Fanya just ignored Phoebe, picked up her bag, and walked out of the Su family residence.
Left alone in the living room, Phoebe slumped against the cushions. At this moment, she knew how desperate Tessie felt when she found out that she would be thrown into the slum. She had offended Matthew, and the Su family didn't want to help her appease him.
So now, to avoid losing ten million dollars and being thrown into the slum, she must listen to Camille and follow her advice.
The next morning, Erica got up very early because she had an event to attend.
At the breakfast table, she just stared at the food in front of her blankly. She had no appetite at all.
Looking at the food reminded her of what Matthew did to her last night.
She felt like whatever she ate right now was similar to that thing in her mouth the other night.
She stole a glance at the man opposite her, who was eating breakfast heartily.
'Humph! Such a jerk!'
Feeling a dull pain, she subconsciously rubbed her face.
"Why are you not eating?" Matthew's voice startled her, and she quickly put down her hand.
Her face flushed inexplicably upon meeting his eyes. "I...I'm not hungry," she stuttered.
"Don't you like the food?" he asked. He wondered why, because the other day, she ate the same breakfast with a big appetite.
"No, the food is fine." She felt embarrassed. Matthew acted as if nothing had happened while she kept on thinking about last night. To shake those thoughts off her mind, she picked up a bun with the chopsticks and put it into her mouth.
Matthew felt amused upon looking at her puffed cheeks.
Most women would never fill their mouths with a whole bun as it would ruin their poise. But Erica just stuffed the bun into her mouth naturally.
She was indeed different, which made her more adorable.
Since she was really hungry in actuality, she enjoyed all the food on the table as soon as she managed to put aside the memory of last night. She even ate more than she expected.
Two days later, Erica called Kelvin about the lawsuit. "Mr. Fei, how's the case going? Is it still held off?"
"Yes. I just asked them today. The hearing has been postponed." Their first hearing was supposed to be next Monday, but since the case was held off, it was moved to a different day. Kelvin was very worried that things wouldn't go smoothly.
The bad news angered Erica a little. 'Matthew is really challenging me!' she thought. "I'll call Matthew," she said. The hearing must go on as scheduled on Monday.
"Oh, okay." Kelvin was actually curious about what happened between Matthew and Erica. As far as he knew, it was Matthew who asked Erica to represent him in the lawsuit. But all of a sudden, he was holding it off right now.
After hanging up, Erica immediately sent a message to Matthew. As much as she wanted to call him, she couldn't dare to confront him over the phone.
Matthew was in the middle of a meeting when he received the message from Erica. It was actually a threat.
He read it silently. "If the trial won't happen on Monday, I will run away with your sons, Matthew Huo!"
His eyes darkened in an instant. Now he had proven how stubborn she was. He had been waiting for her to come to him for help, but she never did. Instead, she was threatening him now.
She must be out of her mind thinking about running away. "If you run away, I will find you at all costs and lock you at home forever," he replied.
He thought that she would be frightened to be locked at home for life.
Erica was pissed by his reply, but she tried a different approach. "I have already decided to sue Phoebe, and I don't have any plan of backing out. Is there any way that the trial can push through?"
"Of course. It all depends on you."
For the sake of the lawsuit, she decided to give in, so she asked, "What do you want me to do?" He didn't want to tell her what he really wanted, so he replied, "Think about it yourself." He just wanted her to realize that he was the only one whom she should seek help from. She should not ask for help from any other man.
But what he said baffled Erica. As usual, he didn't make himself clear. She would be the one to rack her brain again. 'Is he out of his mind? Does he really think that everyone is as smart as him?' she thought with a frown.
'If I have even just one-third of his intelligence, I probably won't learn photography but build my own company instead.'
Angered by his last text message, Erica rushed to ZL Group to confront him. However, Matthew's assistant told her that he was not in his office today.
She felt like crying, wondering why it seemed so difficult for her lawsuit to go on smoothly. Worst of all, her own husband was the one making things difficult for her.
She gave up. She wouldn't look for Matthew nor go to Watkins or Gifford anymore.
Instead, she would go to Carlos.
After all, Carlos was still the CEO of ZL Group. Matthew, who was under twenty-eight years old, was only acting as a deputy CEO.
Carlos had planned to hand over all his power in the company to Matthew when the latter turned thirty. Because of this, she believed that Carlos was still more powerful than Matthew in Y City.
Before going to the Huo family manor, Erica called Matthew first and asked him to go to the manor too. She wanted to talk to Carlos in his presence.
She knew that Matthew had always been afraid of Carlos, so she hoped that he would change his mind on his way to the manor. That way, she wouldn't need to bother her father-in-law anymore.
But if he wouldn't change his mind, it didn't matter either. She still had Carlos to back her up.
Not long after, Erica arrived at the parking lot of the manor. Matthew was already there, waiting for her.
As soon as he saw her car, he got out of his car to open the door for her. Although his face was expressionless, the care for his pregnant wife was still there.
Although he felt bad that she was accusing and opposing him, he still had to take care of her because she was his wife, and the babies in her belly were his flesh and blood.
As soon as she got out of the car, she looked at him defiantly. It seemed that she wasn't afraid of him anymore as she asked in a complacent tone, "Honey, have you already changed your mind?"
With a faint smile, he answered, "We have not determined the winner yet." He was not looking down on Carlos, but he didn't see him as a serious threat either.
After all, his father was already old and no longer capable of dealing with him. He believed that he wouldn't be able to help Erica.
"I don't know who will be the winner either, but I know that you will die in my hands!" Erica stretched out her slender arm in the air complacently as if grabbing Matthew's neck and strangling it gradually.
The smile on his face froze. He felt a sudden compulsion to kill her, because she already knew too much about him.
But of course, he could never have the heart to do it.
All he could do was spoil her.
As soon as they entered the manor, they saw Carlos and Debbie watching TV in the living room. Obviously, they were already waiting for them.
Erica shook off Matthew's hand and rushed to the living room to greet the two elders. "Mom. Dad."
"Hello, Rika." Debbie came over and held Erica's hand.
Erica nodded at her with a sweet smile, then turned to look at Carlos. In an instant, she looked aggrieved and sobbed, "Dad..."
Matthew's eyes widened upon seeing his pregnant wife crying. At this point, he knew that he lost.
'She's really good at acting. Anyone who doesn't know the real situation may think that I am a bully husband.'