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!

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

the window again. It was locked shut, so

was Matthew acting so nervous? Lucy scratched her

after searching every corner of his room. He could not help but sigh in relief, and he put a smile on his

his face made her uneasy. He had to be hiding something from her, but she just could not

entire room again, but she

Until...

out a washboard

this

"Huh? The

knowing how

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

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

you think that I'd believe

Matthew froze. "W-Why not?"

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