“I’ll punish you if you don’t listen to me!” Clarissa said.
Matthew smirked at her. “Of course. In fact, I welcome you to punish me anytime, Clare!”
Clarissa rolled her eyes at him in response. I was threatening him, damn it! How could he be so shameless as to turn it into something flirty?
At that, she turned the other way to hide her blushing face and gave Matthew a nudge. “Let’s go for lunch!”
Having received the order, Matthew quickly drove her to the nearest restaurant.
Unexpectedly, they ran into Michelle at the restaurant, and Clarissa pinched Matthew on the arm as she whispered in his ear sarcastically, “Will it be the usual place, Mr. Tyson?”
Matthew flashed her a smile and gently patted her on the hand to beg her for mercy.
Despite him being a big and strong man, he found her pinches to be quite painful, which made it difficult for him to maintain a poker face.
At that moment, Clarissa snorted softly as Michelle approached them.
“I’m glad you came, Matthew! Come on, join me! I ordered your favorite dish!”
She seemed to be ignoring Clarissa completely while flaunting her intimacy with Matthew.
However, Clarissa was completely unfazed by her actions.
Michelle may be a senior executive at work, but she’s definitely a newbie when it comes to relationships. I mean, she wouldn’t be using such a crude strategy against me otherwise! In other words, she would’ve won Matthew over if she was smart enough!
As expected, Matthew didn’t like what Michelle was doing.
“Michelle, this is my fiancée, Clarissa. We would prefer to have this meal without being disturbed, so I’ll pass on the offer.”
Hearing that, Michelle had an awkward look on her face as she turned towards Clarissa.
Now that Matthew has put it that way, I can’t ignore her anymore…
“Come on, Matthew… All I’m asking is to have a meal with you now that I’m back in the country for a bit! You two can go back to being all lovey-dovey after this! I’m sure Ms. Quigley wouldn’t mind, right? Hmm… How about you join us at the table, Ms. Quigley?”
Clarissa forced a smile at her in response. I definitely beat her in terms of our appearances! If she’s going to use such a crude method against me, then I have no reason to hold back either!
Then, Clarissa wrapped her arm around Matthew’s and leaned against him as she said in her most coquettish voice possible, “Of course! I couldn’t possibly say no to an invitation from Ms. Watson! Let’s join her for lunch, Hubby!”
Oh God, this is so unlike me… Clarissa found herself utterly disgusted by what she just said, and she could feel Matthew tense up when he heard that as well.
Thus, she quickly gave him a pinch so as to remind him to play along.
The look on Michelle’s face turned gloomy when she saw that.
She then shifted her gaze towards Matthew and shot him a weird look in disbelief. He actually chose to be with a woman like this? I feel like I don’t know him anymore…
As the three of them had lunch, Clarissa continued her coquettish act and flirted with Matthew to her heart’s content.
Being an author, I’ve got tons of ideas for such scenarios, but never had any personal experiences myself. Now that the opportunity has presented itself, I’d be a fool to not seize it!
“I’m really full, Hubby… Could you finish this for me?”
“Could I have that slice of meat, Hubby? Hehehehe…”
“Hubby, I want you to cut it for me…”
“Give me a kiss!”
“I love you so much, Hubby!”
Matthew calmly played along with her antics the whole time while Michelle glared at them in disbelief and tightened her grip on her knife.
Clarissa found the flirting thing awkward at first, but soon got the hang of it and even took it a step further when Matthew gave her his full cooperation.
“I’m sorry about this display of affection, Ms. Watson. You see, we simply love each other way too much and just can’t help but show it! Do you have a boyfriend, Ms. Watson? What kind of guy are you into? Whatever you do, don’t go for someone like Matt over here! He’s old, unfit, picky about food, ill-tempered, and even snores in his sleep… Even so, I just can’t help but love him to death! I guess you could say we’re simply meant for each other!”
Matthew and Clarissa then looked at each other passionately like they were the only ones at the table before continuing to flirt with each other, spiting Michelle so much that she left shortly after.
The moment Michelle left, Clarissa went silent for a while before taking a sip of water and smiling at Matthew. “All right, shall we head back now that we’re finished with lunch?”
Matthew nodded, and the two left the restaurant.
Instead of driving off right after getting into the car, Matthew simply rested his elbow on the steering wheel and stared at Clarissa in amusement without saying a word.
At that moment, Clarissa felt his intense gaze and burned bright red when she realized how embarrassing her actions from earlier were.
Eventually, she couldn’t stand it anymore and shielded her face with her purse. “What are you looking at, huh?”
Her voice sounded extremely shy and awkward coming from behind the purse, much to Matthew’s delight.
Hearing that, he burst into laughter, which only made Clarissa blush even harder.
Matthew then reached over to pull her purse out of the way. Clarissa resisted for a bit, but he was too strong for her and managed to seize it from her with ease.
After that, he leaned in towards her and stared intensely at her reddened face.
Unable to handle his teasing, Clarissa shut her eyes to block out his face.
“You would’ve made an amazing actress, Clare.”
Clarissa blushed even harder when she heard that.
“Clare? Hey, Clare… Clare…” Matthew kept calling out to her playfully.
Eventually, Clarissa couldn’t take it anymore and pouted at him as she mumbled, “Will you cut that out, Uncle Matthew? I only did that for you, you know?”
“Yes, I know you did it for me.”
Then stop teasing me like this, damn it! Clarissa rolled her eyes at him. “Well? What are you waiting for? Hurry up and drive us back to the office already!”
“Oh, we’re in no hurry. I want to take a good, long look at you, Clare!”
“What’s there to look at?”
“Everything about you, especially those interesting facial expressions of yours!”
“Shut up!”
“Hahaha…”
Matthew let out a chuckle and pinched her playfully on the cheek.
“Do it again, Clare.”
“Do what?”
“Call me ‘Hubby’.”
Clarissa kept quiet as she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
“Come on, say it again!”
“H-Hubby…” Clarissa practically forced the word out of her mouth.
However, Matthew wasn’t happy about how unnatural it sounded and frowned at her. “No, Clare. I want you to say it the way you did earlier! Come on, do it!”
Clarissa shot him a fierce glare and retorted, “No!”
Hearing that, Matthew simply chuckled at her. “Okay, suit yourself. We can just sit here like this until you feel like saying it, then.”
The two then sat there staring at each other without saying anything.
Naturally, Clarissa was the first to give in. “Hmph… We’ll get going once I say it, right?”
“Yup!”
Clarissa went silent as she tried to recall her feelings from earlier, burning bright red and getting goosebumps in the process.
“H-Hubby…”
“Not good enough!”
“Hubby?”
“Not gentle enough!”
“Hubbyyy…”
“Nope!”
“Hubby!”
“Hey, you can do better than that!”
Clarissa took a deep breath and said it one final time, “Hubby…”
That perfectly captured the emotions from before, and Clarissa chuckled when she saw Matthew tense up again.
“Hahahaha… It’s really weird, isn’t it? Why would you make me say it if you can’t stand it yourself? Anyway, are you satisfied now?”
“Yeah, I’m satisfied,” Matthew replied.
In fact, I’m very satisfied!
His eyes were filled with lust when he looked at her, which was a perfectly normal reaction as the woman he loved had just called out to him so coquettishly.
