Noticing his distress, Lucia inquired, “What’s wrong? Is something amiss?”
Seeing that Matthew remained silent, she moved closer and glanced at his phone.
Shock washed over her.
“What happened? You mentioned that you’ve been working on mending things with Stella lately. Why would she ask for a divorce?”
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Matthew’s brows furrowed as he shook his head, his voice filled with uncertainty.
“I don’t know. We’ve been getting along well recently, and I haven’t done anything to upset her.”
“Stella isn’t the type to act without reason. You must have made a mistake,” Lucia accused him, her concern evident.
As Matthew pondered Stella’s message, his mind drifted back to the unexpected ki*s from the previous night.
At that time, Stella seemed upset.
He couldn’t understand why she had taken such a drastic step.
Lucia grew increasingly worried as Matthew remained silent.
She consoled him and said, “Maybe it’s because you two haven’t seen each other in
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a while, and Stella’s feeling disappointed. You should ask her for the reason first. Don’t lose hope.”
Her words brought Matthew back to the present.
He collected himself and decided to message Stella to inquire about the reason behind her request.
Stella’s reply was swift, stating, “Let’s discuss it face to face.”
Matthew was taken aback by her response. He hesitated, uncertain about how to proceed.
He didn’t want to meet Stella in person right now, fearing that it would reveal the truth about his identity as Matthew.
If Stella misunderstood that he was hiding it from her on purpose, the consequence might be bad.
He didn’t dare to take the risk.
Matthew racked his brains to come up with a way to refuse Stella’s request.
But before he could think of an idea, he received another message from Stella again.
“I hope we can meet as soon as possible.”
Matthew was stunned.