Will the Aloof Billionaire Divorce Today?-Chapter 409: Not Planning to Let You Go

"Scarlett, are you nervous?" Those little tricks of hers were never going to escape his sharp eyes.

She wanted to avoid him, but he wasn’t going to let her have anywhere to hide.

"What are you afraid of? You don’t even dare to look at me."

"I’m not afraid." Scarlett Yates said she wasn’t, yet in her flustered state, she accidentally tipped over the soup Matthew Saxon had served her.

A small half bowl of soup quickly wet the table.

She froze for a moment, then grabbed the napkin from the table to wipe, but a pair of hands were faster than hers.

Matthew Saxon tossed the napkin casually onto the wet table, then grasped her hand.

He laughed, "Scarlett, why is your hand shaking so badly?"

But what trembled even more was her heart.

She didn’t know when her heart had stopped listening to her.

Whenever she was alone with Matthew, this feeling became more evident.

Panic, helplessness, tension, confusion...

She didn’t like this feeling.

"Scarlett, are you cold?" Matthew Saxon didn’t release her hand; instead, he held it tighter. His tone was light, with a hint of subtle tenderness, "Your hand is so cold."

"Matthew Saxon, could you let go of me..." Scarlett Yates bit her lip, struggling to restrain the turmoil within, making her voice sound less tense.

"Let go of you?" Matthew Saxon curved his lips, gazing thoughtfully at her flushed cheeks, his voice low yet clear enough for her to hear, murmuring, "Scarlett, if I say I’m not planning to let you go, would you be afraid?"

He’d been thinking about it for the entire afternoon. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

He had never spent so much time contemplating and sorting through his emotions.

His heart was tortured by contradictions, swaying...

One voice told him he should let her go as soon as possible, while he wasn’t yet so fond of her.

Another voice told him he should hold onto her tightly, keep her at his side, and not let her leave.

Keeping her would certainly be a trouble, and a lurking danger too.

Once someone has too many things to care about, it becomes impossible to act freely.

But should he really let her go?

Then watch her fall into another man’s arms, become another man’s woman?

The mere thought was something he couldn’t accept.

Perhaps he should follow his heart, see where it leads.

What happens in the future, no one can predict. Thinking too much, too far ahead, is not necessarily a good thing.

No matter what step they take next, right now, he truly doesn’t want to let go.

"What... do you mean?" Scarlett Yates realized that the emotions she had suppressed for so long unraveled entirely with his simple words.

Her voice was no longer calm, trembling slightly, carrying an unnoticeable anticipation and tension; she tilted her head slightly and stared at him in a daze.

"I want to break the contract." Matthew Saxon smiled, his smile as beautiful as blossoming peach flowers, brilliant for a fleeting moment.

Scarlett Yates felt as though something exploded in her mind.

Then, her mind went blank.

Unable to think, incapable of thinking, she just stared at him blankly, seemingly too shocked to utter a single word.

He said he wanted to break the contract...

What does that mean?

A voice in her heart wanted to leap out, yet she desperately pushed it back down.

She was delighted, but also afraid...

Afraid that everything was merely her wishful thinking, afraid she misunderstood his intentions.