Selina was dumbstruck.
She was in a daze for a moment before saying, "What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?" Matthew took her hand and said in a possessive tone, "Don't let me see you holding another man's hand again in the future."
Selina was just speechless.
She laughed and glared at Matthew angrily. "Matthew, are you kidding me? That's my cousin, not another man. I was just pulling him aside!"
"I don't care." Matthew was very overbearing, "You are mine. Whether it is my brother or your brother or a cousin, you can't touch them. I am the only one you can touch."
Selina looked at Matthew, deadpanned. "Do you really want to be so possessive?"
"What do you think?" Matthew looked at Selina with a deep meaning.
She admitted defeat under Matthew's deep gaze.
She could only say, "I swear to God that in the future, except for Matthew, I will not have any physical contact with any other men. As long as it is a man, even if it is a male dog, I will bypass it!"
Matthew found it amusing.
He sighed. "You are still so naughty."
After that, Matthew covered Selina's belly with his hand. "I don't know if the belly in your baby will be as naughty as you."
"Don't you want him or her to be naughty?"
Matthew gave Selina a look. "I do. As long as the baby takes after you, I will love him or her."
Matthew's affection warmed Selina's heart.
But soon, her mind began spinning again.
She looked at Matthew and said, "Matthew, do you think that one day Yesseca and Kylin will be as loving as us?"
Matthew was caught a little surprise by the sudden question.
He was speechless. "It's too early to say anything. Besides, it's their first time meeting today."
"So what? Didn't you fall in love with me at first sight?"
"That's because you are the most adorable and beautiful girl in the world. Hence, I fell in love with you at first sight."
Selina felt giddy in her heart.
"How is it that you still have a way with words? We've been together for so long but you still have a sweet tongue."
"I'm telling the truth."
"But I'm not a little girl anymore. Sometimes, I even feel that I'm old."
"You silly lady, you will always be a little girl in my eyes."
Yesseca had a nightmare that night.
She dreamed of a ghost.
A ghost dressed in black.
However, she could not see his face clearly.
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't see it clearly.
In the end, Yesseca woke up from the nightmare with fear.
She wiped away the sweat from her forehead.
This was the first time that she had dreamed of a ghost.
Yesseca thought that it must be because of Montez and Tremaine's appearance that frightened her earlier, which was why she was a little spooked.
Yesseca got out of bed and drank a glass of water.
She couldn't stay up too late as she had to work the next morning. After she finished her glass of water, she went back to bed.
She turned off the lights and her gaze inadvertently swept across the window.
Then, she froze.
The curtains on the floating window were open. There were street lights on the road outside, thus she could faintly see everything outside the window, even though she could not see it clearly.
Yesseca saw a face.
A pale and bloodless face.
That face was none other than Lothar's.
The next day soon arrived.
As she didn't sleep well the night before, Yesseca was listless on this day.
There was normally no business in the clothing department during weekdays. Hence, most of the salesgirl would get together and chat, and the manager of the shopping mall would turn a blind eye to it.
At this moment, a few saleswomen who were selling women's clothing and women's bags suddenly ran to Yesseca's store.
"Yesseca, I didn't expect you to be so good at scheming at such a young age."
"You look so innocent. I didn't expect you to be so smart."
"We are really not as good as you."
Yesseca was completely confused.
She stared at them who were running towards her with wide eyes. "What's that supposed to mean?"
One of the salesgirls that oversaw women's bags was called Enaryln Lee. She was very young and very beautiful. She usually dressed gorgeously when she came to work.
Her voice carried a certain tone whose meaning could not be pinpointed. "Usually, business in men's clothing is not as good as women's clothing or women's bags. Hence, no one wanted to work at this department. But Yesseca, you worked here and at such hours. I said you were silly, but now I know that you are the smart one."
Yesseca looked at Enaryln in confusion. "But this
is arranged by the company."
Enaryln lowered her voice and said, "The company assigned it to you? You asked for it, didn't you? I never realized before that selling men's clothing would bring you into contact with men and it would be easy to find a rich husband."
Yesseca was at a loss of words.
She looked at Enaryln speechlessly, "Don't talk nonsense. Go and sell your bag. I've never thought of it that way."
Most of the salesgirls that rushed over actually wanted to know who it was that picked Yesseca up the night before, but when they saw how reluctant Yesseca was, they figured that she was purposefully trying to hide it from them.
They left Yesseca's men's clothing store and ran to where Enaryln was working.
"Yesseca is really good at pretending to be silly. She actually said that she doesn't have such intentions!"
"That's right!" A look of disdain flashed across Enaryln's eyes. "What sort of bullsh*t was she saying that the company assigned her the job? I think she made the request herself. At that time, when the company was assigning a few men to sell men's clothing, the men said they wanted to work at the women's department. Yesseca was the only one who didn't say a word. I figured she was honest and upright back then, but now I know that she is crafty!"
"But why is she still working here if she found herself a rich man? If that man can drive a Lincoln, she doesn't need to work here anymore."
Enaryln rolled her eyes. "What do you know? Look at Yesseca. She has no education, no figure and only a face that looks somewhat attractive. Can men really fall for such a woman? I guess she is an old married man's mistress!"
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