Chapter 163

"Do you really think you know Matthew?" Oliver couldn’t let it go. He switched tactics and pressed again, "Do you know anything about those years he spent in Veloria? That he used to be a top-ranking member of a gang? That he's been accused of murder? Have you seen the scars on his body? Or the tattoo on his waist?" The questions tumbled out one after another, stirring up the restlessness Oliver had been suppressing. But he also knew—getting Serena to walk away from Matthew wasn’t something that could be rushed. Right now, Matthew was her rock, her whole world. As Serena realized Oliver was still harping on Matthew again, her face tightened. After a moment of hesitation, she cut straight to the point, "Did something bad happen between you two? Weren’t you classmates or something?" She had long suspected something went down between them—Matthew always shut down at the mention of Oliver. "Kind of. We were classmates," Oliver said with a small smile, "But we were never close. Back then in