"Mrs. Erica," she said in reply.

Walking out of the office, Paige told Matthew honestly, "Mr. Matthew, your wife is eating something in your office.”

Sighing silently, Matthew nodded and said, “I see.“ Then he walked into the office.

Sure enough!

Erica was scooping noodles into her mouth using a pair of disposable chopsticks. When she saw him, she waved at him and said, “I'm here!"

Frowning, Matthew wasn't sure he wanted to get any closer to her.

“What are you eating?" he asked.

“Funny you should ask..." Really, she bought the noodle cup for him, but after a few minutes of waiting, she got hungry. So she took the lid off and dug in. She felt sheepish with his eyes on her.

In silence, Matthew turned and opened all the windows to Let some fresh air in.

Erica picked up some rice noodles with her chopsticks and offered it to him.

“Want a taste? It's nom and spicy!"

“No!" he refused decisively. It smelled weird to him.

“Your Loss. More for me, I guess. I like it a Lot!" She continued to munch on the spicy rice noodles.

Matthew threw the documents in his hands onto the desk and sat down on the sofa, making sure to keep a healthy distance from the pungent smell. He got right down to business.

“Did you make trouble at school?"

“What? I don't know that I'd call it trouble. How'd you find out?" The girl took out a sheet of tissue and wiped her nose. Then she threw it into the trash can and continued to eat.

Matthew stared at her. She didn't seem to feel bad about what she did.

“Why would you bring poisonous spiders to school?"

Erica was nonplussed for a moment and then smiled.

"There are no poisonous spiders. I just caught two ordinary spiders in your garden. I was afraid that they'd scare you if they got inside. I was planning to throw them into a garden far away from your villa..." However, after she came out of the villa, she forgot to throw them away and took the box of spiders to school with her by accident.

She didn't expect those spiders to come in handy. She felt so happy when she scared the girls who had badmouthed her.

“Hold on, slow down. Who did you say was going to be frightened by the spiders?" Matthew thought he must have misheard.

Erica swallowed a mouthful of rice noodles and wiped the oil from her lips.

"You. I was afraid the spiders would frighten you. After all, you've mostly Lived in the big city. You've never seen bugs like that, have you?"

Matthew's lips twitched. He thought he must be masochistic. Why else did he marry Erica then, if not to piss him off?