Otherwise, Erine would not call so frequently.
"Selina, you can go to bed first. I need to make a call," Matthew said to Selina.
She nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you."
With that, he went outside the bedroom and dialed Erine's number on the phone.
Erine was relieved to receive his call. "Mr. Matthew, I've been waiting for your call. Finally, you called back!"
Matthew asked, "Erine, is there anything?"
Erine answered, "There's a man who wants to see you. Why don't you come home?"
He said, "Erine, I will not go back anymore. Ask whoever it is that came looking for me to leave."
"But he says he has something important to talk to you about, and he must see you."
However, he was determined. "It doesn't matter how important it is, I won't be seeing them."
Life was fleeting before him, and so many things had become insignificant to him then. The most important thing in his life was to be with Selina right now.
He did not want to be bothered by other things or other people.
On the other end of the line, Erine shook her head at Lothar, saying, "Mr. Matthew doesn't want to see you."
Immediately, Lothar told her, "Please let me speak to him."
She refused. "Forget it. He does not wish to see you. If I let you speak with him, he would be unhappy for sure."
In a panic, he took the phone from her.
"Hey, how can you do this?" As she said so, she wanted to take the phone back from Lothar.
But he had already run some distance away.
Erine was shocked by his agility.
Was this something a sixty-year-old would be able to do?
Why was he acting like a young man?
She was so stunned that she had long forgotten to take her phone back from him.
Matthew was about to hang up the phone.
"Mr. Perry, I am Lothar Cowell!" After running away from Erine, Lothar immediately said to the phone.
Matthew's breath stopped.
"What did you say?"
"I am Lothar!" he hurriedly repeated and added, "I am Selina's friend, Lothar. Mr. Perry, there is something important I need to discuss with you. It's about her life. You must see me now, but you can't tell Selina. You must remember to keep this away from her."
By then, Matthew had an idea of what Lothar was going to say.
He lowered his voice and asked, "Lothar, are you going to tell me about the poison Selina was inflicted with? I already know."
Lothar said, "That's not it! There is a way to cure her poison."
With that, Matthew dropped his phone to the ground.
It was the first time that he had lost his composure.
Matthew returned to his bedroom.
Selina was still awake. She was pushing herself to keep her eyes open as she wanted to go to bed together with him.
He planted a kiss on her forehead. "You can go to bed before me. I have something to take care of."
These days, he had been by her side all the time.
When he suddenly said that he had something to do, she became a little nervous. "What's the matter?"
Seeing her nervous look, he smiled and said, "Don't worry. It's just a small matter. Erine just called to say that there's some matters at home. I'll be right back. Just go to bed, and I'll be back when you wake up."
She heaved a sigh of relief.
However, just as he was about to leave, she suddenly tugged at the corner of his shirt. "You... you'll come back, right?"
Humans were truly strange creatures.
She had been opposed to letting him know the truth, letting him find her, and letting him see herself age.
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