My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)
Chapter 1153

Selina nodded her head.

She lightly bit down on her lip, causing a small tinge of pearl-white to appear in a pinkish-red sea. She looked especially pitiful.

"Nothing can be absolutely perfect in this world. Anything you do could lead to regret," Matthew said, "Just like how the moon waxes and wanes, this is an ancient and unchanging principle. Selina, everything has flaws in it. Here's an example. There was a pair of lovers who'd separated and married different people because of a misunderstanding. It was only until a few years later that they realized the truth. At that point, although they would regret their separation for the rest of their lives, such things are already irreversible. Do you understand?"

Selina only half-understood what Matthew meant.

Matthew continued, "In other words, the reason why some couples feel life-long remorse over breakups is due to their feelings not being steady enough. Right now both you and your friend are experiencing the same things. Besides your mistakes, could your current separation be due to an unstable friendship in the first place?"

Selina's breath hitched at the question.

Matthew stared right into her eyes. "If your feelings for each other were stable, then why didn't she properly listen to your explanation?"

Selina felt as if there had been a swift blow to her head by a blunt object.

Her mind was in a daze for a long time and she stood frozen in her place for what felt like half a day.

Matthew didn't bother her during her frozen state, he merely gazed at her in silence.

Time ticked by second after second.

Selina's lips started to quiver.

Then, she finally spoke, "Matthew, I think I finally got it."

Once her words fell, she heaved in a deep breath as her eyes took on an odd glimmer. "I won't entangle myself in such matters any longer. This matter between us is over and done with. It's completely finished!"

A flash of tenderness flashed across Matthew's eyes.

He knew that although her emotions tended to fluctuate, she was still a smart girl. All smart girls only needed a small clue to see the bigger picture. "Come to my office with me. I'll make you a cup of coffee." Matthew looked at Selina with a smile.

Selina asked tentatively, "Won't that interfere with your work?"

Matthew assumed that, at this moment, Selina needed some space to regain her composure, "It's fine, you can be by my side while I work. There is a big sofa for you to relax on, and I have plenty of delicious snacks and drinks prepared, so you won't feel bored."

In addition to this, Matthew knew that it would be best to stay by Selina's side while she processed her emotions.

Selina hesitated before she gave a reply.

Finally, she relented, "Alright, I'll go."

Selina took Matthew's hand before the pair of them walked out of the manager's office.

When they exited the room, they ran into a bunch of employees along the way. When this happened, the couple was still holding hands.

Once the employees noticed Matthew's presence, they all greeted him respectfully, "Hello, Mr. Perry."

Matthew gave them a small nod in return.

When the staff's line of sight swept over to Selina, a hint of confusion surfaced in their eyes.

Matthew immediately introduced Selina to them,

"This is my wife."

Selina's face flushed red the moment he made his announcement.

This man was truly a handful! All they did was glance at her and now he was introducing them to her without them asking for it in the first place!

"Mrs. Perry, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Their bright voices sounded immediately.

Selina sounded a little embarrassed as she replied, "Uh-huh, yes."

When they arrived at the presidential office, Matthew requested his assistant to especially prepare a large bag of snacks and all kinds of drinks for Selina. These were soon placed on the coffee table by the sofa.

Matthew even personally made a cup of coffee for her.

There was a coffee machine in his office which only used freshly ground coffee beans. Since he had stayed abroad for a period of time, Matthew didn't like the taste of instant coffee.

A steaming cup of coffee was gently pressed into Selina's hands.

She accepted the cup into her hands. "You should go back to work. All these snacks and drinks are enough to occupy me for a very long time."

"Okay." He smiled at her as he said, "If you get bored, just call for me to keep you company."

Despite nodding her head at his statement, Selina didn't want to interrupt Matthew while he was working. "You'd better be diligent towards your job. As long as there is food for me to munch on and drinks for me to enjoy, then I am more than satisfied."

Matthew bent down so that his

handsome face was inches away from Selina's own. "My dear girl, you really are such a good wife. You are so considerate towards your husband, hoping that he works hard and not wanting him to get distracted. Say, don't you think I should give you a reward for that?"

She couldn't help but be amused at his words.

This was the first time she had smiled since she met Caroline this morning.

She blinked profusely and remarked, "It's not like you're not allowed to give me a reward. I'll just hang it on the walls of the Whitlock family villa, maybe it'll stop my mother from nagging me all day about my actions."

Matthew's voice was mellow and clear when he replied, "Sure."

Caroline returned to her apartment.

However, she was soon evicted.

She had fully purchased the apartment, but the developer told her that there was a serious problem with the quality of the house and she needed to move out.

As for the money she used to buy the apartment, whether it was the deposit or the accumulated interest, he said that everything would be returned to her as well. Since a group of men was surrounding her, Caroline had no other choice and was forced to accept the decision.

She tried to check into a hotel room, but the moment she presented the staff with her ID card, they informed her that the hotel had no more available rooms. Caroline knew that Selina had truly acted on her words.

Agaphen City was not a place in which she would be able to overthrow Selina.

She therefore had no other choice but to call Reid.

She used the simplest words to summarize everything that had happened. currently do not have a place to stay in Agaphen City. Please help me think of a way to solve the problem. Besides that, the fact that I was the one who forged the récording has also been discovered by Selina and

Matthew. I took all the blame on myself so they haven't discovered you."

On the other end of the line, a sinister light gleamed in Reid's eyes.

Back when they were planning this, he had already predicted that there would be such a risk with Caroline faking the recording.

He knew Matthew, and he understood that Matthew was no fool.

Otherwise, why else would he not make a move even after plotting this for such a long time? He just couldn't replace the right timing.

Yet he had been willing to help out Caroline. Other than his desire to briefly make things difficult for Matthew, it was of greater importance to him that Caroline trusted him, and that she believed she was trapped with no way out.

Once she believed that she was at the end of her rope, only then would Reid finally have enough influence in his cooperation with her.

Now was the moment where Caroline would be at an impasse.

Things were playing out quite nicely.

A smug smile tugged at his lips.

"Buy a ticket for the first flight back to the United States right now," Reid said.

The breathing on the other end of the call turned hurried.

Immense disbelief laced Caroline's tone as she cried out, "Reid, what are

you talking about? I have taken full

full

responsibility for everything that has

happened. I didn't sell out that little henchman of yours, and this is how you're treating me? You want me to return to the United States?"

"Matthew's very meticulous. He will definitely check to see whether you have returned to the United States or not. Since we are putting on a show for them, we might as well do it properly."

Caroline was not a foolish person.

As soon as Reid told her this, she immediately understood everything.

She asked, "What happens after that?"

He replied, "Come replace me. I'll arrange a place for you to stay,"

Her eyes flashed with a sliver of reluctance.

In such an arrangement, she would be ordered around. A short while later, she gritted her teeth.

She should just let this go. She should have predicted such a consequence when she approached Reid for his help.

This was her only way out now.