“Same as above!"

Erica thought his choice of words was odd. Still, she was glad he seemed so willing.

"Then can you help me investigate Tessie?" she asked. Tessie had been away for so long, and Erica had been taking care of Tessie's son for all this time. She deserved the truth. If nothing was done, Tam would not give up custody of Ethan, and Erica wouldn't be able to eat or sleep well for the rest of her life.

“Sure,” Matthew answered.

Erica hadn't expected Matthew to be so easy-going this time. So she decided to keep going.

“Can you do me another favor?"

“Of course."

“Great. Remember you said yes!" There was a cunning Look in the woman's eyes. For his part, Matthew suddenly had a bad feeling that he shouldn't have answered so quickly.

His wife's next request was as terrible as he feared.

“Teach me how to make chocolate!"

“Forget it!" he blurted. That was a bridge too far! He wouldn't agree to anything that involved her entering the kitchen

"Oh, come on. Just let me try!" Erica pouted, looking just as gloomy as her husband.

Matthew ignored her and went back to stirring.

There was a pause as Erica decided to change tactics. Blowing him a kiss, she said, "Matthew, if you teach me how to make chocolate, I'll accompany you to watch a horror movie tonight!”

Matthew Looked up, thoughtfully studying her sweet expression. Did his father-in-law know how good she was at turning black into white?

"She made it sound like she is doing me a favor. Seriously, who accompanies whom?' he thought.

“Come on," she went on.

“Just stand right by and watch me and tell me what to do. If you're so worried about me making a mess, well, hold my hand and teach me how to do it right."

‘Hold her hand?' Matthew wryly thought it was good enough just to imagine the scene.

Still, the more she used her charms on him, the harder it was to say no.

"Come here!" he said, his mouth barely moving.

Erica started to run over, and then, realizing she was barefoot, went to the porch and put on a pair of slippers.

A moment later she was at the counter with Matthew behind her, teaching her how to stir.

It was fun at first, but her arms started to tire after a few minutes.

As they went on, Matthew started to take over, holding her hand.