"Are you feeling better now?" Nadia asked after holding Mathew in her hands for a while.
Mathew blinked his eyes a few times, trying to get rid of the tears that welled up in his eyes without actively wiping them off with his hand. He then lowered his eyelids, closing his eyes for a moment.
"Yeah," he finally said after a short while before raising his hands to Nadia's hips and gently moving her a bit away, freeing himself from her hug. "I'm sorry. So many things happened so quickly that I just got a tad confused, that's all," he stated.
"If that's the excuse you want to go with, I'm fine with that," Nadia muttered as a slight hint of dissatisfaction appeared on her face right as he took a step back and rested her hands on her hips. She then gave Mathew a long, judging stare. "But it wouldn't hurt if you allowed yourself to be vulnerable for once," she pointed out.
