"Who are you? Who let you in?"

Lucy rubbed her eyes to see the person clearly, but the room was too dark for her to make out who had entered.

Seeing how alert Lucy was, Matthew was exasperated. It seemed she had mistaken him for an intruder.

Matthew said softly, "Lulu, it's me. I'm sorry for making you wait so long."

Like a startled rabbit, Lucy slowly relaxed when she heard Matthew's voice.

"Oh, it's you... I thought it was someone else..."

Lucy's mind was still foggy as she was barely awake. She slowly opened her eyes and wrapped her arms around Matthew's neck, nestling herself against his shoulder and closing her eyes again. Matthew's chest was warm, and his body heat made Lucy feel even more at ease.

""Lulu..."

Lucy did not respond this time. All Matthew could hear was her steady breathing in his ears.

Matthew chuckled helplessly.

"Lulu, you can't sleep here. You'll catch a cold and feel miserable tomorrow."

did she not listen, but she clung

could not catch her in time. In an annoyed tone, he said, "Lulu, wake up. You can sleep however

Lucy finally got up.

""You're finally up."

"Yeah..."

her hand from his neck, and he led

did he know

"Mom..."

believed that Gabriella's arrival was

but he

sparing them a glance, Matthew pulled Lucy to

his indifference, Gabriella

you treat your mother?" Gabriella was

to arrive? Am I still

at Lucy, who looked

to

the situation,

focus

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