The Woman From Hell

My words drew laughter from Matthew. He raised a brow but offered no denial.

A sense of unexpectedness surged in me. It looked like that was what he had indeed intended.

Taking a deep breath, I looked up at Matthew, with my gaze and voice filled with confusion. "I don't understand."

I shook my head and stared at him fixedly.

Matthew looked into my eyes, his expression freezing suddenly before he said, "Love makes people crazy, doesn't it?"

His question made my heart tremble. Before I could respond, he continued, "You’ve done a lot of stupid things for Theo. If someone asked you what you wanted, how would you respond to them?"

"I..."

I was once lowly like a speck of dust. I would endure his ignorant and even vicious words one by one, but what did I want at that time?

Right, what did I want?

I lowered my eyes. I only had Theo in my heart at that time and would be happy for a long time as long as he looked at me.

Seeing me like this, Matthew smiled again. "Who I am now is who you were back then. Do you understand, Wanda?"

I could not persuade Matthew, just as no one could persuade me before.

I did not want to remain here any longer after learning his purpose. I did not even want to attend the banquet. So I turned around and was prepared to leave.

Matthew suddenly stopped me. "Are you going to leave just like this?"

"I already learned your purpose. I don't think I need to stay to participate in this banquet,” I said truthfully without a waver in my voice.

I could feel him approaching me because his voice was becoming clearer and clearer. "You only know that I want to unite with everyone to go up against Theo. Do you not want to know what is the plan next?"

Turning around, I frowned. "Would you reveal your plans in front of me?"

He shrugged. "That depends on whether you’re smart or not, but you’ll only know if you attend the party."

Know yourself and know the enemy, and you can win every battle you fight. Since I was already here, it would be best for me to look into it thoroughly. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Thinking this, I stopped and nodded. "Alright, okay. I'll stay, but it’s certainly to see what tricks you have up your sleeve."

The corner of Matthew's mouth raised while he looked at me. "Wait and see."

At this time, the guard came. He stood at the door and said respectfully, "President Zimmer, almost everyone is here."

"Wanda, it's time. Come out with me." He stretched out his arm and gestured to me.

Helpless, I could only do as he wished.

After crossing a flower path, we arrived at the location.

There were initially only a handful of individuals but now it was a full house. Judging from how they were dressed, one could tell that they were distinguished individuals.

When Matthew and I appeared together, almost everyone present redirected their attention to us.

"Hey, isn't that President Grant's wife, Wanda Lane? Why is she hooking up with the CEO of YA?"

"Could they be friends? President Grant isn’t here today. Could he have delegated this event to his wife?"

"Who knows? Look at President Zimmer's expression toward Wanda. It’s clear that he is interested in her. Won’t Theo kill President Zimmer?"

I was hearing a lot of discussions and I said in a low voice, "Don't you care about what these people are saying?"

If these words were to spread, it would be detrimental to Matthew, Theo, and me.

Yet, he was behaving casually and did not mind it all.

Matthew smiled. "No, I'm quite pleased. I’ll be even more pleased if I can really snatch you away from Theo.”