Chapter 337

Chapter 337

Mathew seemed to despise answering such a question. However, his usually tall figure was extremely stiff.

Valerie was right. He did not like the darkness. Being enveloped by the darkness from all directions made him feel suffocated. It was as if the darkness had turned into an invisible hand that grabbed his throat. His face was pale and his expression was a little painful, but the more uneasy he was, the more he stood straight like a pine tree, coldly resisting the endless darkness.

However, the feeling of suffocation became stronger and stronger until a soft litle hand suddenly pulled him back.

Valerie said, “Mr. Grant, I think there’s a power outage. Looks like the heavens want us to enjoy a candlelight dinner. Do you want to accompany me to find candles?”

Matthew was slightly stunned, but the suffocating feeling inexplicably dissipated.

“Okay” Matthew took a deep breath and forced himself to stand up.

Valerie took his hand and led him to her room while nagging, “Mr. Grant, you don’t know this, but when I was young, the electricity in my house often went out, so I stocked up some candles at home. Otherwise, it would be a luxury to do homework every time the power went out. However, I didn’t have much money, so I asked the store owner to leave me the leftovers that others bought. They were of different lengths and sizes, and they were quite cute when I lit them.

“After that, it was even more troublesome at the rented place when we first started working. It’s an old tube–shaped building. You can’t even imagine it. Power cuts and water cuts happen every few days. However, it was fine after we got to know our neighbors in the building. Once the power goes out, everyone tacitly takes candles from home and goes downstairs to chat under the camphor tree while having snacks.

“After we moved, the power didn’t go out much, but I kind of liked the feeling of the candles lighting up the room. It is quite cory. A weak little flame can chase the darkness away. Isn’t that impressive?”

She couldn’t stop chanting. Matthew didn’t know if it was his imagination, but she seemed to be treating him like a child. Moreover, she seemed to notice that he was afraid of the dark and was deliberately comforting him. As a man, he felt that he should be the one protecting her now, especially since her legs were injured.

“We’re here. Katherine gave me some scented candles last time. They should be in this cabinet… Here! She patted Matthew’s hand. “Mr. Grant, don’t worry. The candles have been found”

He slowly turned his head away. “Why should I stop worrying! I’m not afraid of the dark.”

He would never admit no matter what

Valerie held back her laughter and nodded. “Yes, yes. I’m timid. I’m a little afraid of the dark.”

She immediately took out a lighter from the drawer and lit the candle in her hand. The light from the scented candle in the small iron jar immediately dispelled the darkness around her. Valerie brought the candle to the living room, then lit all eight candles and placed them in every comer of the living room.

Coincidentally, the food had arrived. The two of them ordered a box each, leaving a portion of spaghetti in the fridge for tomorrow’s breakfast.

“We can finally eat!” Knowing that he was probably still traumatized, Valerie went to the kitchen to get silverware for him, along with cheese.

The scented candles were naturally incomparable to the electric lights, but the candlelight gave off a warm feeling. At this moment, the living room was not bright, but it had regained its light. Valerie was busy working around the table. The candlelight made her face look especially gentle, like an oil painting

Matthew took in the scene a

and only then did he realize that the suffocating feeling around his throat seemed to have disappeared.

There seemed to be a strange power in her. Being with her always made Mathew feel better.

“Mr. Grant, if you continue to stand there, the food will taste had soon! Valerie’s eyes curved into c forward to take the fork from her, but he somehow grabbed her wrist.

crescent moons as she smiled. Matthew went

Valerie asked. “Mr. Grant, what are you doing?”

Matthew took a deep breath. “It’s not that I’m afraid of the dark. It’s just that some unpleasant things happened when I was young.

He spoke slowly. It had something to do with his parents‘ deaths. Valerie only knew that his parents had died early, but she did not know that he had actually seen the scene of their death with his own eyes.

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