True Love Waits

Chapter 1168 Sleep With You

"What do 999 stars mean?" Matthew asked.

The two female employees looked at each other and one of them explained, "It's like giving someone 999 roses, but 999 hand-made stars mean more. It's a personal gift to the one you love."

Owen, who had come downstairs, happened to overhear Matthew talking to the two women. "Where did you buy these colorful plastic tubes for folding stars?" he asked.

The two employees became more and more confused, but they honestly answered his questions anyway. "I can't remember, exactly. Still, these plastic straws are pretty cheap. You can find them all over the place."

Hearing this, Matthew took out his wallet, pulled out a wad of bills and handed it to the girl on the right. "Buy me a thousand pieces. I want them on my desk by tomorrow, just before your shift starts." He found the best way to punish the naughty gal who called him "Matthew Xitala."

The girl stared at the stack of crisp hundreds he held in shock. It must be at least a few grand, at least. "No, I-"

"Not enough?"

As he asked, Matthew dipped his hand in his wallet once more. The woman waved her hand and tried to calm herself down. "No, Mr. Huo. It's not that expensive. I can buy tons of straws for a buck. It's my honor to buy something for you. I'll have it on your desk tomorrow morning."

Matthew took a look at the money in his hand, and then handed a thousand dollars to her. "Better use my cash. I'd never ask you to use your own money on something like this. Take it, and keep the change." Unable to refuse, the woman took the money and said, "Thank you, Mr. Huo."

"Thanks for your help." Matthew tucked his wallet in his back pocket and left, leaving the two female employees stunned. It took them a while to process what just happened.

They couldn't help but wonder if Matthew was going to fold stars himself and then give them to someone.

As soon as Matthew arrived at the door to the office of the financial manager, his phone began to vibrate in his pocket. He didn't intend to answer it, because what he was going to do was very important. But when he saw the caller's ID was the principal from Erica's school, he turned around and slid the answer key at once. "Hello, Mr. Zheng."

"Hello, Mr. Huo. I hope I'm not interrupting your work, but Mrs. Huo...caused trouble at school."

Matthew felt a headache coming on as he listened to the other man.

Meanwhile, Erica and Hyatt had bought a box of fish balls from a street vendor near the school. While they were eating, she got a call from Matthew. "Hi, what's up?" "Come to my office now!"

know that she was

"Yes!"

"Okay, on my way."

she flagged down a taxi and got in.

also bought a cup of hot and sour rice noodles from one of the vending machines. The smell hit Matthew's nostrils before he even stepped in his office. He wrinkled his nose. He stopped in his tracks and called Paige

the girl sitting in Matthew's chair, eating hot and sour rice

she saw Paige come in, Erica greeted her

"Mrs. Huo," she said

of the office, Paige told Matthew honestly, "Mr.

"I see." Then he walked

Sure enough!

noodles into her mouth using a pair of disposable chopsticks. When

Matthew wasn't sure he wanted to get any closer to her. "What are you eating?"

but after a few minutes of waiting, she got hungry. So she took the

the windows

noodles with her chopsticks and offered it to him.

decisively. It smelled

guess. I like it a lot!" She continued to

keep a healthy distance from the pungent smell. He got right down to business. "Did you make trouble at

know that I'd call it trouble. How'd you find out?" The girl took out a sheet of tissue and wiped

didn't seem to feel bad about what she did. "Why would you bring poisonous

they got inside. I was planning to throw them into a garden far away from your

in handy. She felt so happy when

slow down. Who did you say was going to be frightened by the spiders?" Matthew thought he must have

was afraid the spiders would frighten you. After all, you've mostly lived in the big city. You've never seen

Why else did he marry Erica then, if not to

arachnids. Secondly, your dad and I lived in the wilderness for a week. We only had three days worth of food, and had to figure how to find more. Know how old you were then?" 'Well...' No one knew better than Erica how cruel this training was. She had once gone there with her father and brother, but she ate the last

if he were presenting her with a precious treasure. Erica ran away from

couldn't catch up with