Now it was Yvonne's turn to be stunned, "Natalie, didn't you hear the rumor about how Selina was a mistress?"
Yvonne had already seen the news on the Internet, but she just brushed it off as fake.
After all, she was a celebrity and had also experienced being painted with all kinds of scandals by the media, hence she thought that the news involving Selina was also fake.
However, when she saw the press conference that Matthew held, she finally realized that the news was true.
"I heard about that," Natalie said bitterly, "Yvonne, it's just a misunderstanding, Matthew also had his difficulties."
Yvonne's voice was laced with disbelief, "Natalie, why are you still speaking up for him? He already confessed everything, how he hid the truth from Selina about being married, and how Selina was clueless about the whole thing, it was him who deceived her!"
Natalie felt her head explode with that information.
"Yvonne, what did you say?" Natalie felt her breathing stop.
"Matthew said that he had been deceiving Selina the whole time, go and see the press conference now, it's all over the Internet," Yvonne repeated.
Natalie immediately hung up the phone.
She quickly searched for Matthew's news on the Internet.
She found the press conference that Yvonne had mentioned.
Natalie clicked it.
The press conference was held at half past six in the evening.
It was to address the rumors about Selina interfering with his marriage with Saoirse.
He first admitted that he was married eight years ago.
He then confessed that he had deceived Selina, and that she was unaware of his marital status.
Tobias walked over to Natalie while she was still watching the press conference.
"Natalie," his voice was low.
Natalie turned off her cell phone and looked at him, "You've already heard it."
Tobias nodded.
Natalie was shocked, "Why did Matthew do this?
It's not even true!"
Tobias's eyes darkened, "He did this because he wanted to protect Selina from the criticism."
Natalie mumbled, "But even so, he didn't have to go this far, doesn't he know that this will only make things worse for him?"
This was totally different from the previous rumor of him having an affair. After all, the society was more forgiving towards the male gender.
An affair was just a temporary scandal, it would soon disappear.
However, Matthew personally admitting that he deceived Selina was another matter altogether.
This would severely destroy his public image and would even affect his career.
Who would even want to work with a deceiver?
Tobias's eyes darkened.
He knew that Matthew would definitely have a better way of handling this, one that would affect himself the least, however, he chose the most extreme way of handling this.
All because of Selina.
He wanted to ensure that Selina came out of this unscratched.
Once he held this press conference, Selina would immediately become the victim instead of the
mistress.
The public's attacks on her would turn into sympathy.
However...
Even Tobias didn't expect Matthew to make such a dangerous decision.
"Natalie, don't think about this too much, I'll talk to Matthew." As soon as Tobias said this, the sound of footsteps could be heard.
Never in his life would he have imagined Selina facing this kind of treatment.
His expression darkened with anger. "Who did this?" he growled.
"I've already sent someone to investigate," Matthew's tone was fierce, "They will not get away with this," he swore.
Tobias composed himself after a while.
"Selina often travels alone, if we arranged a few bodyguards for her, then this won't happen again. Matthew, you still acted too rashly, you shouldn't have held that press conference," Tobias reasoned with him.
"I had to!" Matthew blurted out, "Tobias, even though we can protect her from the physical harm, we can't protect her from the verbal abuse! I won't allow her to be hurt! I know the consequences of my actions, I know what is coming for me, but d*mn it all, I would give my life just to protect her!" Matthew's voice was firm.
Tobias was stunned by his declaration.
In truth, he had some hesitations about Matthew.
After he knew about Matthew's marriage, even though he knew it was forced, he had started to have some doubts about Matthew, although no one knew about this.
However, after hearing Matthew's heartfelt declaration, all his hesitation melted away.
Someone knocked on Natalie's door.
Natalie thought it was Tobias.
She hurriedly opened the door only to be welcomed by the sight of Bowie and Francia.
Natalie was speechless.
She started to feel her headache.
"Aunt, Bowie, is there anything you need?" Natalie forced a smile.
Bowie looked downright embarrassed.
Francia lowered her voice and said, "My dear niece, Bowie thinks that your husband is very good-looking."
Natalie was again left speechless by the start of this conversation.
She shot a suspicious glance at Bowie.
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