True Love Waits

Chapter 1185 The Warmest Man

Erica thought Matthew hadn't heard her, so she hurried over and stood in front of him. Donning a sweet smile, she began, "Matthew, I have a question for you." The man was still silent.

But this time Erica was sure that he had heard her he just didn't want to talk. All the same, she went on. "Matthew, do you care about three thousand dollars?" Hearing this, Matthew tossed the rag into the sink and said, "I care."

She pulled a long face. "What? You care about three thousand dollars? Isn't it said that a CEO can make a hundred million dollars in a minute?"

Matthew was as curt as ever. "Yes."

"Then why do you still care about three thousand?" she pouted.

Matthew didn't mind talking nonsense with her for a while. "Because I still have to keep track of my money and take care of it. Do you mean that I should just take three thousand dollars and give it to some random stranger on the street, and think nothing of it?"

"No, no, of course not. I mean... You can't randomly give money to strangers, but you can give it to me!" Finally it was out in the open.

'So, she beat around the bush before asking for three thousand dollars?' Matthew thought. 'Is my wife so poor?' Pretending to be confused, he asked, "Why should I give three thousand dollars to you? Have you used up all your money already?"

Embarrassed, Erica lowered her head, but her lips held a trace of a smile. "Here is the thing... I went shopping with your mom today and bought some lipsticks. They cost three thousand dollars! And that's so expensive! Three thousand! It's just the cost of a breakfast for you, but for a poor student like me, that's my living expenses for a month! So, can you reimburse your dear wife for this, um, little mistake?" With some effort, Matthew kept from snorting out loud. 'Is she the kind of poor student who lives on three thousand dollars a month? Does she really expect me to believe this?'

It took this for him to see that his wife really was a miser!

"What, have you used up all the money I gave you before?" he asked.

"No, I don't want to use that up at all." Erica was being entirely honest here.

She had bought the lipsticks with the money that Gifford had given her before. After this expenditure, there was only a little left over.

With a smile in his eyes, Matthew asked, "Ah, so you're saving up for your five sons in the future?" He hadn't forgotten her great wish to have five sons with him-and to leave him penniless.

shivered. "I can't afford to raise

When he came out, Erica, who had given up asking him

He followed her.

the bed. He took out a check, wrote on it for a minute, and went and offered it to her. He said, "Here. You can come to me for

up, but she was not in a hurry to take the check. She tilted her head and squinted at the check, making sure she had read it right. "One, two, three...

what you said!" Three hundred thousand was pocket

who's silly and rich!' She covered her collar tightly with both hands, fearing that he would go back on

Matthew told her, "No. Just ask for the reimbursement

of her collar and kissed it again and again. "Matthew, I love you so much!" But,

you say just now?" her husband asked over

good mood, Erica didn't mind saying something nice to him. "I said, Matthew, you're

eyebrow. "If I hadn't given you this check today, would you

to be realistic.

the future, the only thing that could

say, Matthew turned and disappeared into

later, he emerged with a little brocade box in his hand. Pretending to be very casual, he tossed it onto the bed before his wife, saying, "A friend of mine just designed a pair of stud

very exquisite-looking cheetah-shaped earrings. The eyes were made of pink-colored diamonds, and the other materials looked to be platinum and transparent jewels. The style presented a combination of hardness and

one of the earrings out and

take them if you want. I'll

it must be very expensive. I can't just take these." Erica carefully put the ear stud back into the brocade box and brought it to him, her face serious. "They're so precious. Return them to your friend as soon as you

At times like this, he really wanted to just throw her out of the villa. "I don't have to return them. They're already mine," he explained. "What? Did he just give them to you? Are you going to give them to your goddess?" That was what Erica said when she didn't want

'My goddess...'

to answer. At last his impatience showed itself, and he glowered down at the box. "She doesn't

give them to her instead. Instantly, she

driving him crazy. 'Didn't she like them very much just a minute ago? And isn't she always frugal? She never likes me wasting things.'