"I'm gonna head out. You two have fun. Bye, Lucy," Chelsea said. She then turned and walked away.

Matthew beamed at Lucy.

Feeling his gaze, Lucy bashfully looked down.

"Matthew... Maybe we should head home..." she murmured.

Seeing her like this, Matthew's smile grew even wider.

...

Once home, Lucy dove into her design work with her usual passion. She was a designer, and she could not slack off like before. Suddenly, Lucy's phone buzzed.

It was a notification from Hudson. Lucy was over the moon, quickly accepted it, and started jumping around with joy. Matthew walked in just in time to see her giggling to herself.

He strode over, grabbed the phone from her hands, and saw the name-Hudson. Another message popped up: [Hi Lucy.]

At that moment, Matthew's mood turned sour, his face clouding over with a frown.

still beaming, finally noticed

what's the matter?" Lucy was

"Is it really necessary to

Lucy understood why Matthew

"Absolutely, and if my draft gets approved, I'll have to start working at

stormy at her words, almost as if a cloud had settled

just work from

I've finally found a hobby I love..." Lucy's voice was tinged with a hint of sadness. Matthew hated to hear her sound so downhearted,

agreement, she quickly

"Thank you, Matthew."

know what to say, so he just hugged her

then, Lucy's phone pinged

Matthew, "Hudson wants me to come in for

not thrilled, but he nodded

...

next day, Matthew headed off to the

sound of the alarm, got ready, and set

breakfast waiting on the table, along with a note from Matthew: [Lucy, have

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