After a while, Matthew asked Erica to accompany him outside. He Looked at his watch and instructed, "Owen, take Erica home."

Owen, who had been waiting for orders near the ward, hurried forward.

“Yes, Matthew.”

But Erica stood still stubbornly.

"So, you believe her?"

The man was silent for a moment.

“I have sent someone to collect the vehicle recorder and the surveillance recordings from the scene of the accident. I'll trust the evidence that I see with my eyes." ‘But, I believe you more than anyone or anything, ‘ he thought.

Erica crossed her arms and questioned, “Why haven't you been coming home these past few days?"

Matthew's eyes searched her face for evidence of emotions as he replied, "Give me a reason to come home."

“You. Erica bit her lower lip in exasperation. ‘No one needs a reason to go home. He's just making things difficult for me!'

Ignoring the anger reflecting on her face, Matthew said indifferently,

“I thought that after these three months together, you would know how I feel about you, but..."

Matthew looked Erica in the eye.

"I realized that I was wrong. I was totally wrong. You never cared about me. Your heart belongs to someone else. Why should I come to the villa and stay under the same roof as you, humiliating myself?"

With every word he said, he paid close attention to the expressions on her face.

Since he thought that she didn't care about him, he had stayed away from her all this while to show her how it felt to be ignored.

It looked like it bugged her that he didn't come home even though he was in Alorith.

Erica's eyes filled with shock and anxiety.

“No...”

She wanted to explain. She wanted to tell him that she didn't Like any other man.

If there was someone she loved, it was Matthew. The man she loved the most was... Matthew.

But Matthew stopped her.

“It doesn't matter. Leave. We'll talk about it when I come home. I have something important to do now." He had to investigate the Campbell sisters to prove Erica's innocence.

But she misunderstood him. She thought that the more important thing to him at that moment was being with Phoebe.

Distress overwhelmed her. She opened her mouth, but said nothing. With a somber face, she left the hospital with Owen.