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.
Chelsea muttered something on the other end of the phone, but Lucy could not make out what she was saying nor did she want to know what she was saying.If she did not know what Chelsea was saying, she would not have to endure her best friend’s accusations.Without hesitation, she hung up the phone, afraid that Chelsea would nag at her again.Chelsea was furious when she heard the dial tone. It seems like that son of a bitch had a bad influence on Lucy. She did not even give her the chance to talk to her.When they met up, Chelsea was going to give Lucy an earful.Matthew, who was eating slowly, put down his cutlery when he saw Lucy hang up. “Are you done?”“I’m done.” Lucy nodded.“Who was it?” Matthew had a dangerous smile on his face.“Chelsea. She called to ask me to go shopping with her at Glory Mall. Is there a problem?” Lucy looked confused.Matthew held his forehead helplessly. She had been so busy with work recently that Matthew had been waiting for when she was free t
After looking for her for a long time, she was still nowhere to be seen. Lucy found it strange as Chelsea had always been a punctual person. Why was she not here yet?Speak of the devil, there she was. Lucy’s eyes lit up when she saw her. She was about to go up to her, but she suddenly stopped in her tracks.Chelsea was with a man who looked to be about 180cm tall. He was wearing a beige trench coat, and he gave off Golden Retriever energy.Lucy grew stiff. Uh-oh. Did Chelsea bring her boyfriend over to get revenge for her PDA with Matthew last time? Lucy was filled with instant regret. Why did she blindly agree to Chelsea’s request? If she had known, she would not have come shopping with her. Even if she could not escape, she would have brought Matthew along. She was put in an extremely awkward position right now.Lucy’s feet were rooted on the ground while Chelsea and the man stood affectionately together. Chelsea held a cup of coffee in her hand, and the man was adjusting her
Women were peculiar creatures. If they did not see their friends for three days, it felt like they had not seen them for three years. After Lucy and Chelsea were done gossiping about their boyfriends, they got closer again. Hand-in-hand, they went to get a facial together.On the way there, Lucy got a little curious. “Chelsea, tell me the truth. As someone who has been single since birth, how did you find yourself a boyfriend so soon? Don’t tell me you found him on the streets.”Chelsea rolled her eyes at her. “You’re the one who found your husband on the streets.”Lucy was embarrassed. She did indeed pick her husband up on the streets. She was just lucky enough to have picked up a diamond.“How did you meet your boyfriend, then?”Chelsea sighed. “We were college classmates. You don’t know him because you went abroad.“He has been pursuing me for a long time, but I never accepted him.”Lucy looked at Chelsea in shock. “No way. What were you thinking, turning down a man like him?