Francia continued on, "Bowie wants to marry this kind of man. Natalie, you must use this standard when searching for Bowie's future husband. He must be as handsome as your husband!"
Natalie remained silent.
To be honest, there were only a few men who were on par with Tobias.
Natalie sighed, "Aunt, fate really plays a big part in this. But so long as it's someone who has a good character and is financially stable, then it should be alright, looks are really not everything." Natalie tried to reason with them.
Francia immediately frowned at her, "Natalie, you've already found a good-looking man, yet you don't want to help Bowie find one?"
Natalie's head started to pound. "I didn't mean it that way," she started.
"Then why did you say it that way?" Francia retorted back.
Their conversation was interrupted by the sound of footsteps.
Natalie hurriedly said, "Tobias is here. You guys should get some rest first."
Francia and Bowie left quickly after hearing that.
Bowie followed Francia to her bedroom.
She grumbled, "Sister Natalie is so selfish, she already found a handsome man yet she doesn't want to help me find one. Mom, what do you make of that?"
Francia's eyes darted around.
"Ha! She is jealous of you. She knows that you're more beautiful and more of a woman compared to her. She's just scared that you'll steal her thunder!"
Bowie nodded along with Francia's statement.
She puffed up her chest, "Well, it's not my fault that I'm more outstanding than her," she said snobbishly.
"Exactly," Francia said, "Don't worry, I'll make sure she finds a handsome man for you, jealous or not."
Bowie nodded with satisfaction.
Tobias's face appeared in her mind again.
Her heart started to pound furiously.
"Natalie's husband is exquisite," she thought.
She was confident that she could also find a goodlooking man like him.
After all, she was better than Natalie in every sense. If Natalie could find someone like that, of course, she could too.
The sound of footsteps belonged to Matthew and not Tobias.
He was going to check on Selina.
His phone had been ringing nonstop since the press conference, but he just ignored it.
His phone started to ring again.
Matthew was worried that the sound would disrupt Selina's sleep, hence he answered the call.
It was from his assistant.
The assistant was close to tears. "Mr. Perry, the stock price of Perry Group has plunged, our shareholders are all here and they are demanding an answer," his voice was shaking.
Matthew lowered his voice, "Don't worry about this, and don't bother me for these few days."
"Mr. Perry, I can't do that, our company is now facing a huge crisis," his assistant shouted.
He had never expected their all-knowing president to carry out such a self-defaming act!
Even their shareholders had complained to him and asked if Matthew had gone mad because of the rumors that had spread in the past few days.
Matthew ignored his assistant.
He just hung up his phone.
He then proceeded to enter Selina's bedroom.
Selina was still sleeping.
Her eyes were shut tightly while her long and thick eyelashes framed her eyes perfectly.
Matthew sat beside Selina.
He held her hand tightly.
He just sat there and stared at Selina's sleeping figure, as if trying to engrave her features into his heart and blood.
That night, Matthew just sat by Selina's bedside till sunrise.
The scandal about Matthew's affair had led to a huge wave of discussion, however, it had only been limited to the Internet.
Hence, the scandal was yet to be widely known. After all, not everyone would spend all their time on the Internet.
Likewise, he had also heard about Natalie from Selina.
Natalie was a bit taken aback by his greeting.
"How may I help you?" she asked after a slight pause.
Lothar hesitated for a moment. "I saw the news about the press conference, and I just wanted to check on Selina," he explained.
Natalie pursed her lips.
"Selina's not really in a good state now," she finally answered.
Lothar panicked. "Where is she now? I'll come to see her," his voice trembled.
"She's now at home with Matthew." Natalie politely turned down his request.
However, Lothar was adamant.
"Matthew is the cause of this whole incident, now Selina needs someone else to talk some sense into her. I know how to handle her, I've seen her at her worst." Lothar tried to persuade Natalie.
Natalie's eyes flashed with shock.
She picked up two pieces of information from what Lothar had just said.
The first was that Lothar seemed to be very well-informed of Selina's whole relationship with Matthew.
The other was that Lothar's and Selina's friendship was much deeper than what she'd expected.
Natalie initially wanted to refuse, after all, it wasn't her place to allow another male to come to comfort Selina. Her refusal was on the tip of her
tongue when she suddenly hesitated.
"Lothar mentioned that he had seen Selina at her worst, maybe he could really help?" Natalie pondered.
In all honesty, what Lothar said had some truth to it, Selina was in this mess all because of Matthew. Maybe it would be better if someone else came to talk to her.
Natalie finally agreed for Lothar to visit the Whitlock family home.
They were just grasping at straws now to help Selina.
Besides, Matthew was here with Selina. If he objected, Lothar wouldn't be able to meet her anyway.
Natalie told Lothar the address of the Whitlock family home.
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