<h4>Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Why Must You Be So Cruel</h4>


    The night sky is as deep as the dark ocean surface, countless stars twinkle like the shimmering waves on the sea.


    Scarlett Yates is so drunk she’s unconscious, lying motionless on Matthew Saxon’s back.


    She probably doesn’t know, the man carrying her has never carried a woman before.


    And she is the lucky one, the things other women can only dream of, she obtained with ease.


    She’s still dreaming.


    A very long, very chaotic dream.


    The dream keeps shifting, finally settling on her childhood.


    She saw an endless sea, with a small boy, about six or seven years old, standing by the shore, his appearance unclear.


    She also saw a girl, who originally yed in the shallow waters with a swim ring, suddenly got swept into the deep waters, the wind and waves rose, a giant wave enveloped the little girl’s body, and in a blink, she disappeared after the next wave crashed.


    She heard the little boy scream, then run towards the sea like crazy, but he was held back by a crowd of people.


    She wanted to open her eyes wider, wider, to see the boy clearly, but from start to finish, all she saw was a blurry figure.


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    In the hotel hallway, the lights are an ambiguous orange-red.


    Alice Green stands outside the room, her dark eyes misty, her hair disheveled, making her already small face look even smaller.


    Her pale face turned even whiter seeing Matthew Saxon return carrying Scarlett Yates.


    The loose white robe she wears sways on her, making her thin body appear even frailer.


    No one knows how long she cried, her eyes so red and swollen, even showing bloodshot lines.


    She has no makeup on her face, her natural beauty soft and delicate, quite different from her usual pursuit of perfection.


    Matthew Saxon showed a flicker of surprise, stopping in front of her, his expression unreadable, his voice indifferent, "You checked my amodation details?"


    Though it was a question, he used a definite tone.


    Goodview Hotel rooms need to be booked days in advance, her room is next to his, not by coincidence.


    Alice Green said nothing, only bit her lip, her swollen red eyes nk as she stared at Scarlett Yates in his arms.


    The alcohol scent dissipating, after vomiting, Scarlett Yates’ scent isn’t pleasant.


    Yet he seems unbothered.


    But she clearly remembers, he’s a person who loves cleanliness, usually disgusted and contemptuous of such people.


    Why can he hold a woman reeking of alcohol without even a furrow of his brow?


    Alice Green bites her lip tighter, her expression sorrowful, "Do you really like her?"


    Her voice is bitter and hoarse from crying too much, she chuckled sadly, "You like her to the point you don’t mind her being dirty and smelly, Matthew, have you fallen for her?"


    "It has nothing to do with you." Matthew Saxon looked at her coldly, "I’ve said what needed to be said, take care of yourself."


    After saying this, he expressionlessly walked past her holding Scarlett Yates.


    He opened the room, about to enter with Scarlett Yates, when Alice Green’s soft sobbing voice echoed gently, "I don’t want to marry Maxwell Saxon, but why do you have to be so heartless."


    "Matthew Saxon, it’s you who forced me."


    Matthew Saxon frowned, feeling sorry for her pitiful crying yet annoyed by her unfounded usations, "You are an adult, all your decisions are made yourself, I can’t force you."


    Alice Green cried and thenughed, herughter giving an unsettling eerie feeling, "From the moment you brought me out of Darknight City, such a filthy ce, I decided to follow you my whole life, to be your woman."


    "You treated me so well, so well I was overwhelmed, no one has treated me that well ever since I was a child."


    "You are the high-ranking Young Master of the Saxon Family, yet you pampered me, indulged me, cherished me like a princess. During that time, I was truly happy and content, I couldn’t help but fall in love with you."