Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

569 I Can Protect You, Too

Late at night, all of them returned to Peace and Karl's house after their adventure. Except for Matthew, the kids were all tired and quickly went to bed. At the same time, the adults gathered to talk about their experiences over the past few days

Isabella told them about what she saw while following Maria earlier In brief, "Anyways, Maria met a strange Azul Group employee at the construction site and later collaborated with him to frame Matthew

Tammy and | happened to witness it.”

Peace couldn't hold back her rage any longer after hearing the story

She slapped the table hard and asked, "Why would Maria do such a thing? Matthew trusted her so much! How could she be so shameless and become a traitor?!"

Then, they turned to look at Matthew, who had remained silent the entire time. Matthew was only sixteen years old, but he possessed the maturity of an adult. At the moment, he was sitting on the sofa with a frown, and he was seemingly lost in thought

Anna's heart broke when she saw Matthew being like this. She thought, Matthew, you’ve taken on too much responsibility for your age

Right now, your peers are stillin high school. And yet, you have to manage a huge group while youre supposed to be partying with kids at your age

Do you know that that | often wonder why your father would ask you to manage such a large group? Yeah... Sometimes, | even want to scold him for being "an irresponsible father’ But, he’s not the only one to be blamed

for it After all, |’m not a good mother, either

Heaving a long sigh, Anna walked to Matthew's side, took his hand,

568 | Can Protect You, Too and said, "I'm sorry, Matthew. It's entirely my fault."

"No, mom. This is not your fault," Matthew said softly

"But you wouldn't have believed Maria if | hadn't arranged for her to be your secretary."

"It is not your fault, Mom. | should have known she was that type of person. And | should’ve dealt with her a long time ago," Shaking his head, Matthew said helplessly

Peace, who was crossing her arms, chipped in with a pout, "Why are you both blaming yourselves? Stop arguing! It's all Maria's

| should have told you about what

long time, finally asked,

eyes and expression, Anna could tell what Matthew was thinking. She then stroked his hair and said, "Don't worry about my

know," Matthew replied with a

to be worried about

my lawyer

me help you in gathering evidence," Ryan, who sat in

it, Uncle

it’s all set, then. Good night, Matthew. You need a

Can Protect You,

Goodnight, Mom." With that, Matthew took

He noticed Tammy dozing on the couch as soon as he pushed open the door. Tammy was swaying because she wasn't sitting

the ground, Matthew then approached her and shook her arm. As soon as he got close to Tammy, she opened her eyes,

at Tammy curiously. Then he asked, "Why are you waiting for me? Don't you think you should be sleeping right

you! Okay, a quick question for you. What really happened at the race

Tammy. He had the

trouble. Still, as your big brother, | enjoy cleaning the messes you made. And as your big brother, / love and care about you very much, Tammy. In

on too much responsibility. | will never do anything so risky again. Thank you for protecting me, Matthew. | want to tell you that | can also protect you," Tammy sobbed as she

brought Matthew back to

part of her heart, bringing him comfort and

in that town's hospital. And Maria visited me there. | fell

| can survive

ankle still bother you? Is that why you’re crying nonstop?" Matthew asked in a

| just overheard your

Maria be so cruel to

suspicions about her before, but | wasn't sure. Well, Maria