Chapter 454

"Do you know what kind of life I want?" Matthew raised his voice. "I want a life with you in it."

It was clearly a blatant confession, and for a moment, I did not know what to do. "Matthew, you

mustn't say such things."

I did not know how to respond to his feelings, and him expressing his feelings to me so bluntly only

stressed me out.

"I could’ve endured being alone if I hadn't seen the light." Matthew grabbed my hand. "You can't

make me lose the light after showing it to me.”

I was breathless for a moment and did not know what to say for a long time.

Before I answered him, the light in Matthew's eyes dimmed. "I understand."

He hugged me tightly. "I don't want you to feel troubled, so I won't make you feel troubled again until

you and Theo separate."

"That day will never come." An icy voice came from behind me and I could tell that it belonged to

Theo.

Matthew let go of me and I turned around to walk to Theo's side. It was my way of showing where I

stood i n all this.

"Good girl." Theo nodded in satisfaction and yanked off the coat draped over me. He threw it on the

floor and took me into his arms. "If there's nothing else, Mr. Zimmer, I'll be taking my wife back to

bed. It's getting late and you should get some rest too."

Matthew narrowed his eyes, and his face looked extremely cold.

Theo carried me back to the room and left after he threw me on the bed.

After a while, he came back with a steaming cup of water. I stared at him blankly because I could

not tell whether he was angry or not.

From the looks of his grumpy face, I could tell that he was angry. However, even though he was

angry, I thought that it was very cute of him to pour me a cup o f hot water to warm me up.

Theo’s eyebrows were furrowed tightly. "Hurry up and drink it. Once you finish it, go to bed."

I smiled and nodded. "Put it down. It's too hot. I’ll drink it after it’s cooled down a little."

"I can't believe you can still smile after that," Theo said through clenched teeth.

I raised my eyebrows. "Am I not supposed to smile?”

Theo took a deep breath and went to sit down on the sofa. He picked up the files on the coffee table

and started to look through them. It seemed he was not going to answer me.

I got down from the bed with a smile in my eyes and walked over to him. I wormed through his arms

and sat on his lap. "You told me that you missed me in the car, but you’re not even going to give me

a hug now that I'm here? So you didn’t mean it when you said it?”

"Get off me." Theo looked at me expressionlessly.

I was a little unhappy and frowned. "Are you sure you want me to get off?"

Theo did not answer me nor make a move.

I let out a soft hum. "Since you're just going to ignore m e, I guess I'd better get out of your sight."

When I said that, I was about to get off his lap.

Theo threw the files that he was holding and quickly hugged me. "I didn't say that I was going to

ignore you."

"But you're doing it right now," I said aggrievedly.

Theo let out a soft sigh. "Every time I see you with him, I can't control my anger. I want to be the

only man you think of and not any other messed up man.”

He kissed my forehead and continued, "I can't just let you be close to a man who has feelings for

you. I hope that you can also see where I’m coming from. Can you keep a distance from him from

now on?”