Matthew should not have brought this up. He patted the back of his head regretfully, but he could not take back his words now. He had already told Lucy about it, and it was impossible to turn back time. He had no choice but to continue.“I asked the doctor to use a blood sample from your examination and compare it with the DNA extracted from Melanie's and Luna’s hair samples. The results show that you’re not blood-related at all,” Matthew stuttered. He could not even feel his mouth.Now that he finally managed to get the words out, he looked at Lucy nervously. He was afraid that she would faint from the shock.Lucy was stunned for a long time. Only when she came to her senses did she casually respond with an ‘oh’.Matthew found her reaction to be strange. “Lulu, why don’t you seem surprised?”She shook her head. “What else am I supposed to do? Act sad?”Matthew was at a loss. “Um… Shouldn’t you be sad?”“That’s how normal people would react.” Lucy looked at Matthew helplessly.
Matthew and Lucy hugged each other for a while before reluctantly letting go.He tidied her hair after it got messy and asked with concern, “Are you feeling okay?”She replied, “I’m fine. You don’t have to worry.”She was starting to get frustrated. Why was her boyfriend starting to feel more like a father figure to her?Unaware of her thoughts, Matthew was relieved to hear her say that everything was fine. He took Lucy’s hand and walked toward the villa’s backyard.Lucy looked at him in confusion. “Matt, where are you taking me?”Matthew turned and winked at her. “I’m not telling you. What do you think I’m going to do to you?”She was so mesmerized by his dashing looks that her face turned red and her heart skipped a beat. What on earth was his problem?Lucy stared at him blankly. How was he better at winking than her?“How would I know? I can’t read your mind,” she said while blushing.Looking at his wife’s face, Matthew’s smile grew wider. “Wifey, you're so cute that I’ll
When Lucy finally got it, she rolled her eyes at Matthew angrily.“I get it now. You rely on your money to woo women. You seem like you have a lot of experience.”After saying that, she lightly hit him. Matthew played along with her adorable flirting. He acted as if he was in pain, but he secretly liked it. “What are you talking about, wifey? I may be rich, but I don’t use it to woo women. I’ve only ever put in this much effort for you.”This man was too much…Lucy put down the hand that was about to hit him and covered her face instead. She could not possibly continue hitting him after hearing him say that.Seeing as Lucy had loosened her grip, Matthew took the opportunity and leaned closer to her face to steal a kiss. “Since you’re not hitting me anymore, that means that you’ve forgiven me.”“Don’t push it,” Lucy muttered, but he still did not move away. The two of them talked and laughed in the garden for a long time before returning to the villa.While stretching, Lucy said
After dinner, Matthew and Lucy sent Vito off while sweating profusely.Once he left, Lucy slumped onto the couch. “Mr. Vito is terrifying.”Matthew nodded as the fear lingered in him. The two of them only managed to calm down after a while.Speaking of Vito, Lucy suddenly remembered something. She turned to look at Matthew. “Matthew, Mr. Vito watched you grow up, right?”Matthew nodded. “Yes, Mr. Vito and I are like family.”“Does Mr. Vito have any children of his own?”Matthew shook his head.“Mr. Vito’s son and daughter were killed in a car accident…”“I’m sorry.” Lucy fell silent.“It’s okay. Mr. Vito isn’t here anyway. Just make sure not to mention it in front of him,” Matthew warned her.She nodded quickly and changed the topic. “Let’s not talk about Mr. Vito, then. Let’s talk about you.“Matt, I’ve lived with you for so long, but I’ve never seen your parents.”Matthew fell silent again. He did not speak for a while.She blinked at him blankly. Uh oh. Did she say some
”That’s basically how my family situation is. By the way, do you want me to help you find your biological parents?" Matthew looked at Lucy worriedly. The issue was clearly bothering her because she usually never mentioned her family.Lucy was startled by Matthew’s sudden words. “Find my biological parents?”She got a little excited at that moment, but after thinking about it, she calmed herself down and refused. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.”“Why not? Isn’t it better to find your biological parents?” Matthew could not understand.She hung her head down low. “I do want to find them, but if they abandoned me, they’re probably not going to welcome me.” Lucy smiled bitterly.Matthew looked at her in distress and comforted her when he was reminded of her congenital heart disease. “Don’t think that. Lulu, you've had the disease since you were born, and the doctor would’ve noticed it for sure. "The fact that you survived means that you were taken good care of. How could they not
”I have to shower first.”Lucy practically flew into the bathroom.She stood in front of the mirror, patting her red face. Why did she have to say that she wanted to sleep in Matthew’s room?There was no turning back now. Those words had already come out of her mouth.Even if Matthew wanted to do it, Lucy could not stop him since they were legally married now.After mentally preparing herself, Lucy took off her clothes and filled up the bathtub. She eased into the soothing warmth and felt her nerves relax. All the fatigue seemed to have melted away from her body.Thinking back on all the recent events, Lucy fell into a trance. So much had happened.She could barely remember how she lived previously…Now, all she could think about was the time she spent with Matthew. It felt like her life had only truly begun once she encountered him.Lucy closed her eyes. Before she knew it, she fell asleep in the bathtub.Matthew sat outside the room with a notebook in his hand, dealing with
Matthew tried to buckle her bra clumsily for a long time, but he could not do it! In the end, Matthew gave up. Forget it, Lulu could do it herself tomorrow morning.Matthew just simply put the nightgown on Lucy.After that, he pulled the blanket over her and wrapped her up like a pupa. Then, he climbed into bed and held Lucy in his arms. It was not that he wanted to hold her over the blanket, but he was worried that if he held her directly, he would not be able to control himself.That was not the outcome Matthew wanted. Lucy had not wholeheartedly put her trust in him yet, so he did not want to force her.Early the next morning, Lucy woke up from the heat.She opened her eyes in a daze and caught sight of Matthew’s face.She was getting used to seeing his face every day.However, she was not used to being tightly wrapped up in a blanket. She looked down in silence, feeling a sense of despair.Did she pull the blanket over to her side last night? How was she supposed to get out
Unable to outsmart Matthew, Lucy angrily stuffed breakfast into her mouth until it was all gone.Just as she was about to swallow her last bite, she choked.She coughed loudly while holding onto the edge of the dining table.Matthew immediately came over to pat her back and hand her a glass of waterOnce she drank all of it, she felt much better.“Are you okay, wifey?” Matthew looked at her 'worriedly'.Lucy rolled her eyes at him. “It’s your fault for making me choke!”He nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes. It’s all my fault.”The dining table seemed to have become the go-to place for teasing, with moments of joyous banter every day.The two bantered for a while before Matthew sat down to have breakfast. Halfway through breakfast, Lucy’s phone rang with a buzz.She warily looked at her phone and saw that it was Chelsea calling.She was relieved that it was not an unknown number again, so she answered it.“Hello, is this Lulu?”Chelsea’s energetic voice came from the other end.