The young man answered, “I'd like to have Erica resume her studies.

Ethan will go to Alorith with us. I'll hire a professional nanny to take care of the baby.”

The couple looked at each other. At last, Blair shook her head.

“We are relieved to see that you are so nice to Rika. But I don't want you to be bothered by the baby. You are always busy with your work and Rika will go to school. Just leave the baby here for the time being. We'll take care of him. When Rika's missing the baby, I can take him to see her or she can come back here to stay for a while.”

“Okay,” Matthew answered curtly.

Half an hour later, Wesley and Matthew went upstairs. Blair went to the kitchen to prepare formula for Ethan.

In the hallway, Wesley patted his son-in-law on the shoulder, and after hesitating for a while, he finally opened his mouth.

“I know you don't like the girl, and it's unfair of us to make you marry her. Rika does what she wants, and it's not always what you want. But she's a nice girl. Promise me, if she does anything wrong, send her back to me and

I'll discipline her myself. Don't hurt her if she ever pisses you off.”

It wasn't that he didn't trust Matthew. But Erica was his daughter. He knew very well how much she could irritate other people. He didn't really know how much one man could take, and didn't want his daughter to pay the price if she annoyed him too much.

However, since she had Ethan, Wesley could feel that Erica had changed a lot. She was much quieter than before, probably because she felt guilty. Wesley didn't feel happy about the change. On the contrary, he felt sorry for his daughter.

Deep in his heart, he hoped that Erica would find happiness again.

Although she always made trouble, at least she was happy.

Matthew nodded, “Don't worry, Dad. I got this.”

His promise made Wesley smile in relief. He patted Matthew on the shoulder again. He trusted Matthew, and didn't have to worry about

Erica anymore.

Wesley opened the door to Erica's room and heard joyful Laughter from inside. She had placed the baby on her bed and was making faces to amuse him.

When she saw Wesley and Matthew enter, she scooped the boy up and asked, "Hi, Dad. You two finish your talk?"

"Yes. You don't have to stick around if you don't want to. Matthew's pretty busy. You can go back to Alorith tomorrow. You should resume your studies ASAP, too."

Erica unhappily pouted.

"I do want to stay here, actually. I'm bored out of my gourd there. I won't bug Matthew. You guys both know that."

She had just come back today, but her father wanted her gone so soon.

The young mother was quite homesick, and she missed the old house.

Wesley took Ethan from her arms and scolded her, “You don't have anything to do? I told you-you're going back to school. Matthew will make all the arrangements. Don't worry about anything else. You just need to study hard."

Erica fumed silently.