Matthew's eyes that were once filled with empathy and love were totally replaced by hurt and fury. He didn't have to say anything for me to know the kind of accusations he was throwing at me. Despite wanting to yell at me, no word came out of his mouth, and he only looked at me, sadly.
"You lied to me." He stood closer to me, holding my hands. "You fucking lied to me."
On the other hand, I kept shivering while my palms started to sweat. Not just because I was caught, but because of the situation I was in. Even though I wanted to explain everything to Matthew, I couldn't risk Mr. Wolfe seeing us.
"Matt! I am really sorry… but please, I'll explain everything later." I looked at the closed door, frightened of Mr. Wolfe suddenly entering. "I am really sorry." I took my hands out of his grip, crying.
When I took a step forward to leave, he shouted, "You should've just rejected me when I expressed my feelings."
I halted my steps and looked at him with my teary eyes.
He continued, "You should've just told me you wanted someone cool. Someone rich. I would've understood. Instead, you left me confused."
"No, Matt…"
"It was my mistake." He scoffed. "I should've figured it out when you were too hesitant to even meet me. But you didn't have to lie."
"No!" I walked towards him. "That's not true. I… I do have feelings for you. I love you, Matt, but…"
"But what?" He shouted again, losing his patience. "But what, Elira?"
He grabbed my arms and pulled me closer, furiously. "You say you have feelings for me, but he introduces you as his person. What does it even mean?"
If only it was not a non-disclosure contract, I would've told him about signing it. Except for mentioning the contract, I could tell him anything without stepping out of the boundaries.
"I am asking you." His voice echoed in the room. "Wait! Are you playing with Mr. Wolfe just like you played with me? Don't tell me you are cheating on him. You can't be two-timing…"
"Matt!" I shouted. Wiping away my tears, I spoke, "I wanted to tell this to you in our previous meeting, but I didn't get the chance."
I took a deep breath, preparing myself to let out the truth. "It's true that I love you. It's also true that I am with Mr. Wolfe because I want to pay for Mira's treatment…"
He didn't let me finish my sentence. "Are you sleeping with him?"
Even though it was the truth, I couldn't help but feel hurt, especially after hearing those words from his mouth.
Holding his head, he let out a frustrated grunt. He then yelled in my face, "I never thought you to be the person who sells her body for money."
It felt easier to bear the pain of breaking all the bones in my body rather than hearing him say that.
"I had no choice." I tried to hold his hand, but he stepped back, raging.
"You have been sleeping with him these days and kept lying to me." Tears rolled down his cheeks. "How could you stoop so low?"
I kept quiet, not knowing what to say or how to calm him down.
He continued, "After all the lies you've told me, now I don't even understand what the truth is. How can I trust you anymore?"
"You also lied to me, Matt. You had money, but you chose to not help me…" My voice cracked. I didn't want to believe it, but it was the truth. "If only you had helped me back then, things might have been different now. But I don't blame you because I know the kind of ambition you have…"
"Yeah, now the truth got revealed; you are making me a bad person."
"That's not what I meant." I held my face between my palms, unable to stop my tears.
Our bond and trust, it was all broken. I could feel it in my heart. It was all because of that heartless monster. He trapped us in his clutches of evil. I was totally trapped, and I wanted Matthew to be free of him at least.
"Matt! This is all because of Mr. Wolfe. Don't let him control you. I don't know why you didn't tell me about securing a loan from him…"
He cut me off and shouted, "Because I didn't know you had such an amazing relationship with him. And I didn't think it was such a big deal to mention everything about the loan and the probability of Mr. Wolfe investing in my company…"
"Okay! Forget everything that happened!" I shouted back. "Matt, find other people. He can't be your investor. He knows everything about us, but he has done all these things. You don't know about him. I want you to stay away from him."
A disappointed look appeared on his face while his face fell. He took a deep breath and looked at me with a mix of emotions in his eyes.
"You don't want me to come between you both, do you?"
"Matt! No…" I shook my head.
"After all the lies, I don't even know what to believe now. Now, you are not even hesitating to stop the investment just because you don't want any issues between you and Mr. Wolfe because of me." His face turned red in anger, and he stepped towards me, pointing his finger at me. "Just because you want his money. I am also the same. Just like you, I also need his money. This AcadM is my dream, and I don't put it at risk just because you want to sleep with some rich businessman."
The only movement that I felt in my entire body was my tears that rolled down my cheeks. Hurt was the smallest word that could describe what I felt. His words broke my heart.
Was it all he knew about me? That was how he understood me after all the time we had spent? Moments we had shared?
Time felt stopped while my hurt only intensified as his words repeated in my head. I stood frozen while his accusations hit my ears, making me go insane.
After a few seconds, he walked away from me, angrily. Before he left, he gave me one final look of disappointment. "Don't worry, I won't come between you both... Ms. Yung!"