Chapter 602
One shouldn’t speak too carelessly on a snowy day. Looking at the snow outside the window, Matthias
thought, These are the kind of days that are perfect for snuggling. However, the heater in the car was
getting weaker. If they were still unable to find their way out, they might really need to send an SOS
message.
“The GPS isn’t helping at all.” Heather looked at the car’s GPS and felt that it was leading them to an
even more remote area.
“The petrol is running low.” Matthias was worried that the car would stop halfway.
“Should we call and seek help?” Heather actually sounded like she was gloating.
“It seems like you’re quite happy to run into a situation like this.” Matthias had never met a woman like
Heather. Ever since she arrived in Iceland, he had been taken aback by her every word and action.
Heather darted an indifferent glance at Matthias while wearing a half-smile. “Are you unhappy with
me?” From her perspective, Matthias had been nitpicking at her ever since they reached Iceland.
“How dare I?” Matthias quickly denied. As if testing Heather’s patience, he was growing bolder by the
minute. He even thought he would be safe in front of Heather no matter what he did.
In fact, he was right. Heather’s temper had gotten much better and she smiled more often now.
Besides, she wouldn’t simply blow up at Matthias anymore. Even if he stepped over the line, she would
let it pass and wouldn’t kick up a fuss like she used to anymore.
Despite his insensitivity, Matthias still noticed something was off. On the surface, it seemed like
Heather was making improvements, but in reality, it showed something was wrong. For some reason,
he was perturbed by the underlying issue. What’s with her sudden change of behavior? This question
had been bothering Matthias for a while now. Occasionally, he would wake up in the middle of the night
to check on Heather, who was not far away from him, for he was worried she would suddenly disappear
out of the blue.
“I wonder how things are in Bradfort City.” Heather suddenly thought of Bradfort City. After all, before
they went abroad, she had come across a woman, and she had a hunch that she would meet the
woman again soon.
Recently, Heather couldn’t stop thinking about the encounter. She felt that the appearance of the
woman was not a coincidence and the latter might be related to the mysterious party behind the scene.
In fact, she had just informed Leon about this matter via Messenger a while ago and hoped that he
could help her find out the real identity of that woman.
“If you’re worried about the situation in Bradfort City, we can head back earlier.” Matthias was willing to
end their vacation earlier. As much as he enjoyed the time spent with Heather recently, he too had
been troubled by some uncertainties, so he would rather head back to Bradfort City and face reality.
“Do you want to go back to Bradfort City?” Heather turned to look at Matthias. Actually, she already had
this thought long ago, but she hadn’t been able to make up her mind.
Matthias remained silent, so Heather regarded his non-denial as acquiescence. Naturally, she
understood Matthias’ thoughts, given that both of them were staring into each other’s eyes and reading
each other’s minds.
“There’s no way we can go back now. The planes won’t be able to take off on a snowy day.” Heather
retracted her gaze from Matthias and stared at the heavy snow through the window.
No one knew when the snow would stop. At this point in time, the decision of whether to go back or not
was not up to them but the weather instead.
“We can take a train to leave here and transit to a plane in another country.” Matthias felt like Heather
was still running away from the problem. There were plenty of solutions so why would she insist on
getting on a plane in Iceland?
“You can’t wait to go home, huh?” Heather was surprised because Matthias seemed to be rather
determined this time, and she didn’t know how to respond to him.
Matthias pulled up the car. “The petrol has run out.” They then decided to forgo asking for help as their
plan was to save the remaining bit of petrol for the heater to run.
On the other hand, Heather immediately dialed the emergency number, but when the police asked for
her exact location, she was at a loss for words. The GPS wasn’t working and they were currently at an
extremely remote place, so she didn’t know how to inform them about her location either.
Just then, Matthias took over her phone and started communicating with the police. After his narration,
the police quickly had a grasp of their location.
“I was today years old when I realized yet another skill of yours.” Heather smiled while gazing at
Matthias. The way he explained their location to the police was indeed interesting. Never would
Heather ever thought to explain it in such a way. Looks like Matthias is pretty quick-witted, she thought.
“I’ve learned some survival skills before.” In fact, Matthias had mentioned this before, but he decided to
emphasize it again.
It was only then that Heather recalled that fact. No wonder he sounded so professional just now. It
turns out that he has undergone some special training before. Now that she thought about it, the Locke
Family was indeed prudent, but she couldn’t understand why they would provide so much training to
the person in charge of the family. She had heard from Matthias quite a number of times about the
training he had undergone. He even had to excel in martial arts, which wasn’t something any ordinary
man would be able to endure.
“What exactly did the Locke Family go through for them to be so strict with you?” Given how strict
Matthias’ family was with him, Heather couldn’t even imagine how he could’ve tolerated it throughout
those years.
The training that was coerced onto Matthias by the Locke Family had already exceeded the endurance
limit of any ordinary person. Moreover, Matthias was thin and weak back then; he didn’t look like he
would be able to endure all of it at all. Hence, Heather was really surprised to see him equipped with all
these skills now.