Chapter 1244 Give A Child As Compensation


    Matthew looked Erica in the eye. "I realized that I was wrong. I was totally wrong. You never cared


    about me. Your heart belongs to someone else. Why should Ie to the vi and stay under the


    same roof as you, humiliating myself?"


    With every word he said, he paid close attention to the expressions on her face.


    Since he thought that she didn''t care about him, he had stayed away from her all this while to show her


    how it felt to be ignored.


    It looked like it bugged her that he didn''te home even though he was in Y City.


    Erica''s eyes filled with shock and anxiety. "No..."


    She wanted to exin. She wanted to tell him that she didn''t like any other man.


    If there was someone she loved, it was Matthew. The man she loved the most was... Matthew Huo.


    But Matthew stopped her. "It doesn''t matter. Leave. We''ll talk about it when Ie home. I have


    something important to do now." He had to investigate the Su sisters to prove Erica''s innocence.


    But she misunderstood him. She thought that the more important thing to him at that moment was


    being with Phoebe.


    Distress overwhelmed her. She opened her mouth, but said nothing. With a somber face, she left the


    hospital with Owen.


    It waste. Erica tossed and turned in her bed, but couldn''t fall asleep. One thought that haunted her


    was what had happened to Phoebe. And the other was that, once again, Matthew didn''te home.


    ''He must be in the hospital with Phoebe, '' she thought unhappily. ''They lost their child. It must feel


    horrible for them and they sympathize with each other.''


    She thought more about this over dinner and finally made up her mind. It would be so much better if


    Matthew trusted her, but if he didn''t, then... then she would give him a child!


    At ZL Group


    The bodyguard who, under Matthew''s orders, was following Erica around in secret, reported, "Mr. Huo,


    when the ident happened, I was a little behind Mrs. Huo. I thought that you, Mrs. Huo and Miss Su


    are friends, so I didn''t get too close to them. The situation escted very quickly. Miss Su fell to the


    ground not long after their conversation started."


    The bodyguard had stayed away from the scene since Matthew had ordered him to follow Erica in


    secret.


    Matthew asked, "Did you see her push Miss Su?"


    "No, sir, but I saw the two of them put their hands on Miss Su''s belly for some reason. That was when


    Miss Su fell down." He was not sure what had really happened.


    "Fine. You may leave now."


    After the bodyguard left his office, Matthew turned on hisputer and carefully watched the car''s


    drive recorder.


    It was clear from the video that Watkins didn''t slow down when he turned right, causing his car to


    collide with Camille''s car, which was turning left at the same time. There was no significant information


    in that video.


    There were no surveince cameras at the scene of the ident. The DVR showed Erica standing with


    her back against Watkins'' car, and she also had physical contact with Phoebe. As for who had touched


    whom first, or if Erica had pushed Phoebe, it was difficult to tell.


    There was nothing much in Camille''s drive recorder either. Phoebe was standing with her back against


    the car, blocking everything. But what was clearer in it than Watkins'' DVR was that Erica and Phoebe


    entered a quarrel. Again, it was hard to tell whether Erica had really pushed Phoebe.


    Matthew withdrew his gaze from the screen and leaned back against the chair, massaging his tired


    eyebrows.


    He hadn''t nned on going home that night, but the thought that Erica might be frightened and alone


    by herself made him change his mind. He grabbed his jacket and walked out of the office.


    It was two o''clock in the morning. There were but a few pedestrians on the streets, and a car or two


    whistled past once in a while.


    Matthew''s Emperor ran smoothly on the silent road. He was resting with his eyes shut when his phone


    buzzed. It was a message alert.


    He slowly took out his phone and clicked on the WeChat message from Erica. The content made him


    smile for the first time in a long while.


    "Believe it or not, I won''t give up on the status as Mrs. Huo. Just ask Phoebe to give up! It''s useless


    even if you tell my parents on me. I''ll just tell your dad that you''re trying to dump me for your mistress.


    And even if you don''t love me, I won''t divorce you. Marriage is not a game! And getting divorced is too


    humiliating! So, you and Phoebe, the homewrecker, can both give up on your ideas now! Neither of you


    will win this game!"


    A little more than ten minutester, Erica heard the bedroom door creak open.


    She immediately got up from her sleep, and sat up on the bed.


    Under the dim glow of the bedsidemp, she saw Matthew walk in.


    She stared vigntly at the man.


    ''Why did hee back at this hour? Is he here to avenge Phoebe?''


    While she was lost in her fantasy and conjectures, Matthew had already walked to the bed. He looked


    down at the woman and asked coldly, "Were you trying to threaten me through that message?"


    ''He dide back to get even with me!'' she thought. She red at him and replied stubbornly, "Yes,


    that was a threat! So what? I will never be defeated by a mere mistress!" People wouldugh at her if


    that happened! She could never give up!


    Matthew slowly bent down, with his arms on both sides of her body. Their eyes met. "Why are you still


    pretending to care? You don''t love me, nor do you want me to touch you. Why should I let you be Mrs.


    Huo? I''m not a masochist."


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    On the contrary, he did enjoy being mistreated by her.


    Erica looked into his eyes and slowly put her arms around his neck. She stammered, "I... I''m willing to...


    I''m willing to let you touch me."


    Matthew''s breath hitched. He clenched his fists, trying his best to control the urge to wrap his hands


    around her.


    "I know you are not in the mood for it right now. After all, you just lost your child. I''ll wait until you are


    ready to... to have sex with me."


    ''Lost my child? What''s she talking about?'' Matthew was confused. ''Oh!'' he remembered. He had not


    yet corrected her assumption that Phoebe was carrying his baby.


    So, she still thought it was his.


    He sighed. "The baby..." ''...was not mine, '' he tried to say.


    But Erica thought he believed that she was the reason for the loss of his child.


    So, she dered before he could finish his sentence, "Although I didn''t cause Phoebe''s miscarriage, I


    will give you a child aspensation." ''What nonsense is she spouting now?'' Matthew could not figure


    this woman out. "You didn''t cause the miscarriage, but you are still willing to give me a child as


    "I already told you that I didn''t push Phoebe. But you don''t believe me. I can''t find any evidence to


    prove my innocence. I watched the drive recorder of Watkins'' car, but I couldn''t find anything to my


    advantage." She was used of something she didn''t do, yet she had no way to prove it. "Since I can''t


    prove that I was not the reason for the loss of your baby, I will give you one instead. But I am doing this


    for you! So, you cannot take this baby away from me and give it to Phoebe!" Erica added frantically.


    ''The baby will be mine and Matthew''s. We''ll raise it!'' she thought.


    Matthew didn''t know how to respond. He had never before heard about anyone who would


    <ppensate another person with a child.