Take My Breath Away

"I said I changed my mind." Matthew stood up from his chair and walked over to the dumbfounded woman. He raised her delicate chin and said quietly, "Haven't you heard of sleeping your way to the top? I have to keep up with the times!"

"So, you've had sex with someone in your office before?" Erica asked, her eyes wide.

"No." He rubbed her chin with his thumb and said, "But since you seem so keen on the idea, I thought I'd take you up on it. I don't want to let you down!" He was hamming it up deliberately. Hopefully, she'd back down before he had to.

There was no way Erica was going along with this. He wanted to see if she would lose her temper when he talked about being with another woman.

The smile on Erica's face froze. "If you really don't want to, I won't force you."

Why was this man so annoying? She just wanted to test him, and he was failing badly! 'My heart! It hurts!' she cried in her mind.

Without hesitation, Matthew answered, "Don't want to? Of course I want to. Hey, can you get ahold of that chica you were talking about?"

This time, Erica couldn't even fake a smile. She tried to force a smile, and ended up with more of a grimace. "I haven't talked to her in a while. I'm not sure I can get in touch with her!"

"It doesn't matter. How about you tell me her name and I'll ask Owen to find her. As long as she's in the city, I'm sure he can get her here in, say, half an hour?"

All of a sudden, Erica flew into a rage. She attacked his cheek with the fervor of a rabid wolverine. His head rocked, and a red mark appeared on his face, conforming to an angry woman's handprint.

Matthew's face darkened. What did he do in a previous life to deserve this raging banshee? Was she born to plague him?

What was more, he was proficient in Taekwondo and many other martial arts skills. Why did she always manage to slap him?

"Matthew Huo! I swear I'll call your father and tell him about you. If I don't, my name's not Erica Li!"

She wasn't kidding. She took her phone from her pocket and turned the screen on.

But Matthew snatched it away and asked, "Why are you calling him?"

"I'm telling him all about you! I have to! How could you fool around with another woman?" she yelled. She was about to explode with anger.

He tried to reason with her, "But you're the one who suggested it

ike usual. Matthew finished his work ahead of time and started cooking for his wife as soon as he got home.

When Sheffield came to visit Matthew's villa with Gwyn, the couple had just finished dinner.

Erica went to open the door. As she touched Gwyn's head, she gently asked the girl in the light blue dress, "Gwyn, you hungry?"

Gwyn let go of Sheffield's hand and replied obediently, "Auntie Erica, I've had dinner. Dad just took me here afterwards!"

Tonight, it was just Sheffield and Gwyn at home. Evelyn was on a business trip, and Godwin was visiting the Tang family, so Sheffield took his daughter out to Evefield Restaurant.

When they got back home, he stopped off at Matthew's villa. Seeing that there were lights on, he decided to pay them a visit.

Sheffield entered the living room while whistling. When he saw the man slaving away in the kitchen, he rubbed his eyes in astonishment. "Oh my God, do my eyes deceive me? Rika, come here!"

Holding Gwyn's hand, Erica came over and asked, "What's wrong?"

Under the cold gaze of Matthew, Sheffield asked dramatically, "Who is that guy washing dishes in the kitchen?"

Erica was amused by him, but at the same time, she felt a little embarrassed. "I'm too clumsy to do the housework, so Matthew did it himself."

"Where's the maid?" Sheffield looked around the first floor and didn't see another soul.

Erica was also helpless about this question. "We don't have maids."

"No maids?" Sheffield exclaimed in mock horror. He ignored the daggers Matthew shot him with his gaze.