My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)
Chapter 2014

Sheldon merely trembled a little even though there was a pistol at his forehead. Soon, he calmed down again.

His body was still as firm and steady as an oak tree.

Sheldon said, "Mr. Tremaine, even if you decide to shoot me today, it would be I who deserved it, and I will have no word of complaint."

Tremaine snorted, "Sheldon, I wouldn't have expected that you would betray me. What a huge surprise that you've given me! You're my sworn brother who's gone through life and death with me. How could you betray me? How could you keep me in the dark the whole time?"

There was a hint of pain in Sheldon's eyes. "Mr. Tremaine, I have investigated the accident on the train, and I found out that it was Lessie who did it. I've struggled and thought a lot about whether or not should I expose her, but..."

"But Lessie is my only sister. I understand that what she did is a deadly crime, Sir, but in the end, I still chose to be selfish."

This time, the punishment that Tremaine gave Lessie was different from what Sheldon expected.

He thought that his sister would definitely be sentenced to death for what she did.

It was why he had kept Tremaine in the dark all the while.

Lessie and himself were the only remnants of the Hawls family left on earth.

As a soldier, he had to be on the battlefield at any time. Although they were living in peaceful times, a war might still break out anytime.

What's more, he had to protect Tremaine, so he was always risking death.

In other words, he could lose his life at any time.

And if Lessie were to lose her life, Sheldon was afraid that the Hawls family would disappear for good.

"I've warned Lessie before, but I didn't expect her to cause another incident. That time, I'd spoken harshly to her. But I didn't expect..." Sheldon's eyes turned red. "Mr. Tremaine, Lessie was a b*stard. I'm really sorry!" Then he suddenly reached out to Tremaine and said, "Mr. Tremaine, I don't want to dirty your hands. Let me do it myself."

Tremaine's tone of voice was so cold that frost was brushing past Sheldon's cheeks. "Sheldon Hawls, do you think that I will let you go because you're acting pitifully? Do you think that I wouldn't kill you when you do so?"

After that, Tremaine threw the pistol straight to Sheldon. "You should know that I, Tremaine Quartley, have never been a soft-hearted person!"

Sheldon took the pistol.

He aimed the pistol right at his forehead.

Before pulling the trigger, Sheldon said his last words.

"Mr. Tremaine, I am grateful to you for sparing my sister's life. I thought that she would be sentenced to death for what she did. I didn't expect you to spare her life with such generosity. You've done me a favor that I can only repay in my next life!" Then Sheldon closed his eyes and pulled the trigger.

The subsequent silence rang even louder than a gunshot.

Sheldon opened his eyes again.

There was a flash of disbelief.

Only then did he realize that the pistol was lighter than he expected.

There were no bullets inside the pistol.

"Sir," Sheldon said in a trembling voice.

Tremaine glanced at Sheldon coldly. "Are you going to die just like that? I'd never let you off so easily. You have not repaid me for whatever I've done for you. Did you think you could just die like that?"

Sheldon's lips were trembling.

He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word.

After that, Tremaine turned around and left.

But after two steps, he suddenly turned back. "You avoided a death sentence, but you cannot run either. From now onwards, you are in charge of taking over the streets cleaners' work in the city. The streets cleaners' are to enjoy a whole month of holiday with their salary included." It was during the scorching summer.

Under such a high temperature, Sheldon had to do all the cleaning work on the streets in the city alone. It was unimaginable.

But Sheldon replied in a loud voice, "Yes, Mr. Tremaine!"

Tremaine then left.

As he left, he was thinking.

Sheldon was still luckier than him.

The toughest times presented the greatest challenge to a relationship.

When Sheldon had been in trouble, there was a woman who had been willing to give all of herself

to him.

Yet he...

He laughed coldly.

Matthew came to the President's Office in Nashaland.

But his request for a meeting got rejected.

Tremaine didn't want to see him.

Matthew couldn't force his way in either.

Firstly, he did not bring anyone with him. Moreover, even if he brought someone with him, there were many armed soldiers at the President's Office df he forced his way in, i would cause a huge mess here.

But Matthew was not willing to go back like this.

After thinking again and again, Matthew decided to go to the Quartley Palace.

Since he couldn't enter the President's Office, he would wait for Tremaine in the Quartley Palace.

He was old friends with Madam Quartley, and it wouldn't be a problem for him to enter the Quartley Palace.

When they arrived at the Quartley Palace, Matthew immediately sent a soldier to inform Madam Quartley of his arrival.

In the Quartley Palace, Madam Quartley was having a chat with Yuliana when she heard about Matthew's arrival.

Why was Matthew looking for her?

After thinking for a while, Madam Quartley looked at Yuliana and said, "Yuliana, it's Matthew Perry who came to see me. Do you remember him? He came here once before. He's Yesseca's brother." Yuliana was shocked when she heard that Yesseca's brother had come.

Furthermore, she wondered what kind of luck Yesseca must have to have such a powerful man as her brother. Matthew was not someone that she could afford to offend.

Yuliana didn't want Madam Quartley to meet Matthew either.

She said, "Madam Quartley, I know why he's here. Tremaine was so pissed off because of Yesseca, and now that he's allowing Qiana to live in the Quartley Palace, Yesseca is definitely getting anxious. She must have asked her brother to come over té persuade Tremaine to get back together with her."

Madam Quartley listened on with a solemn face.

No way! She couldn't let that happen.

She couldn't allow Tremaine and Yesseca to make up.

But it wasn't like she can reject Matthew's request to meet.

After all, although she had only met Matthew a few times, she admired him highly.

Moreover, Matthew was not an ordinary person. Now that he came to see her personally, it was not good for her to refuse.

After thinking for a long while, Madam Quartley came up with an idea.

The idea was to not offend Matthew yet also persuade him to give up on meeting her.

Madam Quartley whispered some words by Yuliana's ear.

Yuliana also thought that this idea was quite feasible.

She said, "Madam Quartley, it's possible. This would make him and Yesseca both give up."

Madam Quartley immediately called Qiana over. After she had spoken a few words with Qiana, Qiana's face turned red. However, she still satisfied Madam Quartley. "Madam Quartley, you allowed me to enter the Quartley Palace, granting my wish to be able to be with Montez every day. I will surely do anything that you ask me to."

Madam Quartley kept on nodding. "Very well, Qiana, I wasn't wrong on you!"

Seeing that Madam Quartley was praising Qiana, Yuliana was rolling her eyes inside her mind.

Yuliana could clearly see that Qiana was nothing but a fake b*tch, wanting to hook up with Tremaine, yet she kept saying everything she did was for Montez's sake. D*mn it!

Yuliana also had her own plans. Otherwise, she would definitely expose that disgusting b*tch!

How disgusting!