Chapter 987 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Don’t talk about my boyfriend that way. I’m the only one permitted to be mad at him. And he is not full of himself,” Jade said, and Matt grinned.

“I guess you are not mad enough then. Where is Bryan?” Matt asked, even though Candace was the person he was most curious to see.

“I left him at the Den,” Jade said and they both headed to the Den.

When they didn’t find him there, but heard the sound of cutlery coming from the dining, they both headed for the dining instead.

“You do realize that your annoyance does not make sense, right?” Sonia was asking Bryan as they joined them.

“Why is everyone annoyed tonight?” Matt asked as he joined them.

“What is annoying you too?” Jade asked as Bryan glanced at them.

“Do you believe that Sonia was aware of what grandpa did but didn’t say anything to me about it?” Bryan asked in disbelief.

“Exactly like Harry. You lot are so annoying. How can you keep such important things from people you call your partners when you know it’s a family issue?” Jade asked Sonia in annoyance.

“If Benne had told me something upsetting about Celsie and I kept it away from you just because Celsie hasn’t told you about it yet, would you be happy with me?” Bryan asked Sonia.

“What is going on?” Matt asked, curious to know what the problem was.

“Benne had a problem which Celsie told me about. Bryan found out about it today and is mad at me for not telling him about it. Does that make any sense? I have a right to keep my best friend’s secret whether or not it is about your brother!” Sonia said incredulously.

“Unless the secret was about something harmful, I don’t get why this is an issue. Or was there something you could have done about it to help the situation had she told you earlier?” Matt asked Bryan who scowled.

“Why are you taking her side? You are my best friend and should be taking my side seeing how she is defending what she did for her best friend’s sake,” Bryan said, and Sonia rolled her eyes.

“You both would reconcile soon and then I will be on Sonia’s bad book. I would rather be on your bad book than that of your fiancee. Besides, you didn’t take my side when I needed you the other night either. You said she was scary, right?” Matt asked with a pleasant smile and Bryan scowled.

“Matt? What are you doing here?” Candace asked in surprise when she returned to see him at the table.

“Bryan invited me to come over and spend the night,” Matt lied, shooting Bryan a warning look to not say otherwise.

Bryan smiled, “I didn’t. He called and asked if he could spend the night,” Bryan said as he set down his cutlery and rose.

“You bastard!” Matt cussed.

“That’s what you get for wanting to be on my bad book,” Bryan said as he walked away from the dining and Jade eyed Sonia with disapproval as she followed Bryan before turning to Candace who was glaring at Matt.

“Did you also know about the prank?” She asked, wanting to know if it was just her and Bryan who had been left in the dark or if either Celsie or Harry had told Candace about it.

“What prank?” Candace asked in confusion, and Jade nodded with approval, seeing that Candace did not know anything about it.

“Let’s go upstairs to my bedroom and I will tell you about it since it’s not a secret anymore,” Jade suggested.

“I will join you after having a word with Matt,” Candace said, and Jade excused them.

“What are you doing here?” Candace asked Matt and he shrugged.

“Visiting.”

“Visiting? Because I told you I would be here?” She hissed under her breath.

“What is it with everyone having misunderstanding with their partners under this roof tonight? Perhaps I shouldn’t have come…”

“Yes, you shouldn’t have come! What we have is supposed to be private but…”I think you should take a look at

“How can it be private when everyone already knows what is going on? And do I need to remind you that you were the one who set the privacy rule yet the same person who exposed what was going on to the others,” Matt said and she scowled.

“They wouldn’t have found out if you didn’t keep wanting to see me every day!” She hissed at him, trying to keep her voice down.

“I never forced you to come. You came each time I requested because you also wanted to see me. And not once did you complain about the frequency of our meetings when we were making love,” Matt pointed out.

“And today that I chose not to see you, what did you do? Did you stay put? No! Instead you chose to come over here,” Candace countered, and Matt sighed.

“Candace…”

“I guess it’s a good thing that I’m returning to Sogal by weekend. I intend to see how you can make such impulsive moves when you have your job to attend to,” Candace said irritably.

“You are returning by weekend?” Matt asked with a frown.

“Yes! For christ’s sake, I told you I would see you tomorrow. Why didn’t you just wait? Why did you come here?”

“I just wanted to see you, alright? What’s so wrong with a man wanting to seize every opportunity he has to see the woman he loves?” Matt asked and she glared at him.

“Don’t you dare talk to me about love! We agreed that this was a purely sexual relationship…”

“I’m sorry if hearing that I love you makes you feel so uncomfortable, but that doesn’t change how I feel about you. You can use me for sex all you want, but what I feel is entirely up to me,” Matt said and Candace glared at him in annoyance before walking away without another word.

Matt sighed as he sat down. The woman was a lot of work. After now he would just give her some space and let her come to him on her own when she was ready.

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