Camille had never met any women as hateful as Erica, so she retorted, "This is my first time to meet a person who repays someone's kindness with enmity. I'm surprised to know how ill-bred the daughter of the Li family is. Who do you think you are to criticize me?"
"You have no right to judge whether I'm ill-bred or not. Besides, my mother has never taught me to flirt with a married man. Don't you have any dignity at all?" Because of anger, Erica couldn't contain herself anymore. After saying those harsh words to Camille, she turned to Fanya and continued, "Mrs. Su, can't you find any decent men to marry your daughters? First, Phoebe, who is already a married woman, always thinks about seducing my husband. But she has lost the case against me and is going to pay me ten thousand dollars as compensation. This time, Camille is trying to seduce my husband too. As their mother, don't you ever feel embarrassed?"
Her words enraged Fanya that she wanted to strangle her. But with Matthew around, all she could do was stare at her coldly. "Mrs. Huo, how could you say that? If Camille didn't risk her life and take the bullets for Mr. Huo, he would be the one lying in bed now."
Seeing the indescribable expression on Fanya's face made Erica feel a bit better. She smiled sarcastically and said, "Don't forget that Phoebe tried to frame me with her unborn child before. Who knows if what happened earlier was also planned by Camille? Maybe it was all an act. She made it look like an accident and saved my husband to show how great she was. Perhaps she paid those gangsters to hurt him."
That was not impossible. After all, the three daughters of the Su family were all shameless bitches. They could even become vicious in order to get what they wanted.
"Erica Li, watch your words! Why don't you ask Mr. Huo first? He had already investigated those gangsters. They are enemies of ZL Group, and have nothing to do with our family," Camille said while clenching her fists. She had been itching to slap Erica ten times.
Fanya closed her eyes for a while to calm herself down. When she opened her eyes again, she had already returned to her normal mood. "Camille, don't explain anymore. Mr. Huo, you may leave with Mrs. Huo now. Just pretend that Camille has never taken the bullets to save you. We won't expect the Huo family to thank us either."
Erica snorted, "I agree with you, Mrs. Su. Also, keep an eye on your two daughters. Make sure that none of them will appear in front of my husband ever again!"
"Erica Li!" Fanya hysterically cried as she was on the verge of breaking down. "Don't push me too far."
"Actually, if I haven't witnessed how Camille flirtatiously held my husband's hand, I would have thanked her. But she is too shameless. If she were my daughter and I happened to see her holding a married man's hand, I would definitely slap her face twice."
The nurse had already finished changing the dressing, so she lowered her head and walked out quietly. However, Erica stopped her and said, "Miss, please bring me a bottle of alcohol. Thank you."
"Yes, ma'am." She then trotted out of the ward.
Everyone in the ward wondered why Erica suddenly asked for alcohol, but no one dared to ask.
When the nurse left, she sat on the edge of the bed and looked at Camille with pretended tenderness. "You know what? I also slapped Phoebe before while she was listlessly lying in bed. I didn't expect that I would do it to you too. I always saw you as an elegant and aloof woman. I even thought that you were not interested in men. But I was wrong. You were just like those shameless mistresses who liked to covet married men. Let me tell you this once. I am Matthew's only wife. Even if I leave him one day, you don't have what it takes to replace me as Mrs. Huo."
Fanya couldn't take her words anymore, so she turned to Matthew, who was sitting leisurely on the couch, and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Huo. Please take Mrs. Huo away from here. We can't afford to offend her. As I've said, just pretend that this incident didn't happen."
While playing with the wedding ring in his finger, he replied indifferently, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Su. My wife is pregnant, so she has been short-tempered recently. Just let her vent her anger first."
Fanya couldn't believe her ears.
Did Matthew really care for Erica so much that he would even allow her to vent her anger on other people?
Actually, he was only worrying about how to appease her later.
Soon enough, the nurse came back with a bottle of alcohol and cotton balls. She handed them to Erica, who immediately stood up and took the tray. Holding her waist with the other hand, she walked slowly towards Matthew.
Watching her movements stung Fanya's and Camille's hearts with envy.
'She is carrying the grandchild of ZL Group's CEO in her belly. The whole family must be taking care of her like a treasure, ' thought the mother and daughter.
When Matthew saw the innocent smile on her face while taking the tray of alcohol to him, he already knew what she wanted to do.
As he expected, she poured some alcohol on a cotton ball, took his hand, and disinfected it.
Then she muttered, "If it isn't for the fact that I'm afraid of hurting my husband's skin, I will not only disinfect his hands with alcohol but also soak them in chlorinated water for half an hour to remove all the bacteria that Camille transmitted to him."
Thinking about being soaked in chlorinated water, Matthew somehow felt that his hands were hurt. He wondered when his wife had become this cruel.
Chlorinated water contained harmful chemicals that could damage his skin.
He couldn't imagine what would happen to his hands after being soaked in it for half an hour. The fear in his heart felt like he was watching a horror movie.
He could only whisper two words in her ear. "How cruel!" But in actuality, he liked what Erica did. He liked it when she was defending her status as Mrs. Huo.
Erica smiled sweetly and whispered back in his ear, "I have no choice. My rivals are making me strong, cruel, and merciless. You have to bear with me for now. After all, everyone in this world has to survive. If I don't deal with Camille, she will just continue to step on me." She was not being too sensitive. It was just that too many women had wanted to take her place as Mrs. Huo.
And that included the Su sisters.
After she finished wiping Matthew's hands, he raised one of them and touched her head. With tenderness in his eyes, he said, "Well done."
She just smiled and said, "Honey, since I have so much money to spend, let Camille stay in the hospital until her wound heals. I will pay for her hospital bills and medical expenses. I know how busy you are in the company to make more money for me, so you don't need to come here anymore. If anything happens to her, let them contact me directly, okay?"
What else could he say? After all, he had no plans of coming over again. "It's all up to you, honey," he replied.
"But I think it's not enough. She has taken two bullets for you. And as they said, we can't be ungrateful to them. Since I'm in a better mood now, I'm thinking, since she is the chief editor of a fashion magazine, why don't we help her recruit more handsome men so her company can make more money?" she added. Her real intention was not to help Camille. She thought that if she would be surrounded by many handsome men, she would fall for one of them and wouldn't bother Matthew anymore. "Well, I think that's als
"Well, I think that's also a good idea," he replied. As long as his wife was happy, he wouldn't mind anything she wanted to do.
However, Camille refused immediately. She said in a cold voice, "Thanks for your offer, but that won't be necessary. You don't need to interfere with my company's affairs."