After texting Erica, Matthew threw a glance at the man who was casually sitting on his office sofa. He growled, "Leave now! My wife is coming to see me."

Sheffield sat up straight and frowned at his brother-in-law.

"What? Why should I leave? Is it that embarrassing for you to be seen with me?" he asked with a smirk.

"Yes, it is."

“Ah! I see. You just want to get rid of me so that you can be alone with your wife! Ha-ha!"

Matthew was well aware that Sheffield already knew his true feelings for Erica. There was no reason to hide his intentions anymore.

"Yeah, that's right. So, get out of here now!"

“Okay, okay!" Sheffield got up and said, “You are such a weirdo." He straightened his clothes and continued, "You strongly disagreed when

Dad suggested that you marry Erica. That was good acting, I must say!"

“Have you forgotten how it feels to kneel on the keyboard lately?”

Matthew asked, raising his eyebrows.

Sheffield pulled a long face and said helplessly, “Come on, bro. If I hadn't paved the way for you during the dinner meeting back then, you wouldn't have ever had the chance to marry Erica because of your arrogance. You should be grateful."

Matthew had to admit that at the time, Sheffield's words had definitely helped him ease into the marriage agreement without prompting any doubts from the others. Matthew had naturally followed his words and even warned Carlos not to interfere in his affairs after his marriage.

He had successfully achieved his goal without exposing his true feelings.

Matthew stood up from his seat, walked up to Sheffield and told him off.

“Even without your help, Rika would have belonged to me sooner or later."

Sheffield laughed.

"I Like your confidence! Confident and domineering!

But I wonder how you would've succeeded without my help. Remember? You and Rika were pretty much strangers before that day. And she was already twenty-one at the time, yet you had not confessed your love to her. I believe that without this ‘forced marriage, ' she would have gotten married to some other man and had their own children before you could ever express your love.”

With his hands in the pockets of his trousers, Matthew stared at the cocky man in his office. After a long silence, as Sheffield was losing his patience, Matthew finally said, “Even if she were married to another man and had a child with him, I would've made her mine in the end. I wouldn't have minded raising her child as my own either, as long as she was ready to marry me.

For a moment, Sheffield just stood there and gawked at him. ‘What is this man saying?' he thought incredulously.

“Are you saying that even if Rika had gotten married to someone else and had a child with that person, you would have separated the couple and married her instead?"

“Yes." That wasn't entirely true. If Erica was happy with the other person, it would be a different story. He probably wouldn't separate the happy couple and hurt her.

“You bastard! What a beast you are!" After cursing the cold CEO,

Sheffield immediately scuttled away from his office.