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!

his room, she was familiar with the

the window again. It was locked shut, so there was no way anyone could be

was Matthew acting so nervous? Lucy scratched her

to find the evidence after searching every corner of his room. He could not 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

searched the entire room again, but

Until...

suddenly pulled out a washboard from somewhere in the

this washboard come

"Huh?

not knowing how

to hand wash clothes, we could just put them in the basket and the helpers would take them away. Why did you

hand from now on, which is why I bought

you think that I'd

Matthew froze. "W-Why not?"

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