Matthew did not say a word.
The longer Selina stared at him, the redder the rims of her eyes became.
A hint of mist gradually clouded her eyes, hiding her misery, grievances, and dread. It made her inky dark eyes appeared even murkier.
After some time had passed, Matthew finally broke the silence and said, "Selina, spare me some of your time. Let's have a good talk with each other."
"No!" She adamantly refused his offer, "I have nothing to say to you. Leave!"
Matthew's feet did not move at her command.
She chuckled darkly at this, "Okay, if you don't go, I'll go!"
After saying that, she stood up and strode off.
Matthew quickly blocked her path, "Selina, please listen to my explanation."
She just roughly hit away his outreaching hands.
In a snap of a second, Matthew wrapped his arms around her waist and embraced her.
This left her in quite a bit of shock.
Matthew then put his chin against her forehead and said in a husky tone, "Listen to me."
"I don't need to!"
Selina fiercely resisted his hug. Her dainty face was veiled with a layer of frostiness, making her appear extremely frigid.
She cried out to Lothar who was standing by the sidelines, "Lothar, what on earth are you waiting for? Come and give me a hand!"
Her cries helped Lothar snapped back to reality.
He rushed forward, but was unsure of how to help.
Matthew casted a dark glance at him, his gaze filled with boundless intimidation.
His glare halted Lothar's breath.
All of a sudden, Selina sunk her teeth into Matthew's shoulder hard. The sharp pain caused Matthew to released his grasp on Selina.
Selina's voice rang with fury and humiliation, "I don't want to listen to a single word you have to say. Just get out!"
She had yelled at him to get out.
Her words had drained all the colour from Matthew's handsome face.
Seconds which felt like hours passed before he finally looked back at her and said, "Okay, I'll go."
And with that, he turned around and left.
Selina stood still, gazing at his departing figure. When he was gone at last, her tears started to pour down her face once more.
Seeing Selina sobbing hard, Lothar felt an unbearable pain in his heart. "Didn't you want him to leave? Why are you still crying now that he has done what you asked for?" Lothar whispered.
Hearing this, Selina promptly rolled up her sleeves.
There was a scar on her fair arm.
This gave Lothar quite a fright, "How did this happened? Lets go have a doctor look at it for you!"
Selina shook her head.
She sobbed and said, "The scar came about when I went to look for him that night. There are scars on his arm too. Do you know why he has them too?"
Lothar did not reply.
Therefore, she carried on with her story, "At that time, I threw a cup of hot tea at both him and that woman. He got those scars by shielding the woman. Lothar, do you know both of us have scars on our arms?"
This left in him in a momentary daze.
He then brought her to Yesseca's ward.
Selina was at a lost at that time, so she simply tagged along with him.
On the other hand, Yesseca was very happy to see Selina.
Yesseca's big, bright eyes were wide open as she exclaimed, "Selina, you came to see me again!"
Upon seeing Yesseca, Selina felt as if her frozen heart melted a little.
Suppressing her sadness, Selina answered, "Yes, I came to visit you."
"Please sit," Yesseca said, beckoning for Selina to sit at the chair beside the bed.
Selina sat down without hesitation.
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