My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)

Selina figured it was best if they could find somewhere quiet to talk.

They went into a restaurant and requested a VIP room.

A VIP room was a private room and it was separated from the rest of the guests in the restaurant. Hence, they could talk freely without any disturbance. Selina ordered some snacks.

She began to eat it as soon as it was served.

Although they were in the private room, Yesseca hadn't spoken a word. Besides, she had had a solemn expression all the while.

Selina then handed a snack to her and said, "Try some of this. It's pretty good."

Selina did not want the atmosphere to be tense nor heavy.

She hoped that the conversation with Yesseca would be in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

But Yesseca was not in the mood to eat.

She shook her head and said, "I don't feel like eating."

Selina then shoved the shrimp into her mouth instead. "So, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Yesseca struggled a little.

After a while, she looked into Selina's eyes seriously as she said, "I want to talk to you about someone called Essie Clark." Selina's eyes widened.

At first, Yesseca thought it was because Selina was surprised.

But soon she realized that it wasn't a surprise in her expression.

It seemed that Selina wasn't surprised, but more of...

Yesseca couldn't describe the look on Selina's face.

She asked anxiously, "What's wrong, Selina?"

Selina replied in a hushed voice, "I don't exactly know why, but I feel a little uncomfortable."

Selina tried to lift her hand but to her surprise, she couldn't raise her arm whatsoever.

Selina felt as if all of her energy was being sapped away from her.

Her eyes widened even more, "Yesseca, I-what's wrong with me? I feel lethargic and tired as if my energy is draining out of me."

Yesseca panicked.

She got closer to Selina, "What's wrong?"

Selina took a deep breath and said softly, "I think something's wrong with my body. Please call for help."

Yesseca immediately wanted to rush out of the room to call for help.

Just then, the room's door opened.

A woman then walked in.

She then closed the door of their room.

Like Selina, Yesseca's eyes widened in astonishment.

That was because it was Essie that had walked in.

"You, you..." Yesseca cried out involuntarily.

Essie looked at Yesseca coldly. "You didn't expect me to be here right? You traitor, you promised that you would drug Selina but you didn't. Thank God I have been following you both and had the opportunity to drug Selina instead. You incompetent imbecile!" Yesseca's head buzzed.

"Essie, what on earth do you want?!"

"What do I want?" Essie suddenly pulled out a knife. The sharp blade of the knife glimmered under the lights. "I want to take out her heart today. Her heart that belongs to Lothar."

Yesseca stood in front of Selina without thinking, trying to protect her from Essie. "I won't let you hurt her!"

Just then, Selina spoke. "Why did you drug me? Why... the knife?" She looked at Essie confusedly, with questions written all over her face.

Essie stared at her coldly. "Because I want to take your heart out. Your heart belongs to Lothar, and I'll return it to him."

Selina was just bewildered to hear that from Essie. "Why... why would you think of that? Lothar is already dead. What's wrong with you?"

Essie's eyes darkened. "Dead? That's because you took his life away!"

Taking a deep breath, Selina tried to speak calmly, "Essie, you knew what happened back then. Lothar had only a few days left to live. That was the only reason why I accepted his request to have his heart transplanted into me." Essie said nothing.

However, she looked at Yesseca and asked, "Yesseca, do you believe what she said?"

Selina was being thrown off her bearing hearing the conversation between Essie and Yesseca.

She didn't know that Essie and Yesseca knew each other.

Yesseca's gaze wavered.

She looked at Essie and then at Selina. Finally, she declared, "I believe Selina."

A cold glint flashed across Essie's eyes. "Yesseca, your brother was killed by Selina. Selina was the one that stole your brother's heart. Your brother is dead because of Selina."

Disbelief flashed through Selina's eyes.

In her impression, Essie had always been a good person.

But right now, her impression of Essie wasn't adding up with the person that was spewing accusations and spinning nonsense right in front of her.

Selina couldn't help but roar, "Essie, what are you talking about?!"

She then fixed her gaze on Yesseca and asked, "How do you know her?"

Yesseca couldn't help but stagger a step back.

Something then flashed across Selina's mind.

Although she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she had always been smart and was always able to pick on things fast. Though she didn't know exactly what had happened, she could feel that something was definitely going wrong here. Selina then looked at Essie and said, "Essie, why are you gibbering on about such things? And what did you tell Yesseca to lead her on?"

Essie's eyes turned colder. "I'm not gibbering. It's a fact that you killed Lothar!"

Selina felt a surge of emotion welling up in her chest.

She then bellowed angrily, "Why are you trying to bend the truth?"

Essie did not speak. She just sneered.

Selina knew that it was impossible to keep things from Yesseca anymore since it had come to this, She didn't know why Essie had

decided to spout such nonsen ne

all

of a sudden. She was sure that Essie had said something to Yesseca previously to mislead her,

No wonder Yesseca had been out of herself lately.

She thought it was because that she had had an argument with Kylin.

But now she knew better.

It had nothing to do with Kylin.

It probably was Essie's fault.

Selina tried to hold down her confusion regarding

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Essie and settled her eyes on Yesseca, "I've indeed lied when I told you that your brother went missing in the sea. At that time, he only had a few days left to live. And it was at that time I was gravely ill too. Your brother knew and decided to donate his heart to me as he knew he was on the verge of dying. He hoped that he could save my life with his remaining days. Besides, he wanted me to keep this from you as he didn't want you to know."

Yesseca said nothing.

Her eyes trembled.

Essie then raised her voice, "She's lying, Yesseca. Everything she said was a lie. Don't buy her story. It's just too ridiculous. Your brother was fit and healthy, but Selina was selfish and wanted for herself to live longer so she stole your brother's heart."

Selina saw red after hearing Essie's words.

Back then, Lothar had really had only a few days left to live. She had been so hesitant about accepting his heart although Lothar had offered it to her. But right now, Essie was just bending the truth. Selina couldn't help but yelled, "Essie, you were there too. You were the one who transplanted Lothar's heart into me. How could you say what you just said?"

Essie felt like she had been hit.

Yes, she was indeed the one who did the transplantation.

She was the one that had took Lothar's heart out of his chest and transplanted it in Selina's chest.

And that was the worse regret that Essie ever had in her life.

Which was why she wanted to make up for it now.

In a sudden motion, she lifted her hand up high, with the knife glinting in the air, "Enough of this nonsense, Selina. I will remove your heart now and return it to its owner."

Selina tried to stand up to defend herself.

She felt that Essie was no longer the Essie she knew before.

The Essie in front of her was completely insane.