My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)
Chapter 1156

Caroline retorted, "You should have a solution. Can't you just get a place for me without it being under my name?"

Reid snapped coldly, "Then how would we meet and discuss our plans? What if you got caught? Living here is safest! Besides, everyone here works for me. No one will expose your whereabouts!" Reid's words made complete sense to Caroline.

She had never been a weak and indecisive person to begin with, so she immediately accepted the proposition.

Caroline started tidying up her new bedroom.

Reid's villa was huge and her room was very spacious. She scanned the whole room and found that all the necessities had been prepared for her.

Any products or clothes a woman would need were laid out before her and they were all brand new, so it seemed as if they had been specially prepared for her.

The corners of her mouth twitched at the sight.

She knew that Reid wasn't a kind person.

Reid was a cunning man that only had eyes for his own ambitions. One look at him was enough to tell that he was not a good guy.

The only reason he doing all this for Caroline was likely because he was afraid that she would be discovered if she went out to shop.

After tidying up around the place a little more, Caroline went downstairs.

Reid was drinking a cup of tea on the sofa.

Once he saw Caroline coming over, he set the teacup in his hand down. "Not bad, right?"

It was a casual remark.

Caroline hummed an agreement before she asked, "What's our next move? I really want to mercilessly strike back against Selina right now!"

As the thought of Selina leaving her in such a difficult position entered her head, hatred began bubbling away in Caroline's heart.

Reid coldly side-eyed her and said, "It will not be

any time soon."

This made Caroline slightly fidgety. "Why isn't it going to be soon? When will it be? Haven't you been preparing to deal with Selina for quite some time already? Why haven't I seen you doing anything towards her yet?"

Reid snickered at her reaction and said, "You were hasty with your plan and how did that go?"

Caroline quickly kept her mouth shut.

Reid carried on, "We are no longer dealing with just Selina, but also with the one that has her back, Matthew, because he will definitely help her. Selina may be an easy target, but Matthew isn't."

As he continued, his voice grew louder. "For example, your scheme with that recording likely fell through because of Matthew's vigilance. It wasn't due to Selina."

Caroline bit down on her lip as she took in his words.

She asked slowly, "Well, what should we do then?"

Reid did not give Caroline's question a direct answer. Instead, he replied with a question of his own, "How are things developing so far with that Nadia woman you mentioned to me last time?" "I haven't asked her about it yet."

"Go and do so now, I want an answer."

With that, Caroline stood up.

"I'm going to make that phone call then."

She didn't want to call Lenovy in front of Reid.

Reid let out a cold laugh as he stared at Caroline's departing silhouette.

This woman still didn't fully trust him.

She was all assuming that she could independently achieve something. In the end, she still had to rely on me!

Why didn't she see the truth by now? What a stupid woman.

A ringtone suddenly went off, it was Reid's cell phone.

He answered the phone.

Once he heard what the person on the other end said, his eyes flashed with bewilderment.

Moments later, Caroline returned.

She informed, "She still needs more time."

She was referring to Nadia.

Reid was toying with his cell phone, which had just been hung up. "Since it still requires more time, why are you in such a rush?"

She pursed her lips at his response.

She truly hated him with all her heart.

People tended to do extreme things when they were emotional.

"We will do it step by step," he said.

Caroline hummed in agreement before saying, "Then, I'll head upstairs to rest."

Too many things had occurred today so she needed some proper rest.

Once she left, Reid's eyes quickly dimmed, a myriad of emotions rippling within their depths.

He did not tell Caroline about the contents of the phone call he received just now.

This was entirely due to his true opponent being Matthew, with Caroline's being Selina. Therefore, he did not have to confide in Caroline about many things. The person who'd called him was a detective working under him.

He'd had this detective investigating Matthew from the very beginning to replace out if Matthew was hiding any skeletons in his closet. However, his investigation had been futile. As a result, Reid had set his sights on Selină instead, deciding to use emotions to retaliate against Matthew.

Just when he thought that Matthew may have no other weaknesses besides Selina, his detective had abruptly come to him about a certain matter.

Eight years ago, Matthew Perry went missing for a whole year.

That year, nobody found a single trace of him.

This was an intriguing matter.

His relationship with Matthew was not close nor did they contact each other frequently. Therefore, Reid had no idea that Matthew had once disappeared for a whole year.

It was impossible for a person to suddenly vanish for a whole year without leaving any traces, unless he deliberately concealed his tracks, of course.

If so, then what did Matthew needed to hide?

Reid's eyes overflowed with countless scattering emotions. It took him a while to think of Ludwik.

He had to replace out if Ludwik knew something about Matthew.

Thus, Reid decided to give Ludwik a call.

Ludwik was apparently quite stirred up about receiving a call from Reid.

After an unprecedented greeting of concern from Reid, Ludwik suddenly whispered to him, "Reid, how is your current relationship with Matthew?"

Reid did not say anything about this.

He waited for Ludwik's next words.

Surely enough, Ludwik sighed and

added, "Reid, know that you and

Matthew have different

personalities, but you're both still

brothers sharing the same blood. It's better to not argue and get too

IfSou

awkward with each other. If you have the time, start making amends."

Reid finally broke his silence, "Dad, Matthew isn't such a bad guy, actually. Although I'm his older brother, I rarely contact him and that has widened the gap in our relationship." Ludwik was overjoyed when he heard this. "Reid, it's good that you have this type of mindset. Why not let me call Matthew on your behalf so that I can try to break the ice between you both?" "No need. I'll do it myself when I have time," Reid replied.

Ludwik felt that that would work too after pondering it for a moment.

It was not as if he had never spoken out for Reid before, but Matthew ignored him every time he did so.

If Reid could go meet him in person, then Matthew might reconsider their brotherhood.

In a tone that made it seem as if he

was emotionally stirred, Reid said, "Dad, to be honest, I think that Matthew and I used to share a good relationship, but it started to turn sour eight years ago. Matthew suddenly disappeared for an entire year back then and I couldn't contact him at all. Ever since then, our relationship hasn't been the same."

The breathing on the other end of the phone suddenly sounded heavier.

Reid's eyes quickly lit up at this. "Dad, what's the matter with you?"

It seemed that Ludwik was in the know about Matthew's year-long disappearance.

Ludwik sounded as if he had slightly aged as he replied, "Reid, so it seems that you too know about Matthew's year-long disappearance. I thought you didn't know, I never expected that you did."

Reid hastily questioned him, "Dad, what happened to Matthew then?"

Ludwik sighed heavily. "It isn't convenient to explain over the phone." "There isn't anything

inconvenient about it. Just tell me, Dad." Reid's voice grew urgent as he spoke.