With her arms around Matthew, Clarissa noticed the smile playing on his lips and suddenly felt embarrassed.
To dispel her embarrassment, she added as an afterthought, “Maybe I’ve oversimplified things. I know starting a business isn’t that easy, but I stand by my opinion and hope you can follow your heart. The way Shermaine is forcing your hand just makes me sick.”
Matthew finally spoke, “So, you want me to choose you, and not Shermaine.”
Clarissa stiffened in his arms. Though embarrassed, she still nodded in response.
Right after nodding, she quickly shook her head and emphasized, “Not choose me per se, but to follow your heart. Of course, if you want to choose Shermaine and fortify your company by forming a strong alliance, I have no objections.”
Her last few words greatly contradicted her feelings.
Matthew grasped her chin and rubbed her lips with his thumb, speaking in a mirthful tone.
“Indeed, Shermaine can bring me the benefits of a strong alliance. Are you sure you don’t have any objections?”
When Clarissa heard what Matthew said, the green-eyed monster reared its ugly head. Jealousy coursed through her veins, in fact, she was oozing with it.
Even so, she remained stubborn. “If you choose to compromise on something as important as your marriage with a woman who threatened you, then, I don’t have any more to say.”
She could only blame herself for having poor character judgment.
“Pfft… And you said you didn’t have any objections. You were clearly making a jab at me, no?”
“No, I wasn’t.”
Matthew leaned forward until their noses touched and their breathes mingled. Clarissa subconsciously held her breath, having not used to be so close to him for a long time.
Most importantly, she knew where things were heading.
Matthew tilted his head a little so that his lips grazed hers when he spoke again.
“Are you sure about that?”
“I’m—Mm…”
Unsurprisingly, her words were cut off by his kiss.
Matthew wasn’t going to rush through this long-awaited moment. He kissed her sensually, dragging it out to allow them enough time to rekindle the romance between them.
After a long while, Clarissa lay in Matthew’s arms, panting softly.
Just then, Matthew’s sexy voice came from above her head.
“Does this mean we’re back together, Clare?”
Clarissa did not answer. Isn’t he asking the obvious?
Matthew was undeterred by her lack of response.
“Clarissa Quigley?”
Oh, and now he’s even calling me by my full name.
Clarissa snapped, “No!”
As soon as she denied it, Matthew squeezed her waist.
Ouch! He’s such a brute!
her head to give him
staying in Zen Highlands for so many days now. What do you think? Do you even need to
corners of Matthew’s lips finally lifted up, evidently satisfied with
stroked her back dotingly. Then, he
he asked in a gentle and
such a long time, Clarissa did not once look back after walking
heard from Ellie that she did not even give any response when she was told about his
friends meant when they said that once
at his wit’s end because of
Thank God…
or God knows what
upon hearing
course I missed
no problem walking away from me,
words were said
giggled softly and looked up to pout adorably at
Tyson treated me so coldly,
you coldly?
laugh as his eyes flashed with
sighed inwardly. This man may look mature, but he’s
made up and he’s already digging up
cupped Matthew’s face and solemnly looked into
lose me if you get so caught up in the
thinking of
threat than a
seemed to insinuate that she would be taught a lesson if she gave him an answer he
know how life will turn out. If I promise to be with you forever, can you guarantee that in a year or perhaps ten, you wouldn’t be
“I can!”
came
mouth twitched. That’s a bold
makes one
the
physically subduing me
reaction greatly upset me,
it’s my
but Matthew abruptly bit down on her bottom lip, causing
She whimpered. “It hurts…”
snorted coldly. “Make
Remember what?
promise that this thing between us will last
time, he was rough and relentless, so much so
…
her sleep because of the weight
Following that, her body was swiftly flipped
an eternity, she lay limp in bed while the sound of running
whole body was sticky with sweat. A while later, she turned over and bundled
his waist, Matthew came out to see a
usually piercing gaze
down to
of sleepiness seemed to vanish from her as she exclaimed,
“You didn’t either when you kissed me just
cutely and whined, “Well, you
you
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