True Love Waits

Chapter 1171 The Punishment

"What are you talking about?" Erica asked. As her eyes quickly glanced at Matthew, who was busy cooking for her, she was charmed at how handsome and thoughtful he looked while cooking.

"Do you really not understand what I am trying to say?" Blair's annoyance was getting obvious at this point. Even as a mother, Blair was beginning to have doubts as to whether her daughter really belonged in the twenty-first century or not.

"Understand what? Mom, why are you being so weird? What are you trying to say?"

Putting down the kitchen knife in his hand, Matthew looked at Erica and said calmly, "Mom wants to know if we've had slept together yet."

"Oh! But I told her that we sleep..." Erica paused, finally realizing what her mom was trying to say and quickly explained, "No, we haven't. I mean we share the same bed every night. That's all. We didn't do anything else."

It was just as Blair had guessed. "Why have you not slept together yet?" she asked.

'Huh? Why?' Erica, ridden with guilt, looked at Matthew and said, "Here is the thing. Matthew is a gentleman and he said that he would respect my boundaries!"

Matthew put the bowl of freshly washed vegetables aside and drew closer to Erica without being noticed. Then he said, "Don't make me sound like such a good guy. I'm not as good as you think." Erica was dumbstruck. "But that's exactly what you said!"

"Yes, I said it, but in that situation, I had no choice!" Matthew turned around and grabbed the bowl full of vegetables.

Blair had heard Matthew's words clearly and she closed her eyes, trying to suppress her anger. "Erica Li!"

Sensing her mother's displeasure, Erica's eyes widened. She glared at Matthew and said, "Mom, I heard you. You don't need to yell!"

"Are you trying to piss me off? Why haven't you consummated your marriage yet? Were you pretending to be shy the whole time? Matthew is your husband. I don't understand why you're behaving like this! Listen, I want you to get pregnant in two months!"

Blair spoke in a tone similar to Wesley's. Perhaps in the years they had spent together, some of their traits had rubbed off on each other.

months?" Erica couldn't believe her

"Yes!" Blair said firmly.

She wondered why her mother had come up with such a terrible idea all of a sudden. Most importantly, why was she rushing her to have Matthew's baby? "That's not a problem. College students are allowed to have a baby. Believe me, your studies will not

Matthew again that Ethan was not Erica's child. If Ethan was indeed Erica's child, she would have used him as an excuse to defend

day. I'm going to have dinner now!"

came to Matthew and stood across him.

put the chopped vegetables into a plate and said, "Well,

just a child myself. How can I have

cover her slip-up. "I mean I already have Ethan. I don't want to have another child right now. I think we

didn't I think to use Ethan as an excuse when I was

indifferently. "So you would rather have a baby with

about her not wanting to have a baby with him, but the first part of his remark was wrong because Erica and Tam were never lovers. However, in order not to expose her lie, she turned around and walked to the living room, pretending not to care. "Let's drop the topic. I'm not

on the topic

dinner. Matthew had prepared four sauteed dishes and one soup. After a

so delicious that she couldn't

at her and said, "Get

the three maids had left with

wouldn't hire a maid to help out at home. Was

outsiders around me all the time," Matthew

you..." Erica sounded like she had been wronged somehow. In truth, she never thought she would ever have to do housework. Glancing at her, Matthew asked, "Are you saying that I was wrong to ask you to contribute in

"Yes!"

should hire

villa? Suddenly, something occurred to Erica. She stared at the man with a look of surprise in her eyes and said, "Are you worried about having to pay their salaries?" Matthew was rendered speechless. 'Does she really think so badly about me?' He stood up silently, rolled up his sleeves and began to clear the table himself. Erica felt a little embarrassed when she saw him,

shut her lips and watch him clean up the kitchen and