A Journey from Bitterness to Truth (Matilda and Yvan) novel Chapter 257

Ella's whole body convulsed as she desperately shook her head, trying to escape, but the shadows drew nearer and nearer—

The night swallowed everything.

...

Matilda met Yvan exactly one week later.

It happened during the company's ribbon-cutting ceremony. Baxter walked in with Hala on his arm, while Luna and Yoshi stood side by side. Matilda and Orson, looking every bit the couple, mingled through the crowd.

Luna turned to Yoshi and quipped, "Yoshi, you clean up pretty nice. Like some heartthrob from a foreign drama."

With his single eyelids and straight nose, he did bear a resemblance to those heartthrobs.

Yoshi, a bit vain, boasted, "Well, back in high school, there were girls crushing on me."

Hala rolled her eyes from the sidelines, "Oh, please. We were in the same high school. When I was rocking it as the student council president, you were busy playing errand boy."

Yoshi's face soured, "Can we not dig up ancient history, please?"

Baxter and Luna couldn't help but laugh. The conversation turned to Luna's family, leaving Matilda a bit puzzled, "So, Luna, your full name is... Luna Layton?"

Luna's face turned a shade of green, "I'll never understand why my parents gave me that name. Let's skip my last name, shall we? How about we go back to Yoshi's errand boy days?"

Yoshi looked like he was about to start a brawl with Luna, "You just love bringing up my past! Baxter, you weren't immune either, remember when fans called you 'the world's number one noob' before you won that championship?"

"Right, right," Yoshi, matching Hala's suit color as if they had coordinated, confirmed, "Let's head out, it's time for the red carpet, Your Majesty."

Hala linked arms with Yoshi and headed off to meet the press, while Matilda and Orson followed suit. Baxter and Luna were right behind them when they noticed Cyprian fuming in the crowd, holding back an urge to charge.

"Mr. Layton, take it easy! This is being live-streamed across the internet!"

"I can't stand this! That's my sister! And who's that guy with her?!"

Unable to contain his protective brotherly instinct, he blurted out, "I'll knock him out! Damn it!"

"That's the boss of their studio. Rumor has it he was a world champion esports player," one of his associates explained, "The young miss works at a gaming studio now."