True Love Waits

Chapter 1116 She Runs Really Fast

"She's messed with Dad more times than I can count. Later, when she grew a bit older, she started doing the same to me. Every time I took her out of her playpen to play with her, she'd put her foot in my mouth. If you ask me how I got so strong and tall, I can tell you my secret-it's because I ate my sister's toejam," Gifford said.

"Hahaha." The crowd burst into laughter.

Matthew, on the other hand, wasn't laughing. He showed no emotion at all, as if pretending not to hear Gifford talking about his new bride.

"When Rika got older, Mom began to lose control over her youngest daughter. She'd argue about the smallest things, and was able to find the loophole in anything you said. She should have studied to be a lawyer. Of course, people usually couldn't do anything but give in, because she was really cute when she was like that. My dad was the only one in our family who could somehow intimidate Rika. Fortunately, Dad had retired from the military and had time to pull on the leash. Ever since I can remember, my sister spent all her time running all over creation, while my father spent all his chasing after her. By the way, Matthew, you need to hear this. Rika was probably a rabbit in her previous life, because she runs really fast now. You better get good at running whenever you have time. She likes to run off when she makes a mistake, rather than owning up to it."

Matthew remained silent, while the guests burst into laughter again.

Gifford seriously waved his hand to them and said, "I'm not kidding. My father was a good runner even before she was born. With Rika around, he learned to run even faster. Once, he chased after a thief who rode a scooter downtown. The thief couldn't go flat out without running into cars, but he was still fast. But my dad managed to catch up with it. So, you can imagine how fast my sister runs!"

On that day, Gifford told Matthew a lot of things about Erica, and at the end he emphasized, "Don't tell Rika that I told you this. She doesn't get mad, she gets even."

"Okay," Matthew replied curtly.

Gifford didn't know if Matthew was listening or not. That poker face didn't tell him anything about what was going on in Matthew's mind.

At Pearl Villa District

A mysterious figure made his way to the third floor bedroom and pushed it open, silently. There was only one person inside the room, standing in front of the windowsill, talking on the phone. Her voice was sad "I know I said I'd marry you, but everything's changed. I have a kid now. I married someone else, too, and he's not even the baby's father. So, I'm sorry. Hyatt, I can't marry you!"

to Erica would think she was a

a child with another guy,

like Erica was a

Matthew quietly walked across the soft carpet and came to

saw a figure out of the corner of her eye. She was so scared that she almost dropped the phone. She looked at the figure and realized that it was Matthew. She put a hand to her mouth and stifled her

person on the other end of the phone, "Well, talk with you next

door, she leaned against the wall, gasping for breath, trying

listened carefully for any noise in the bedroom. If Matthew was still there, he was so quiet she had no idea what he was

took a deep breath and sighed in relief. She went to the mirror, found the makeup remover and pressed the top of the bottle a few times. Then she

married a guy who was about

she might get the niggling suspicion her

them. He had given everything to Erica. Moreover, her parents also

amazing. Grand and romantic. So romantic, in fact, that Erica, who had no feelings for Matthew, had a tinge

her father, but he offered her hand to Matthew, and he took it. It was so comforting, her small hand in Matthew's large one. Her heart skipped a

her hand, her legs felt weak when he kissed her, and

startled when she suddenly opened her eyes

man in the mirror

did she hear nothing when he walked in? He didn't make

well made, or

didn't answer her question but said, "Go ahead and

I'm doing? Mowing the