Matthew could no longer keep the smile on his face. "Wifey..."

He looked at Lucy pleadingly.

Internally, he was thinking, 'Don't go in. I beg you, please. I still want to keep my dignity.'

Lucy's face was expressionless when she looked at him...

She was wondering if he was hiding something. What was he hiding from her? Was someone else in this house?

Lucy was having all sorts of thoughts, but she did not question him just yet. She had to see it to believe it. She would not act like how Matthew did that morning, angering her by wrongly accusing her without any proof.

With a gulp, she searched his room.

Lucy looked under the bed, in the closet, behind the curtains, and behind the door.

The more she searched, the more confused she was. There was nothing!

had been sleeping in his room, she was familiar with the room's layout. There

It was locked shut, so there was no way anyone could be hiding in here

so nervous? Lucy scratched

help but sigh in relief, and he put a smile on his face again. "Wifey, see? I'm not

on his face made her uneasy. He had to be hiding something from her, but she just could

searched the entire room again,

Until...

pulled out a washboard

this washboard

"Huh? The

knowing how

washing machines? Even if we wanted to hand wash clothes, we could just put them in the

cold sweat. "Wifey, I just think we need to be more self-reliant. I think we should wash the expensive custom-made clothes by hand from now on, which is why I bought a washboard." He truly admired his

"Matthew, do you think

Matthew froze. "W-Why not?"

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