My Heart only Beats for You

Matthew's voice was absolutely hypnotic. When he uttered those words in his every so slightly gruff tone, it was maddeningly intoxicating.

Selina's mind was all over the place.

Matthew's handsface started getting closer and closer. His lips were just about to kiss Selina's.

She bit down on her lip. "Matthew, let's break up." Matthew stopped moving.

Selina looked up at Matthew's handsface. Her body went stiff when she realized just how close his face was. The guilt in her heart was beginning to overflow.

"Selina, I don't think it's April Fool's Day, so let's not play pranks on each other." In a heartbeat, Matthew's warm expression returned, and he locked her eyes in a mesmerizing gaze. Selina breathed in deeply.

She turned to Matthew in a more serious tone. "Matthew, I want to break up with you. This isn't a joke." Half an hour later, Selina and Matthew were strolling in a nearby park.

The both of them were silent.

Selina checked the clock on her phone. Half an hour had already gone by. "Matthew, I've already taken the tyou've givento think it over, and I still want to break up with you. I mean it." Matthew stopped walking and looked directly at her.

There wasn't a trace of emotion in his deep, vortexlike eyes.

"Is there something that's been bothering you?" Matthew spoke through his tightened lips. "If there is, you can tell me." He could see that she was avoiding his question.

Selina bit on her lip. "There isn't anything bothering me, Matthew. I just want to put an end to this relationship with you." "Are you throwing a tantrum?" Something triggered within Selina. "I am not throwing a tantrum! I keep telling you, I want to break up!" She had already thought things through. She knew she wanted to break up with Matthew. There were no tantrums being thrown anywhere.

She had just about had enough of this standoff.

Steeling herself, she faced him and confessed. "Matthew, I'll be honest with you. I got back together with my ex- boyfriend last night. That's why I want to end our relationship." She feared that if she kept this from him, he'd continue this charade and never get to the point.

It was better this way, being clear and direct. It was crass and definitely crossing the line.

But she had to do it.

Her mind was made up. She had to break it off with Matthew as soon as possible to stop things from going any further.

As she finished speaking, Matthew glared at her with a chilling stare. There wasn't a trace of his usual warmness in his eyes. She had never seen him like this before. It was terrifying.

He had always been so gentle and welcoming, he radiated a warmth that could melt the coldest ice in winter.

Now, she knew that when such an amazing person turns cold, the very air around him seemed to freeze in an instant.

"Selina, was I just a backup plan for you?" His gaze meeting hers.

She felt a sharp sting in her heart.

She returned his gaze with a look of complete sincerity. "No, Matthew, I would never treat you like that. When we started out, I genuinely wanted to be in a serious relationship with you, I swear. I really meant it but..." But she didn't expect Dylan to show her how much he actually cared, how he really felt about her.

Her heart was a wreck, especially after seeing Dylan's expression yesterday. She couldn't ignore it anymore. She continued with a dejected tone. "If I saw you as a backup plan, I wouldn't have told you all this, and I definitely wouldn't have insisted on a breakup." She paused for a moment and caught her breath. "Matthew, you're amazing, a truly wonderful man. But I just can't deny how I feel about my ex. I've tried, believe me, I really did, but just can't stop thinking about him Matthew, you'll definitely find a better partner, someone much better than me." Matthew's eyes looked helpless and disdainful.

Of course, there were better women out there. Women way better than Selina, but he didn't want to be with any of them.

Matthew spoke in a grave tone. "I hope you understand that love isn't just a simple matter. Since you've made that promise towhen we first got together, you shouldn't take this so casually. Do you understand?" "I understand," she replied heavily. "We can't control every single emotion or instinct we have. I'm fully aware of what's at stake, yet I just can't help myself. I'm very sorry, Matthew." Even for her age, Selina had never apologized to anyone like this before, Matthew would be the first.

He looked her and pursed his lips, staying silent.

After a while, he finally spoke. "I'm not someone to force people into things, and I'm definitely not going to force you either. I'll give you three days to think this over. If you haven't changed your mind by then, then we can just pretend that all of this never happened." He adored Selina, but he still had his dignity to maintain.

She nodded at his offer. Deep inside she already knew, even after three days, she would not be changing her mind. Search the (F)indwebsite on Gøøgle to access chapters of early and in the highest quality.

In a blink of an eye, those three days cand went.

Rising from her sleep, Selina found she had dark circles around her eyes.

She was awake the entire night.

She hesitated for stbefore finally making a call to Matthew.

Thinking about it, she really ought to invite him out for this, it felt rather formal.

But she was too ashamed to see him in person.

Normally whenever she called Matthew, he would answer in an instant.

This thowever, it took a very, very long time.

"Selina". He finally picked up. She could tell from his hoarse voice, he was exhausted.

It seemed like he didn't get much sleep last night too. His usual clear and comforting tone was uncharacteristically missing.

"Matthew." After greeting him back, she found herself at a loss for words.

"Have you given it sthought?" he asked.

"Yes." She was very sure of it. "I still want to break up with you." There was only complete silence on the other end.

If it wasn't for the fact that there wasn't a dial tone, she would have guessed he hung up on her.

"Okay," said Matthew. There wasn't a trace of emotion in his voice.

She thought he would have more to say after that, but there was only a brief silence before he hung up.

She felt as though her neck was in a chokehold, it was hard to breathe.

It took Selina a very long tbefore she cto her senses.

She kept repeating to herself not to think too much about it. She had finally ended things with Matthew, there wasn't anything more to think about.

She was grateful to him for being so

understanding. She vowed to introduce any outstanding women she would meet to him to smoother, ΟΠΙ things.It seemed the right thing to do, as a way of making amends to Matthew. With that resolved, Selina left her room.

At the stime, Cecilia and Natalie were in the middle of a conversation. Noticing Selina heading out, Cecilia stood up.

Smiling at Selina, she said, "Selina, dear, please invite Matthew over for lunch. It'll be good to have scompany over today to liven up the IརྞF | house."

The conversation between Cecilia and Natalie was about how they had noticed something et these wrong with Selina these past two days. So Cecilia decided that it would be best to have Matthew visit to clear the air. Selina's face turned pale.