When only Matthew and Erica were left in the room, she sat on her bed next to the man. His sharp eyes were examining her room.

“Thanks for helping me cheat Reese today," she said.

“Cheat? I did no such thing."

Erica was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled.

"I get it. Scratch that-thank you for helping me with Reese!"

Matthew didn't respond this time. He took out his phone and called his assistant.

"Take a pic of my ticket this morning and send it to me."

Erica blinked her eyes in confusion. ‘Wait... This morning? Could it be...?°

Two minutes later, she was still pondering this. Matthew tapped a picture he had just received on his phone and showed it to her. It was a ticket for his flight.

The flight left at 9:30 in the morning, and his seat was in the first class section. It would only take one and a half hours to fly from

Alorith to her hometown, so he got here at around 11:00 in the morning.

He wasn't lying to Reese at all.

Erica was confused.

“Didn't you say you wouldn't be here till tomorrow?"

He loosened his tie and answered naturally, "Carlos thought I should leave today."

Carlos wouldn't agree to let him come tomorrow, so Matthew flew here today.

“But I didn't see you when I got here.”

“I went to the branch office and attended a noon Luncheon." But he dropped gifts off for the elders of the Leonard family before heading back to work.

It made sense to Erica. No wonder no one had asked her about Matthew since she came back.

Another question popped into her head.

"Since you decided to come today, why didn't you come with me?" When Gifford picked her up from the high-speed train station, he had also wondered why the two didn't come back together.

Casting her a glance, Matthew answered, “You weren't awake when I was headed for the airport."

‘What? What kind of reason is that? He just didn't want to be seen with me. I need a reason, not an excuse! Humph!' she thought, unconvinced.

The room was quiet for a moment. Then, something serious occurred to

Erica. She cleared her throat and said, “What do you think of the room?