This time, Can't Do Anything didn't text back immediately. After a while, Erica received a call from Matthew.
"I'd like you to come downstairs."
“You're back home?"
"Yes."
“Let me guess: Phoebe's with you. I'll pass, thanks."
Massaging his eyebrows, Matthew wondered, ‘Are all women like that?’
“Didn't you want her to come here?"
“Why would I..." The rest of her words caught in her throat. 0h, yes, she remembered now. She told Matthew that she was going to invite
Phoebe to come to the villa and claim her status as the hostess. It was a momentary flash of anger and facetiousness.
She didn't expect that Matthew would really take her up on that. Wasn't he afraid she'd hurt Phoebe?
Phone in hand, Erica stomped downstairs.
Before she saw Matthew, she got a private message from Can‘t Do
Anything.
"Find out if he wants to sleep with you or not!"
Erica stopped on the steps. Find out if he wanted to sleep with her? Of course he wanted to. Matthew had said it himself! As she went downstairs, she replied, "I don't think that's such a hot idea."
She was hoping for other ideas to test Matthew.
Can't Do Anything replied, “He's your husband. What's wrong with finding out if your hubby wants to sleep with you or not? Do you want another woman to take him away from you?"
That made sense. She was almost convinced.
As she surveyed the living room, she saw Matthew had put away his phone and talking with Phoebe.
Phoebe silently handed the paper bag to Matthew.
Erica tore her gaze away and replied to Can't Do Anything, "But I'm still worried."
This time, Can't Do Anything took his own sweet time replying. Erica was already in the dining room and still nothing.
Why didn't he reply to her message? Did he find her annoying? Was he busy? The chefs were busy making Western food for Lunch
When the chefs saw her, one of them came over and asked, "Mrs. Erica, do you want to eat now?"
Glancing at the two people walking to the dining room, she raised her eyebrows at Matthew and said to the chef, “Ask Matthew." She just wanted to be invisible now.