Matthew's hold. It was not until the car had disappeared that Matthew let go of the woman in his arms and looked at her indifferently.

“Matthew, how could you say that about Watkins?”

“What do you mean?"

"You said that he was a bachelor."

Matthew asked, “Isn't he?"

Erica didn't know how to respond. ‘Well, he seems to be unattached.

Otherwise, why did he have the time to come to see me?’

Her reaction deepened Matthew's annoyance. Every time he got off the plane, he would go straight home. And every time he reached the villa, he would see her and Watkins. He warned, "Erica!"

"Yes?"

"I'm warning you now. Stay away from Watkins in the future!"

Tears welled up in Erica's red eyes again. Her lips quivered as she complained to the man standing in front of her with a long face.

"Why are you scolding me?" Erica was already having a hard time dealing with

Ethan's departure.

Matthew stood in stunned silence, his mouth agape at Erica's reaction.

Was he not supposed to scold her? Was he not supposed to be angry at her? "Then what do you think I should do to you?" he asked. ‘Should I just sit by and watch her get close to another man?’

Erica's eyes and nose were red from crying. She wiped away her tears and said, "We haven't seen each other for a week. Don't you miss me?"

She missed having him around, especially since she had been sleeping alone.

Needless to say, Matthew missed her as well. Why else would he end his trip one day earlier and return to his home country in such a hurry?

Why else did he rush home instead of going to the company as soon as he got off the plane?

Erica, however, didn't expect him to say that he missed her. Perhaps, the woman he missed was Phoebe. In any case, she was determined to push that woman out of his heart.

"Come here!" she ordered the man.

Matthew couldn't believe his ears. Where did she get the audacity to speak to him like that? How dare she raise her voice to him?

Nonetheless, he took a step forward.

“Lower your head!" she ordered again.

"She's ordering me again!' Despite the anger, he humored Erica again as he looked down at her in confusion.