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 believe her

"Yes!" Blair said firmly.

Matthew's baby? "That's not a problem. College students are allowed to have a baby. Believe me, your studies will

If Ethan was indeed Erica's child, she

to have dinner now!" Erica hung up the phone before Blair

relief, Erica came to Matthew and stood across him. "Why do you think Mom is pushing us

chopped vegetables into a

a child myself. How can I have

biological son. What do I do now?' She quickly lied to cover her slip-up.

brilliant! Why didn't I think to use Ethan as an excuse

glanced at her indifferently. "So you would rather have a baby with

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,

fixate on

one soup. After a bountiful meal, Erica

cooked by Matthew were so delicious that she couldn't help herself from

cast a scornful glance at her and said, "Get up and

left with the baby when

to help out at home. Was he waiting

to having outsiders around me all the time," Matthew

you to do the housework for you..." Erica sounded like she had been wronged somehow. In truth, she never thought she would ever

"Yes!"

think I should hire some

"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, so

lips and watch him clean up the