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.

couldn't

"Yes!" Blair said firmly.

to have Matthew's baby? "That's not a problem. College students are allowed to have a

response proved to Matthew again that Ethan was not Erica's child. If Ethan was

dinner now!" Erica hung

to Matthew and stood across him. "Why do you think Mom is pushing us to have

vegetables into a plate and said,

How can I have a " Erica swallowed

again? I told everybody Ethan is my biological son. What do I do now?' She quickly lied to cover her slip-up. "I mean I already have Ethan. I don't want to

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

indifferently. "So you would rather have a baby with your ex

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 interested in it. If you want a baby, go give birth to a baby yourself. I want

on the

four sauteed dishes and one soup. After a bountiful meal, Erica rubbed

dishes cooked by Matthew were so delicious that she

and said,

you just hire a maid?" Unfortunately, the three maids had left with the baby

help out at home. Was he waiting

having outsiders around me

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

"Yes!"

think I should hire some maids

a single maid here in the 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

decided to shut her lips and watch him clean up the kitchen and dining