At that time, she soon realized that she wasn't really unable to do the housework. Given no other choice, she had to learn how to get by on her own, and so she did.

No matter how foolish she was, she could do some simple housework without any maids at her disposal.

Once she finished cleaning up the kitchen, Erica turned off the lights and stretched out her hand to the man who was still at the table

“Let's go upstairs and have some sleep!"

Matthew looked at her hand. It used to be so smooth, but now it had some calluses that weren't there before.

He met her eyes again and couldn't help getting a little angry. In a cold voice, he said, “Erica Leonard!"

"What?" Picking up on his anger, Erica was confused. Why did he suddenly get so mad to the point of calling her by her full name?

Rudely, he grabbed her hand and raised it to her eye level.

“Look at your hand. It wasn't like this when you left me. Look at those calluses! I demand that you take care of your hands and have them healed in a month!"

Erica rubbed her hands together. She didn't notice that indeed they were covered with calluses until now.

“Even if I don't do the housework, I still have to use my camera," she answered dully. She couldn't get rid of her camera. She took pictures almost every day with it.

"Then don't take any pictures for the time being! And don't do any housework! Not until you get your smooth hands back!" he ordered.

For Erica, his overbearing behavior was a sign of the love he had for her.

So holding his neck, she coaxed him, "Okay, I'll do as you say. But don't be angry! It's just that the Living conditions in Tow Village are not that good. I'll be fine now that I'm home."

“Since you are aware of the poor living conditions in Tow Village, why did you lie to those women and told them to drink the magic water from the river there?" he asked. It seemed that his wife was getting more and more naughty.

"What? How do you know about this? Were you eavesdropping?" Erica smiled awkwardly before burying her face on his shoulder.

Matthew sighed inwardly and shook his head, realizing that her facial cream would leave a stain on his clothes again. Nevertheless, her words still amused him.

"Almost everyone at the party knew about it. How could I not?"

Erica had underestimated her influence. According to Matthew's estimates, many women must have already booked air tickets to Kuflya by now.

“Oh, some of the guests at the party were good friends with Camille and

Phoebe. I just wanted to make fun of them. Who knew they would be so stupid to believe my tale of the magic water?" Erica was shocked to learn that people really bought into her nonsense and even booked air tickets to Kuflya.

Helplessly, Matthew stood up and grabbed her hand, leading her upstairs.

“This will be good to teach them a lesson, so they won't rely on every word you say in the future!"

Holding his arm, Erica wanted to prove her loyalty to him.

"Matthew, you have to trust that I won't lie to you!”