CHAPTER 279: CHAPTER 279: LINGERING FEELINGS 9

"Just because I look like that girl, you try to find ways to trap me by your side! Even after what happened between us, you act like nothing ever occurred! But have you ever considered, I’m not that girl! If you like her, go after her yourself. Why use me as a substitute!"

Chloe Grant erupted with these words, speaking directly.

"Substitute?"

Matthew Morgan suddenly stepped forward.

Chloe was shocked, instinctively stepping back, fear evident in her eyes.

She took a step back, and Matthew stepped forward.

Eventually, Chloe’s body was pressed directly against the wall.

Matthew had already closed in...

Chloe turned to leave, and Matthew placed his hand against the wall... Chloe turned the other way, and Matthew’s hand still held firm!

Entrapping her tightly between the wall and himself.

He lowered his head, drawing closer, his gaze deep and penetrating, "Do you still not know why I keep you by my side?"

"You... you just treat me as a substitute..."

"You think I’m so bored that I bind a substitute to me every day?" Matthew’s words carried a hint of sarcasm.

Chloe was taken aback, looking up at him, but the next moment looked down in panic.

Her heart began to race uncontrollably, beating as if it was going crazy.

He...

What does he mean by this?

Could it be, there is no substitute?

"Then you... shouldn’t deceive me, making me follow you every day..." Chloe’s voice softened noticeably.

The momentum from her earlier anger now softened, trapped under Matthew’s intense gaze...

"I deceived you?" Matthew retorted, "Did I ever say that S is still here?"

Chloe suddenly paused...

It seems...

"No?"

"Did you ever ask when you could stop following me?" Matthew continued questioning.

Chloe hesitated, eventually shaking her head.

It seems...

"Neither?"

"In that case, how did I deceive you?" Matthew concluded.

It seems...

"That makes sense."

No, wait...

"Since she’s already gone, why do you keep me by your side every day!"

"I enjoy seeing you." Matthew replied.

Chloe was stunned!

Initially, she had been ready to hold him accountable, but now she didn’t know what emotion to face this with.

She glanced at Matthew, his expression no different from usual—expressionless!

But those eyes... no matter how Chloe looked, they seemed much deeper than before...

"You, me, but... is kissing me at night something you enjoy too!" In her excitement, Chloe blurted this out.

As soon as she said it, she regretted it, quickly biting her lip, her face involuntarily turning red, her heart beating nervously.

Matthew was slightly taken aback.

She actually knew...

"So, do you not sleep at all at night?" Matthew squinted, reaching out to pinch Chloe’s cheek directly, "If you don’t sleep at night, and you have to get up so early in the morning, are you starting a rebellion?"

"Let go of me... it hurts, hurts!" Chloe tilted her face, pulling Matthew’s hand away.

She rubbed her face in discontent.

Her heart was filled with frustration.

Wasn’t she supposed to be the one confronting and questioning?

Why has everything now turned upside down?

"You have a lot of morning classes this year, so from now on, sleep earlier at night, and play fewer games." Matthew said seriously.

Chloe, holding her face, glanced at him and felt unsettled inside.

"Uncle Morgan, can I talk to you about something very serious?" Chloe put down her hand, her expression turning completely serious—