matthias was working overtime. Meanwhile, Heather quietly sat on the sideline while waiting for him without any complaints. He initially wanted to complete his work earlier, but she wouldn’t allow him to do so and insisted on him to finish his work first.
After opening the office door, the two of them emerged one after another and saw that Lara was still waiting for them. With a glance, he said, “It’s late. You should head home now.”
The most hardworking staff in the Locke Group was probably her as she wouldn’t leave work if Matthias was still around.
With a smile on her face, she replied, “Director Locke, I’ll leave when I’m done packing up my stuff.” Her face looked so innocent that no one would suspect that she had other intentions.
After returning the smile, he left with Heather, but Heather’s instinct was telling her that Lara wasn’t as innocent as she seemed.
Inside the elevator, Heather approached Matthias and whispered next to his ear, “Does Lara like you?” In the past, she would never pay any attention to something like that, so she definitely was planning something when she abruptly said those words to him.
Then, he stared at her in confusion as he couldn’t understand why she would ask him this question. Looks like he doesn’t know about my intention, she thought.
“I can’t quite understand what you mean,” he answered seriously as he knew that he couldn’t afford to give her a casual answer; otherwise, there would be a lot of trouble.
“I meant what I said,” Heather responded speciously while examining the emotions on Matthias’ face.
When the elevator doors opened, he was still puzzled, so she decided not to mess with him any longer. At that moment, he looked so nervous that even she was worried for him, as if he had done something terribly wrong.
“There’s nothing between me and Lara,” he quickly denied. Besides, he had never thought about liking her since he always treated her like his little sister.
“Don’t be so nervous. I’m just asking,” Heather replied in a gentle tone as she didn’t want the atmosphere to become awkward.
“I’m not nervous,” Matthias awkwardly refuted. Now, he finally understood the nervousness of being questioned by a woman.
“Are you really not that nervous?” She leaned toward him with a playful smile on her face. Looking at him, she felt that his anxious looks were really adorable, so she couldn’t help but tease him a little.
However, he didn’t know that she was messing with him and he thought that she actually cared about his situation with Lara, so he firmly replied, “Of course not.”
“You really don’t feel that Lara likes you?” Heather brought up the topic of Lara again as she wanted to see his anxious looks.
“How many times do I have to say? There’s nothing between me and her,” Matthias explained again with a headache. Why did Heather suddenly mention her and keep clinging onto the topic? I have a feeling that I’m now being watched.
“Don’t you two have an intimate hierarchical relationship?” Heather emphasized on the word ‘intimate’, making his face even more gloomy.
“Heather,” Matthias called her in helplessness as he didn’t know what else to say. Why do I have the feeling that she is catching me having an affair?
“Matthias, what are we having tonight?” Heather casually asked while completely changing the topic.
However, Matthias didn’t immediately react to her as his eyes blinked. A while later, he finally replied, “What do you want to eat?” He couldn’t bring himself to act dominant in front of her as he always ended up following her decision.
“I want to eat Korean food,” she answered after thinking about it. It was often she who made the decisions when it came to dating, so she couldn’t help but remember his weak looks when he was younger.
Meanwhile, he didn’t say anything as he would eat whatever she wanted, but she noticed the faint expression on his face.
While raising her brows, Heather asked, “You don’t like to eat Korean food?” After all, the taste of Korean food was way different than the cuisine they usually had.
“No.” Whenever he was together with her, Matthias would try his best to please her even if it involved something he didn’t like.
“Director Locke, if you continue to treat me like this, I’m afraid that I’ll be spoiled in the end.” She took the initiative to hold his hand, which was something she herself felt was weird. Why am I suddenly so proactive toward him?
“I want to spoil you for the rest of your life.” Matthias wanted to give her everything he had, to shelter her from danger, and to give her his whole world.
“I don’t like to be spoiled.” Heather did not mean what she said. “I only hope that you can be honest with me.” Her last words pointed to another meaning, but he couldn’t figure out what it was.
“Are you blaming me for something?” Matthias asked innocently. Initially, he thought that she was moved by him, but she was actually questioning him. I just can’t guess a woman’s mind.
“You really are not fun at all.” She tried to pretend that she was in a good mood, but she didn’t even know what she was talking about.
“You really are weird today.” Matthias also noticed her being strange, as if the person in front of him was a completely different person. She usually won’t say something like this.
“Don’t you like it?” Heather asked sensitively. She was still smiling earlier, but suddenly, her face became serious in an instant.
“No, I really like it.” In front of her, he always acted like a naughty kid who couldn’t say anything because he did something wrong.
While interacting with her, he would often think of the stern Chester when he was a kid. It’s obvious that inside my heart, I always wanted to rebel against Grandpa, so how did I end up loving this kind of woman?
Therefore, Matthias could only carefully preserve their relationship without breaking the balance they had at the moment. Since he first met her, he already decided that he wanted to be suppressed by her. Even though it might look unfair to the normal eye, he was actually enjoying her treatment.
“Matthias, am I wrong to treat you like this?” Heather was starting to blame herself. Everytime I tell myself that I need to treat him better, I always end up bullying him.
She felt that she couldn’t exempt herself from treating him badly. I used to hate those women who are reliant on other people’s love, but now, I’ve become one of them.
“What are you thinking about again?” He reached out and ruffled her hair. Whenever he looked at her, his heart would soften as he wanted to give her the best of everything.
“Aren’t you angry that I always bully you?” she tilted her head and asked. At that moment, her eyes were full of innocence, as if she was a little girl who had never stepped foot in this world before.
“When have you bullied me before?” Matthias was confused. I don’t think I’ve fallen to a point where I’m always bullied by her!
“Aren’t you annoyed that you always need to follow what I want to do?” Heather was puzzled. This is something that I can’t do.
“I’m happy as long as you’re happy.” He stared at her blankly as he couldn’t figure out why she was suddenly so emotional, which was a rare thing in itself.
“Even I think my treatment toward you is unfair.” She smiled. It sometimes really feels unfair toward him since I always force him to do something he doesn’t want to.
“It’s my pleasure.” A few simple words from Matthias were enough to move Heather. He was persistent and dedicated to his feelings, and to some extent, he wasn’t much different from Tony.
“The people around you will feel that I’m too much and try to defend you. Would anyone around you hope that we won’t be together?” she asked tentatively. Somehow, she felt that something was wrong with Lara, so she wanted to see his opinion.
However, Matthias didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at Heather’s question. “What are you thinking about?” Her spontaneous thoughts are really terrifying. Why would she mention this all of a sudden? This is such a headache.
“I’m wondering whether some people around you hate me or not,” she suggested. I’ve already made myself very clear. He should be able to connect it to Lara, right?
“Of course not. They like you a lot. Nikolai always talks to me about you. He thinks that we are a good match.” Matthias immediately denied her assumption. Instead, he was worried that the people around him would like her too much, especially Nikolai, whom he assumed had feelings toward her.
Upon listening to him, she instantly furrowed her brows. I don’t know whether he is too smart or stupid. Does he really not understand what I’m saying? She stared at his eyes, but it was obvious that he wasn’t messing around with her.
Therefore, Heather could only follow up on Matthias’ words. “Do you think we are a good match?”
“Yes, Evan has often said that we are really suitable for each other. He also mentioned that he has never seen anyone this harmonious with me.” Evan helped a lot in Matthias’ pursuit of Heather. I need to find a chance to properly thank him.
“Harmonious?” She felt as though she had heard something outrageous. Why can’t I see the harmonious part between the two of us? We aren’t harmonious at all.
“Huh?” Matthias looked at her as he couldn’t understand what her tone meant.
“What about Lara?” She had no choice but to mention that name because she didn’t realize that he would be that dense toward relationships.
“Lara?” He didn’t know why Heather mentioned her again as it almost seemed like she had a grudge with Lara. Therefore, he asked her instead since he couldn’t understand the affairs between the two women. “Do you really care about what Lara thinks of you?”
“Are you hoping that I care?” Instead of answering him, she asked another question.
“Why is the subject coming back to me again?” He was frustrated with Heather’s constant line of questioning as he couldn’t avoid them.
Matthias didn’t want to continue discussing those ‘unappetizing’ topics before dinner, so he said to her, “Let’s talk about something else. I don’t understand why you keep mentioning Lara today.”
At that point, it was better for him to be truthful since he didn’t know what else he could say.
“You don’t like to talk about her?” Heather looked at him with a faint smile. Looks like he is really upset with me talking about Lara.
“You seldom interact with Lara and she rarely mentions you, so I don’t know how to answer your question.” He really wanted to end this topic as soon as possible; otherwise, he wouldn’t even have the appetite for dinner.
