My Belittled Husband Is A Billionaire

Matthew’s POV

As soon as I stepped inside the house, I saw Winter who was lying on the couch while sleeping. Her eyes were closed and she was even holding her phone as if waiting for someone to call her.

Is she waiting for me?

It was already past twelve midnight and she wasn’t in her room yet. For sure, she really waited for me.

“Winter..” I tried to call her, but she was deeply asleep.

I decided to sit on the couch while looking at her. I swept the strands of hair that were covering her eyes.

She looks so innocent when she’s sleeping, but when she’s awake, she’s so playful and loves teasing me around. I couldn’t but smile while staring at her face.

All of a sudden, as I was about to carry her to her room, she opened her eyes and looked at me. “Matthew?”

“Yes. Sorry, did I disturb your sleep?”

She sat up and blinked a few times while looking at me as if checking if she wasn’t dreaming. After that, she frowned at me. “Yes, you disturbed me. I should be sleeping right now, but I waited for you instead! Where did you go, huh? Did you meet with that woman again?”

I chuckled. Her brows furrowed even more after seeing that. “And what do you think is funny? Are you making fun of me?!”

“Keep your voice low, Winter. You might wake Elisse up.” I whispered. “I just decided to finish all the paperworks in the office since it would cause a lot of hassle if I still bring those here.”

“Then should have told me. You should at least call me whenever you can’t go home early. You always scold me whenever I don’t go home early, but you’re also doing the same!” she kept on whining like a kid.

I patted her head. “Alright, alright I promise to call you starting from now on.”

She pouted. “You’re making me worried, you know. I thought something bad already happened to you.”

“That will never happen. You don’t have to worry about me, Winter.”

“Of course, I’ll worry about you. Because I like you.”

That made me surprised. She always tells me that, but I didn’t expect her to say it in such a random time.

I am already used to her saying that, but these past few days I don’t know why I get so startled and embarrassed whenever I hear that from her.

“Y-You should go upstairs and sleep now. It’s already past twelve midnight.”

“Aren’t you going to eat?”

I shook my head. “It’s alright. I’m still full.”

“Okay. By the way, I’m having a meeting with my potential employees tomorrow. You do know that I’m planning to build a boutique, right?”

“Yes, I know that. That’s good to hear then. You should carefully choose the people you’ll give your trust into. Have some thorough background check. Also, if you ever need some help, feel free to ask me.”

She nodded her head while smiling. “Also, I am meeting someone really important.”

That made me look at her straight in the eyes. “Who is it?”

She shrugged as she stood up. “It’s a secret. I won’t tell you who is it.”

“Is that a guy?”

“I won’t tell you~ By the way, I will go upstairs and sleep now, okay? Goodnight, Matthew!”

I just watched her run upstairs until I just heard her door closed.

Someone really important, huh?

She just said that she likes me, and now she’s telling me that she will meet someone important tomorrow?

***

I lay down on my bed as soon as I reached my room.

I really told the truth to Winter. I finished all the paperworks in the company. But that’s not because they’re too many, but because Belle and I had to discuss about our plan first, so I didn’t have that much time to work.

She and I talked about how can we get close to Mr. Wellis, one of my suspects who had a disagreement with my father before. He is a playboy who loves young women, so Belle suggested that she could seduce him. At first I didn’t agree with that idea, but then she insisted it and promised me she would be really careful.

I had no choice, since we couldn’t think of a much better idea other than that.

My phone started ringing all of a sudden, so I took it from the side table and answered it without checking who the caller was

“Hello?”

“Themis? Did I disturb you? Are you home already?”

Just by hearing her voice, I already knew it was Belle. I sat up on my bed as I pressed my phone to my other ear. “No, you didn’t disturb me. I just arrived home, actually.”

“Oh, really? That’s good to hear then.”

“Yes. By the way, why did you call? Is there any problem?”

“N-No. I-I just wanted to make sure you were able to go home safely.”

I smiled. “You’re still the same as before. That’s why Tim also used to call you mom. Because you tend to worry so much like a mom.”

I heard her laugh from the other line. “I just can’t help it. Especially because I know that the two of you love putting yourselves into trouble.”

“Well, Tim loves to do that more. I have always been the good boy, you know.”

“Fine, I’ll give you that. You are the most reliable, smart, and matured. Does that make you happy now?” she teased.

I laughed. “Well, kind of.”

“I really missed this.”

“Huh?”

“I miss talking to you like this. I miss laughing with you and get lost of time. I missed you so much, Themis.”

“I missed you, too.”

She didn’t speak for a while. I even heard her heaved a sigh before speaking again. “Goodnight, Teddy.”

“Goodnight, crybaby.”

“Hey! I’m not a crybaby!”

“Yes, you are.”

“Whatever! Goodnight!” she laughed, then hang up the phone.