Chapter 805

I lowered my eyes. It was considered a response to her.

The press and media were still talking, so Theo assigned a few bodyguards to follow me. Even so,

none of them would get too close to me.

She was pretty discerning to be able to tell.

"I know you gave him money."

She said, her gaze falling on me. "I first met him by a bridge in France. He was bored and was

standing by the bridge looking into the distance. He stood motionless for an hour. I was also bored,

so I watched him stand there for an hour."

She was referring to Matthew.

I did not speak and listened to her in silence as she continued.

"The ladies there are different from here. If a lady thinks a man is handsome and interesting, she'll

not care about remaining reserved. Moreover, he happened to not be resistant, so we ended up

sleeping together. This may sound like a whole lot of bull, but just from this one encounter, I knew

that I had fallen i n love with him. And that's why I started pestering him."

I looked up at her. "That's normal."

Liz chuckled. "He wanted to advance his career in France and I happened to have the resources, so

he agreed to get engaged with me. When we met you, we happened to have just gotten engaged.

On the night w e finished having dinner with you, he wouldn't let me get close to him anymore. Not

even after that. If he hadn't gotten drunk that one time, I probably wouldn’t be carrying this baby

either. I never knew the reason behind his drastic change, but now I do. After the both of you met,

his desire to win your heart was rekindled again.”

My hands were subconsciously clasped together, and my lips were pursed tightly. I did not know

how to respond to her words.

Liz laughed a little self-deprecatingly. "God is unfair to him. He was born into a privileged family just

like your husband, but his love life isn't as smooth sailing a s Theo’s. He went through his parents'

separation and took you as his emotional support yet still couldn't win your sympathy. You've been

too unfair to him."

After hearing what she said, I finally understood why she was mad at me.

It was not because Matthew loved me but it was because she felt a sense of unworthiness and

grievances on his behalf.

Unlike Cindy, she loved Matthew with all her heart, so naturally, she viewed things from a different

perspective.

"Liz, when you truly love someone, you should know that this can't be helped. Love is love, and if

you don't love a man, you don't love him. I owe it to Matthew, but I can't make it up to him

emotionally just because I owe him. I can only try to make it up to him in other ways."

She was slightly stunned, then she nodded and said, "I understand. That's why I want to talk to you.

I was too emotional back in his office and I'm sorry. Matthew loves you but I won’t blame you. I

blame myself for my inability to make him fall in love with me even after s o many years."

At this point in our conversation, I was sure that she was not here to argue with me.

Honestly, I was a little surprised.

"Can we still be friends?" she asked me with a smile.

I tossed back the question. "When were we not friends?”

She laughed. "Thank you for forgiving me for being unreasonable earlier, Wanda."

I picked up my coffee cup and hesitated to say," Marcus and Nancy's death caused a devastating

blow t o Matthew. I knew what he needed the most at the time, but at the same time, I owed him. I

did not want t o put him in a situation where his love was unrequited, so I chose to avoid him at the

time."

Liz pursed her lips. "So that's what happened."

After a pause, she continued, "His heart is a deep valley of desolation. I tried to lift him up but to no

avail. He wanted to come back, so I came back with him. We went to Salt City, but I did not know

why at the time. I do now. Salt City contains the beautiful memories of you and him. Every time he's

reminded o f those memories, he'll drink, get wasted, and call out your name. It's as though you're

the reason he lives, and nothing else can move him.

"It was until Quinn was in trouble that he came back t o Whaldorf City and took over Zimmer

Corporations. H e stopped drinking and put all of his energy into fighting Grant Corporation. But he's

still doing it for you in order to compete with Theo for you."