True Love Waits

Chapter 1258 You Ghost

'Crying, making a scene and threatening to kill herself... This woman goes nuts when she's drunk, ' Matthew sighed inwardly.

He stood under the tree, hands in his pockets. He warned Erica coldly, "Fine. If you die, you won't be Mrs. Huo anymore. So go ahead-I'll grab Phoebe and we'll be married in no time!" That was one reason why he hadn't done anything about Phoebe. The mere mention of her name could irritate Erica.

Erica lowered her head and glared at him. Her big eyes were full of anger. He knew this was going to happen. "You asshole!" she growled. "You want to make someone else your Mrs. Huo? In your dreams!" Matthew was patient, his tone even. Now things were going his way. "Then get down from there. That way, you'll still be my wife."

"Get down? What do you think I am? A monkey?"

Matthew replied decisively, "No. Let me guess-you're stuck!"

Erica roared, "If you don't believe me, you'll have to come up here yourself. I can't get down from here!" She felt quite dizzy! She could see three Matthews waiting for her by the tree.

The man's lips twitched. He took two steps forward and stretched out his arms. "Just great," he said in a frustrated tone. "Jump! I'll catch you."

Erica was just too dizzy at this point. So she decided to unwrap one arm from around the tree. She hung by her other arm briefly, then scrunched her eyes tightly and dropped, confident Matthew could catch her.

It went worse than either of them intended. Matthew did catch her in his arms, but was knocked to the ground by the impact. She landed on top of him, and the man grunted, wincing in pain.

When he opened his eyes again, he saw the giggling woman. She was laying on top of him, hugging the poor man. "A little warning, next time?" he said between gritted teeth. "You almost crushed me." Last time she tried this, she jumped from the stone wall on the riverbank. It was about a meter up, and he caught her easily. She was easily twice that high when she climbed the tree.

As stubborn as ever, Erica said, "You said you were going to catch me, so I trusted you!"

Matthew didn't know what to say in return. How could he not catch her? If she slipped through his arms, or he didn't get to her in time, she'd be hurt. And that was something his heart could not bear. The bodyguards held back their laughter and helped the two up. Matthew carried the woman in his arms and strode into the villa.

He set her down once they got inside. In an angry tone, he ordered her, "Walk by yourself!"

a glance at him, shivering. "What the hell? Why are you yelling at me? You are definitely not Matthew Huo. My Matthew wouldn't be so mean to me. Tell me who you are!" To emphasize her point, she grabbed

"Erica-"

I am. Tell me! Who the hell are you?" She raised her fist and shook

to explode at the girl. "Sounds like

are

landed right on his nose, sending stars of pain into

but after the pain had cleared some, warm liquid flowed

Matthew touched the liquid. It was

He didn't scream at her, to

again and brought it down on his shoulder. "Now I know you're a

he didn't want to hurt her, so he just stood there and took it.

slippers and trudged to the living room to find a tissue to

up with him and punched him in the back. It landed with a hollow thud. "Go away, spirit! Give my handsome husband back! Damn it! Go to

much good. As soon as he thought he was done, a rivulet of fresh blood made its way out of his nostril

him wasn't slowing down. Fist

"You're full of energy tonight!" This was getting ridiculous. If he didn't teach her a lesson tonight, he

gonna keep pounding you till you give Matthew back!" Erica was

grabbed her wrists, and warned in a

Damn

his arm and put one of his hands on her head. She could swing all she wanted, but she was too far away from him. Inside the bathroom, Matthew turned on the tap

bathroom, craning her neck from time to time to catch a glimpse of the man washing

the tissue into the trash can and walked out of

was at the door, he

he did it on

went numb. She covered it