Chapter 13 Suspicious Keys

Neither I nor Melanie spoke in the elevator. She pouted and lowered her head while leaning against the elevator wall. Frankly, I couldn’t be bothered to engage with her. Although her brother often spoiled her, I

never had the patience.

When we reached Matthew’s office, he was indeed in a meeting. One of his employees saw me and Melanie and called Matthew out. Matthew seemed shocked as his gaze shifted between our faces before

stopping at me.

After some thought, he asked, “What are you-”

“Did I embarrass you? Why should I dress up since I only went to the market?” I interjected, knowing what he was about to say. Irritated, I retorted, “Pass me the keys. Ava’s still asleep.”

Immediately after, Matthew rushed to his desk and retrieved the keys from his bag to hand them to me,

saying, “Didn’t you ask Mel to send them to you?”

me the keys? Pretending to be Mrs. Murphy here seems more important than passing me the keys. You should

spare Melanie’s feelings this time.

I needed to rush home

cab home.

to my house, my in–laws‘ house, and

few places in the east of town that specialized in key duplication, so I chose

Matthew returned not long after I got home.

I

was worried she would wake up and cry,” Matthew

yet, right?”

heard Matthew’s voice and woke

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over with a radiant smile. He crouched and looked at Ava. “Hello,

my sweetheart.”

ice cream!” Ava licked her lips and looked

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