Chapter 1232 You''re The Boss
When she heard what Rhea said, Erica just smiled and showed her around the vi.
"Mind if I snap some pics?" Rhea asked for Erica''s opinion.
"No problem!" Erica had the power to make minor decisions like that.
Besides, she asked Hyatt to take some photos of her and Rhea in the garden on the top floor of the
vi.
Before she uploaded the pics, Rhea asked Erica, "Rika, can I post these online?"
This question made Erica hesitate for a moment. "I''ll need to ask Matthew first," she answered. After
all, he was a very private person.
"Take your time. I just want to show off. I''ve been to Mr. Huo''s vi! Ha-ha!"
"Cool. Let me ask him first." Erica took out her phone and sent a message to her husband. "We took
some photos in the vi. Can we post them online?"
"Mi casa es su casa. You''re the boss. You can do what you want as long as you''re happy!" Matthew
replied.
Seeing the message, Erica smiled sweetly and sent him a kiss emoji.
Then she edited and retouched the photos that Hyatt took for her and Rhea, running them through a
filter before uploading them to Weibo. One was a shot of them sitting in the garden, and the other had
them sitting on the spiral staircase, with the words, "My best friend came to see me! Current mood:
happy!"
Not only that, she took a selfie of herself and sent it to Matthew. "Rhea said I gained weight. Don''t feed
me so much anymore, okay?"
With a faint smile, Matthew saved the photo and replied, "I like you like this. You''re cuddlier that way. It
feels good to hold you in my arms."
She knew he wouldn''t be there for at least a couple more days. She decided to tease him. Erica typed,
"Thene back and hug me. That way you can judge for yourself how much I weigh!"
"I''ll be back soon. Just wait for me. Be patient." Although he told her to wait for him, he really couldn''t
wait to see her himself. The business trip couldn''t end quickly enough.
"I''m not impatient. We''re going to get some hotpot now! Bye!"
"Bye."
Erica put away her phone and the three of them went out to eat.
Rhea couldn''t get to Y City very often. How could they just go shopping and eat hotpot? They decided
to go out drinking and celebrate the fact they were finally together.
And so, after eating, they went and found a bar nearby.
It was already eleven o''clock in the evening by the time they arrived at the bar. The ce was already
packed with people, and the loud music was deafening.
They chose an unobtrusive booth and sat down. The two girls went back and forth on what they
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wanted. There were so many good choices. Finally, they decided on some beer and fruit. Their night
life finally began.
In fact, Erica wanted to drink at least two sses of liquor with Rhea, but she was afraid. The bar didn''t
look all that safe and Hyatt was not a fighter, so she settled for beer instead.
A handsome man took the stage and began to sing. He had a lower-register voice, and sounded very
masculine and seductive. Not to mention the song was crazy catchy. Erica was just getting into the
song when her phone rang.
It was Tam calling.
''Damn it! I forgot that Tam wants Ethan back, '' she cursed inwardly.
She waved her phone in front of Rhea and said loudly, "It''s Julianna''s dad. I have to take this."
Erica had told Rhea everything about Tessie and Julianna over hotpot. And now Rhea knew Ethan was
Tessie and Tam''s kid. She figured Tam might want to discuss Ethan, and that it was a private matter.
She gave Erica a thumbs-up sign as Erica walked out of the booth. "Be careful," Rhea said.
"Don''t worry!"
Erica went to the door of the bar with her mobile phone, and it was much quieter there. She answered
the phone and said, "My parents don''t want to give Ethan to you. If you really miss the little tyke, you
can go to their ce to visit him."
After all, they had already had a rtionship with Ethan. When Ethan grew to adulthood, if he wanted
to find his biological parents, the Li family would not stop him.
Tam was worried when he heard that Erica''s parents refused to give Ethan back to him. "Mrs. Huo,
we''ve got our things packed already. We''re eager to pick up Ethan at your parents'' ce. Don''t make
this harder than it has to be. Please tell your dad I''ll be a good father to Ethan. He is my son, after all. I
won''t treat him like shit."
Wesley already warned Erica that if Tam insisted, they''d have to give him the child. He was legally in
the right.
Wesley and ir were parents of three children themselves. They could understand the pain of being
separated from one''s own child. Besides, it was best for Ethan to live with his real father.
But Erica didn''t want to give the child to Tam. She''d spent some months taking care of a pregnant
Tessie in a basement, and had bonded with the boy. "Have you thought about my parents? How they
might feel?" she asked.
"I know your parents treat him like their own grandson. I''m really grateful for that. Just let me take him.
I''ll even promise to take him to your folks'' ce to visit as much as I can. What do you think?" Tam was
so desperate he almost burst into tears.
If he had known something like this might happen, he would have been there to take him as soon as he
was born.
"Where are you going after leaving Y City?" she asked. She had to know where Ethan would be. They
would definitely meet in the future.
"To Australia. I already have tickets." Something bad happened to Julianna. Tam knew it was Matthew''s
idea, so he didn''t bring it up again. Julianna pissed off Erica, and the girl paid for it. They had to suffer
and enjoy it.
''Australia?'' Erica became sadder the more she thought about it.
But it wasn''t appropriate for her to keep the child from Tam. She gritted her teeth and said, "You can go
to my parents'' ce to pick him up!"
"Really? Thank you so much, Erica. I really appreciate that." Tam was so excited on the phone that he
didn''t know how to express his gratitude.
"But you have to promise me one thing first," Erica added.
"Name it."
Looking at the sky, Erica took a deep breath and forced her tears back. "After you take Ethan back to Y
City, I need to see him before you leave for Australia." If she couldn''t see the child this time, they would
go to Australia. She didn''t know when they would get a chance to see each other again.
"No problem!" As long as she was willing to give his son to him, Tam would let Erica see Ethan. It was
just a small matter.
"Okay." Erica had nothing else to say to him, so she hung up the phone quickly. She still had tears to
wipe from her eyes.
She didn''t go right back to the bar. Instead, she called Wesley. "Dad, I promised Tam that I''d give Ethan
back to him," she said in a small voice after the call was connected.
Wesley had already been mentally prepared for it. After all, Ethan was not Erica''s child. "Well, if you
agreed, then we have no choice. Your mother and I will pack up some things for him and ask Tam to
take them with him when hees and gets the kid."
"Okay..."
Wesley suddenly changed the subject and asked, "So when are you and Matthew going to have a
child? We won''t have to worry about someone iming him, right? If you have a kid, I''ll keep whatever
Tam doesn''t take with."
''What? You old cheapskate!'' "Well, we''re going to have a kid, but not right away. You can give those
things away!" she answered. She was married, after all. How could she not have a child?
"You brat! Fine!" Wesley thought it was better tofort his daughter. "Don''t worry. You knew this day
wasing, and you should have been ready to ept it. Having kids with Matthew will fill the void
Ethan left."