He opened the safe and carefully put it in.

But instead of locking the safe after it, he took out a photo from it.

It was a photo of a girl with her hair tied in a ponytail; her face was a bit baby fat and she appeared to be a teenager. In this particular photo, she could be seen standing in the sun with her hands on her hips and Laughing wildly at the sky.

The bright and Lovely smile went straight into his heart.

At that moment, the door of the study, was suddenly opened once again.

A little head stuck out from the crack.

"Hey, I have something else to ask you," Erica called out with a mischievous smile.

Matthew calmly covered the photo with his big palm and indifferently said, "Fire away!"

“Didn't you say you know how to make macarons? If you are free tomorrow, could you make some macarons for me? I mean I did fold so many stars for you!" She raised her still red hands. She wanted to eat a dessert cooked by him.

The man's eyes were full of incomprehensible emotions in response, and he merely snorted, “You're gonna bargain with me for your own mistakes?"

Erica was always so confident of herself. Matthew wondered what had made her think he would agree as soon as she said it.

“What? So there's no room for discussion?"

“Nol™

Erica walked in, fully raised her red fingers and looked at the man pitifully.

"Forget it. I'LL just go to the manor and ask your dad's chef to cook them for me." She looked so pitiful and aggrieved while saying this. Her voice seemed soft, and it would have easily made people feel sorry for her.

Matthew's face darkened a bit.

"There's no one in the manor these days." Carlos and Debbie had gone on a trip again; Evelyn and Sheffield were living in a nearby villa; Terilynn and Joshua were at their own home.

Erica sighed, “Well. Looks like I'll have to go out and buy some macarons myself from some random dessert shop!" Why was it so hard for her to ask Matthew for something?

Anyway, she put down her hands, turned around and slowly walked towards the door with slumped shoulders. She looked pitiful and dejected in her retreat.

"Stop!" the man said abruptly.

Unknown to him, Erica opened her mouth wide and laughed silently instead of turning. She didn't dare to Look back at the moment, fearing that her facial expressions would betray her. She tried her best to control her emotions and make her voice sound normal.

“Anything else?"

“Don't randomly eat anything from outside.“ His voice was a little stiff.

“Why do you have to make things so hard for me? You don't cook for me and you also don’t allow me to eat anything outside. Do you think everyone can survive without snacks like you? Maybe some people can, but not me!" When Erica turned around, her expressions had returned back to normal.

Rubbing his eyebrows, Matthew finally agreed, “I'll come back early tomorrow night." He couldn't do anything else!