Bitter & Sweet
The Part 66

After seeing Chloe's face, with her eyes filled with tears, Matthew, who had a cynical expression, suddenly changed the look on his face, drastically.

"I'm sorry ... I don't intend to make you cry." Matthew hugged Chloe tightly. "I was just kidding. But, I seem to have missed it."

Chloe who was about to cry, then could feel a little calmer. It might even feel too comfortable, to be lulled with a warm embrace from Matthew to him.

Chloe, who was unwilling to lapse for longer, tried to regain her consciousness, then pushed Matthew a little hastily, so that Matthew would stop hugging him.

However, Matthew did not seem to want to let Chloe go, and felt increasingly tightened his embrace, saying, saying,

"Please, Chloe...! I'm sorry ... Are you still angry with me?"

"No, Sir ... But your embrace just makes me feel claustrophobic" Chloe said, reasoned.

For a while, Matthew remained silent, not responding to Chloe's words, and still holding Chloe in his arms.

"Cloe!" matthew says, suddenly.

"Yes, Sir!" Chloe immediately replied to Matthew who mentioned his name.

"Are you no longer angry with me?" ask Matthew.

"Yes, Sir!" sahut Chloe's.

"You don't hate me, do you?!" matthew said again.

"Yes, Sir!" Chloe replied with the same answer.

"Are you always going to help me?" Hugging Chloe, Matthew asked Chloe.

"Yes, Sir!" chloe replied, who was getting bored.

"Are you going to accompany me?" As if he did not feel bored, Matthew again asked his question.

"Yes, Sir!" answer Chloe, perfunctorily.

"Do you love me?" ask Matthew.

"Yes, Sir! ..."

Chloe who answered Matthew's question without thinking long, finally confused herself because of it, to rush further said, saying,

"Ugh? ... What do you ask, sir?"

Suddenly, Matthew takes his arms off Chloe, and holds both sides of Chloe's upper arms, with both hands.

Matthew looked slightly down, looked at Chloe, then said, saying,

"Are you still unwilling to tell me, who made you fall in love?"

Chloe shook her head.

"Tsk!" Turning his face away, Matthew clucked furiously, then turned back to face Chloe. "You just make me curious half to death."

"Do you still want the dessert?" chloe asked, trying to switch the conversation.

Closing his eyes, Matthew let out a long, deep sigh, then exhaled violently.

"I've never felt this worried before," Matthew said, after he opened his eyes again, and stared fixedly at Chloe.

"Ugh? ... What are you talking about, sir?" chloe asked, not understanding where Matthew was going.

"Lookie! I want to know...." Matthew seemed to have trouble telling Chloe what she wanted to say, so he just stopped talking.

"Tsk!" I don't know what disturbed his mind, again Matthew clucked as if he was upset about something.

"What's up, sir?" Chloe was completely confused.

Matthew was silent for a moment, staring at Chloe. "I'm tired of standing ... Take me to my room!"

Without any more time, Chloe immediately helped Matthew, and walked to his room.

Chloe almost escorts Matthew to the bathroom, but Matthew refuses and instead chooses to sit on the edge of his bed.

"I'll be in the pavilion for a moment!" chloe said, then turned around and prepared to leave Matthew's room.

"Wait!" matthew says, holding Chloe back. "Here! ... Sit here for a minute! I'm not done talking to you!"

Chloe obeyed Matthew's orders, then sat down, even though only at the end of Matthew's bed.

"What are you doing there? ... Get close to here!" said Matthew who looks furious, until Chloe shifted to sit nearby.

"Cloe!" matthew said, as if he was asking Chloe's attention, to really get to him.

According to Chloe, Matthew now looks anxious and hesitant.

Matthew even drank a little water that was placed on the nightstand near his bed, before he said,

"If your answer is not what I want, then you should pretend as if I never asked you this question. Agreed?"

"You want to ask about—" Before Chloe could finish her sentence, Matthew had already hurriedly interrupted her first by saying,

"Is it possible that you love me?"

Chloe was wide-eyed, but Matthew was still staring at her, as if he was indeed waiting for an answer from Chloe.

"Do I have to answer?" Chloe asked back.

"Yes ... I have ventured to ask this. So, you have to answer it," said Matthew who looked impatient.

"No, Sir!" chloe replied, turning her face away, avoiding Matthew's gaze which looked as if she had forgotten how to blink.

"Chelle! ... Answer me while I keep looking at me!" matthew said, sounding pushy, until Chloe looked back at him. "Is it possible that I'm the one you love?"

After taking a deep breath to calm herself down, Chloe who was intending to lie, then tried to remain confident in the answer she was about to say.

"No, Sir!"

I don't know what Matthew was thinking, who suddenly developed a big smile on his face, and spoke in an excited tone of voice. "Gumcha!"

Matthew who looks happy, only makes Chloe confused and speechless to see it.

"Oh, gosh! ... You are so stupid!" matthew said again, keeping a smile, and looking like he wanted to laugh at Chloe.

Matthew's behavior, which seemed to be mocking him, only made Chloe become upset, to stand up from her seat and say,

"I'm going to the pavilion now!"

"Wait! ... You don't go anywhere first!" matthew says, holding Chloe by holding Chloe's hand tightly.

"What else, sir? ... I'm not a laughing stock!" chloe, ketus.

"Who's laughing at you?" Although he was evasive, Matthew still had a mocking expression on his face.

As if he could not believe what he was hearing, Matthew shook his head.

"You are so stupid!" matthew then pulled Chloe back, and then sat nearby, and continued to say,

"Everything you've been doing all this time, just makes me, Matteo and David misunderstand you. And at the same time, the three of us are also crazy about you....

... I'm sure you don't know that Matteo and David have fallen in love with you, just as I love you. That's right, isn't it?!"

Confused by all the things she had never thought of, Chloe did not know what to say, and simply remained silent, until Matthew continued to say, Chloe did not know what to say,

"Are you still unwilling to admit, if you're too stupid to realize what other people really feel for you?"

Chloe did not want to answer the question, so she immediately turned her eyes in the other direction, so as not to look at Matthew.

"Cloe!" matthew said, moving his head to follow wherever Chloe's eyes looked.

Inevitably, Chloe finally has to stop avoiding him, and turns to the man.

"I love you, Chloe! ... I didn't reveal it right away, because I felt that you still hated me for my rude behavior all along....

...Plus, your attention doesn't seem to be on me alone. Matteo and David, too, get the same treatment and attention from you....

... So I hesitated whether you could love me. Even up to this moment, I still can't believe that you can fall in love with me."

To be honest, the statement of love from Matthew can certainly make Chloe's heart flowery.

However, Chloe immediately realized something that made her feel very upset, and hurriedly said,

"Don't make me lose my respect for you!"

Matthew who looked surprised, then furrowed his brows deeply, while looking fixedly at Chloe.

"I never said I love you, did I?! ... Then, do you think I'm too stupid, that you can play me?" chloe said, ketus.

Apparently, Chloe's words had irritated Matthew, so the man seemed to grit his teeth, giving Chloe a sharp look.

"Oh! ... So you're smart now?" From the look on his face to the tone of his voice, Matthew seemed to be mocking Chloe.

"You feel smart, so you can give your judgment. Calling me someone who likes to play with people's feelings?" continued Matthew, who looked really furious.

Because she did not want to be just Matthew's moons, so Chloe did not hesitate anymore to challenge Matthew, and she also spoke in a mocking tone.

"Is my judgment wrong? ... Can you prove that you're not like that?"

Seeing that Matthew did not immediately respond to her question, Chloe then continued to say,

"You're dating Miss Parker. Then you say that you love me? Do you think that I'll just trust your words?

... Please, Sir! ... Had I fallen in love with you too, I would not have easily gotten to your knees on your lies."

After he had only been silent for a moment, while glancing at Chloe with the tip of his eyes, Matthew then laughed out loud, then said,

"Gosh! ... It feels so great! ... I can finally make you jealous. That's right, isn't it?!"

This time, Chloe was silent.

"It's up to you, believe it or not. Importantly, I already knew that you were in love with me, actually" Matthew continued, smiling broadly.

"How can you be so sure?" chloe asked, in a cynical tone of voice.

"Chelle! ... Have you forgotten? ... It's!" Matthew then pointed at Chloe's corner of the eye, saying, Continue,

"Your mouth can lie, but not your eyes. I'll find out soon enough, if you're lying or not, every time you give me an answer to my question."

At once, in her heart, Chloe cursed her eyes that always twitched when she lied, making her unable to evade Matthew.

With both hands, Matthew then held onto both sides of Chloe's face, and held her back from ever coming face to face with her, then said,

"Listen to my words! ... There's no connection between me and Judy."

Matthew spoke as he stared fixedly at Chloe, and Matthew even acted as if he had forgotten how to blink.

And Chloe who listened to him, just fell silent while thinking, whether the statement from Matthew was indeed trustworthy.

Then, as if Matthew knew that Chloe was still doubting his words, Matthew seemed to want to explain further, saying,

"Judy even knows that I love other people, even though she doesn't know who she is that has already gotten my heart....

...You could have asked him directly, if you didn't believe what I said. All this time, we were just talking about work....

... I'm just pretending like we're dating, because I want to reciprocate your all-too-familiar behavior with Matteo and David."

However, Chloe did not know what to say to respond to Matthew's statement, until again Chloe could only remain silent.

"Oh, gosh! ... It still feels hard to believe!" matthew said, sounding excited.

As if he had just won the lottery, Matthew's pair of eyes seemed to sparkle, complemented by a wide-ranging smile on his face.

"I still want to make sure of it again!" Matthew still held onto both sides of Chloe's face, brought her face closer together, and gave a probing look into Chloe's eyes.

"Do you love me?" ask Matthew.

Chloe nodded slowly. "Yes, Sir!"

Instantly, without Chloe even thinking about anything else, Matthew had landed a soft kiss on Chloe's lips.

Chloe found it hard to believe what was going on right now.

Although feeling very nervous, Chloe did not want to close her eyes, and still keep her eyes open, to make sure that Matthew was kissing with her.

Seeing a part of Matthew's face that seemed earnestly wanting it, made Chloe's heart beat very fast.

Chloe could only feel a little calmer, as she closed her eyes, and felt a tight hug from Matthew that seemed as if she would never let go again.

Until a while later, Matthew still seems unwilling to stop kissing with Chloe.

Matthew feels even more excited, exploring every part of Chloe's lips, all the way to the inside of Chloe's mouth, so that Chloe feels that she might suffocate, because of Matthew's behavior to her.

Chloe then encourages Matthew to stop her kissing, before Chloe faints.

Matthew who furrowed his brows deeply looked puzzled, until Chloe hurriedly explained by saying,

"My breath is tight...."

Matthew smiled broadly, then pulled Chloe over to sit on her lap, then hugged Chloe tightly, saying,

"Don't blame me, Chloe! ... You alone will repay my love. So from this moment on, don't ever dream that I'll let you go again....

...I'll make sure you love me. You'll never be able to see another man again, other than me....

... Whoever it is, I will make him regret his behavior, if he dares to approach you and try to take your love away from me."