A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 163

Matilda let out a laugh, her eyes sparkling with humor. “Wouldn’t it be great if you were my boyfriend?”

“I suppose I’d reluctantly agree to that,” Chloe quipped, flicking her crimson lip gloss. “Matilda’s my girl. Anyone who tries to mess with her has to deal with me!”

“Cut the crap, you’re in a rush, aren’t you? Get going,” Matilda nudged Chloe playfully. “We’ll come back next week, and be careful on your way.”

With a confident stride in her heels, Chloe made her exit, and just like that, the fun seemed to drain from the room. Criss and Matilda didn’t linger much longer over their meal before getting up to pay, only to find out someone had already covered their tab.

Matilda’s gaze immediately found Adrian, who was squeezing a credit card in his hand as he walked away from the front desk.

A frown creased her brow. She had wanted to pretend she hadn’t seen him, but Adrian turned back toward the front desk and started walking directly toward her with an unmistakable

presence.

Matilda instinctively stepped back, standing close to Criss for support.

“Finished eating?” Adrian’s voice, laced with an unspoken challenge, demanded attention.

“Yep” and tried to leave,

of monster, and I’m certainly not Yvan. How scared

went again, poking at

on Criss‘ arm as she turned to face Adrian. “Mr. Simpson, you and I aren’t exactly friends, so there’s no reason to

had become quite the wordsmith.

by your place.

Matilda had let go of everything. When a person has nothing left to lose, fear becomes irrelevant.

front desk and approached. Matilda hadn’t seen him in days and could see

Mason once, only to have her sincerity met with his suspicion, turning

just another woman trying to use his family’s status to

saw her. She had been

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understand that true

past: she simply gave

and Adrian called out to her simultaneously.