After sending Aunt Nessa off, we began clearing the dining table.
"You can leave it. I'll do it," Matthew said to me.
I looked up at him and shrugged. "It's fine. I'm free every day. I ought to do something."
I stacked our empty dishes up and took them to the kitchen.
Suddenly, my feet slipped. In my shock, I quickly supported myself against the table beside me while the dishes in my hand shattered into pieces on the ground.
Matthew hurried over and looked me over. There was concern in his words. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. The ground here is too slippery that I almost fell down."
We probably wet the ground when we were washing up the vegetables just now and failed to notice it.
Matthew pulled me up. "Alright, leave this to me. You should just go take a seat."
After he said this, he swept up the shattered debris on the ground and threw them into the trash before going back to clean the table and wash the dishes.
I felt a little moved when I saw him and sighed heavily. It would be great if he could meet someone right for him.
After Matthew was done cleaning up, he slumped down on the sofa.
"You must feel tired having to do all this after getting off work."
This was the first time I showed him concern ever since I came here.
Matthew turned his head sideways and glanced at me with a hint of surprise in his eyes. He lowered his head and thought for a moment before answering me, "It’s still fine. I’m not tired. Everything is fine as long as you’re here.”
The last sentence struck my heart, but I could not stay with him like this forever.
Touching my stomach which was growing every day, I became more and more worried. What should I do if I was unable to leave by the time the child was about to be born…
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