True Love Waits novel Chapter 1446

"Don't worry about it too much. After all, you have my dad as your backer. If Rika gets too troublesome for you, you can always ask Dad to punish her for you!" Gifford comforted his brother-in-law.

'Punish Erica? No, that's not what I want.

I want Rika to forgive me on her own or else what would be the point?' Matthew thought to himself.

Joshua poured himself a glass of whisky and took a few sips before saying, "Sheffield is right. The time and place are important factors that you must consider in these cases. My advice is to put your dignity aside and throw a durian and a keyboard on the floor in the living room in front of everyone and let Rika make the decision when Uncle Wesley and his family come to Y City to celebrate the New Year."

Sheffield knew what was on Joshua's mind so he decided to play along. He continued, "That's when we'll all persuade Rika together. She's definitely not going to turn down a room full of people, right?"

"Rika is not that unreasonable. She will definitely save your face. So this matter can be over!" said Joshua.

Raising an eyebrow at Joshua, Matthew asked, "Do you have any idea who Rika is?"

"What?" Joshua was confused.

Matthew flicked the cigarette between his two fingers and said, "When my wife gets angry, she won't even think twice about making me kneel on a keyboard at the entrance of the company!"

Joshua was rendered speechless, eyes widened with shock. Matthew was right. After all, Erica was not an ordinary girl.

Sheffield thought for a while and said, "Matthew, then you should be praying for yourself, my friend. I think it's time to accept that there's not going to be an easy way out of this!"

Gifford looked at the men in the room in disbelief. "Hold on! Aren't you guys blowing this out of proportion? Erica is not like that at all. Let me tell you something, Matthew. Don't listen to Sheffield. Just because he always ends up kneeling on the keyboard, he wants you suffer the same experience. He is not helping you at all."

"Hey, hey, Gifford, you better watch what you're saying?" Sheffield stared at the man discontentedly.

Ignoring him, Gifford continued, "In my opinion, if Erica gets too stubborn, just tell my dad. I promise my father will subdue her with one move, and if he can't, he'll definitely do it in two moves. Anyway, Dad will find a way to make her forgive you."

Matthew took another drag from his cigarette, as he let their suggestions pass from one ear and out through the other. "Thanks guys, but I don't think any of those suggestions are going to be helpful."

"Do you have a better way?"

"Yes."

"What? Tell us."

Matthew suddenly revealed a mysterious smirk, which was out of character from his usual nature. "Sometimes people just don't get what couples go through," he said.

"Excuse me? You make it sound like we're all single over here!" retorted Sheffield.

Without responding to him, Matthew asked Gifford, "When are you going to give your wife an actual wedding ceremony?"

Gifford had a stunned expression on his face and he wondered what this had to do with him. "A wedding? What are you trying to say?"

"Have you ever thought of giving her an actual wedding ceremony?" Matthew enunciated every word slowly in a tone of condescension.

A man who was not romantic at all, like Matthew, knew he should give his wife a grand wedding. Gifford was not a fool. Why didn't he think of giving his wife a wedding?

Gifford didn't have a response.

His silence was his way of admitting his fault.

And from that day onwards, the word "wedding" got carved into Gifford's mind.

As time went by, passing away with each blink of an eye, the arrival of the Spring Festival came closer. Two days before the festival, Matthew and Gifford showed up at the Li family's house together. However, since they didn't inform their family of their arrival in advance, Erica went out shopping with Rhea.

The kids, however, were playing around in the back yard and Wendy was watching Damian drawing.

It wasn't until evening when Matthew's wife finally came back home.

When Erica saw Matthew, she was stunned. "When did you come here?"

Matthew came over to hold her hand and observed her expression carefully. "I came with Gifford at noon." There was no sign of anger on her face.