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, she was familiar with the room's layout. There seemed to be no

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

was Matthew acting so nervous? Lucy scratched her

the evidence after searching every corner of his room. He could not help but sigh

made her uneasy. He had to be

the entire room again, but she

Until...

pulled out a washboard from somewhere in

where did this

"Huh?

knowing how

could just put them in the basket and the helpers would take

be more self-reliant. I think we should wash the expensive custom-made clothes by hand from now on, which is why I

"Matthew, do you think that

Matthew froze. "W-Why not?"

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