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!"

Tell me who you are!" To emphasize her point, she grabbed the man's collar, and her eyes

"Erica-"

are you?" She

take her threat seriously. He buried his anger. It wouldn't do to explode at the girl. "Sounds like you need

boss? God, you are so arrogant!

right on his nose, sending stars of pain into his

pain had

touched the liquid. It was

at the drunken woman. He didn't scream at

She was thoroughly pissed off now. She raised her fist again and brought it down on his shoulder. "Now I know you're a ghost. Get out of his body now!

knew she was out of control. But he didn't want to hurt her, so he just

and trudged to the living room to find a tissue to wipe his bloody

punched him in the back. It landed with a hollow thud. "Go away, spirit!

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

him wasn't slowing down. Fist after fist hit

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

keep pounding you till you give Matthew back!" Erica was tired.

He grabbed her wrists, and warned in a deep voice,

go of me! Damn you, ghost! Let

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 and looked at himself in the mirror. He used

door of the bathroom, craning her neck from

threw the tissue into the trash can and walked out

the door, he bumped into

told, he

hands on her knees, her head bumped right into his tough abdominal muscles. Her nose went numb. She covered it and