Take My Breath Away

"What are you talking about?" Erica asked.

Matthew looked at her coldly. It seemed like she hadn't taken him seriously.

Erica's hands trembled in anger. 'What is wrong with this man?'

If he continued to act this way without explaining the reason for his bad mood, she was really going to blow up.

"I'm not kidding! If you need my help again, come to me after we have become a real couple!" he declared.

Erica wanted to yell back, "Fine! I don't need any favors from you!"

But she couldn't yell at this man. Tessie's and Lenora's lives were in his hands. She said instead, "You don't have to be so mean. I just wanted to ask you something, Matthew."

The man retorted expressionlessly, "I am mean? All I want is to exercise my right as a husband!"

Erica was confused now. Hadn't she already promised to consummate their marriage on his birthday? Was he angry because he had to wait? It couldn't be. They had reached an agreement on that, and he seemed okay with it.

Seeing the frown on her face, Matthew turned around and walked to the bathroom.

Erica reached out her hand in an attempt to stop him, but when she remembered what he had just said, her hand froze midair and she withdrew it silently.

After taking a shower, Matthew went straight to the study, leaving Erica alone to toss and turn on the bed. She couldn't fall asleep because of everything that had happened.

No one knew if he had done it on purpose. As soon as Erica fell asleep, Matthew slowly pushed open the door to the bedroom and walked in.

The next morning, Erica got up early because she had extra-curricular activities that day. As she walked down the stairs with a muddled face, she saw Matthew having his breakfast.

Still mad, she snorted and walked towards the door.

He called, "Come back here!"

"What do you want?" she asked in a hostile tone.

'Isn't he still angry? He completely ignored me last night! Why is he talking to me now?' she thought gloomily.

"Have your breakfast."

"No need!" She was in no mood to eat with him.

"Give me one good reason!" he demanded.

'Do I need a reason for everything? Fine! I'll give him one!' she thought angrily. "It's not good to have breakfast on an empty stomach."

'What the hell? That's the most ridiculous excuse ever!' "Erica Li!" Matthew called, with a warning in his tone.

"What?" She tur

ould I admit to something that I haven't done?"

Erica was the only woman to ever sit in the passenger seat when he drove. This phantom woman was just her imagination.

"Deny it all you want!" Erica was infuriated by his stubbornness and swore to find out the owner of the lipstick.

When the car came to a halt at the university gate, the two of them were still in a bad mood. When she was about to get out of the car, Matthew said, "Wait!"

Erica thought that he wanted to kiss her as usual, so she retorted impatiently, "I'm very angry right now. There will be no kiss. Even if you kiss me first..." The rest of her words were caught in her throat as he grabbed the lipstick from her hand and took a picture of it.

He also twisted the tube and took a photo of what was inside. Then he put the lipstick into her pocket and retorted with the same words she was about to say to him. "Even if you kiss me first, I won't kiss you. Get out of the car!"

Erica's face reddened. 'He won't kiss me even if I...' She felt insulted. It was so embarrassing.

Erica couldn't stand it. She bit her lower lip and decided to get back at him. She leaned towards his seat, held Matthew's head between her hands and kissed his thin lips.

Her eyes were tightly shut. Matthew smiled involuntarily. Without any hesitation, he held her head and kissed her back passionately.

Erica was taken aback. Didn't he just declare that he wouldn't kiss her back?

She got out of the car with her bag and camera on her back, and was still in a daze from the kiss even after he drove away.