Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

Erica dissolved into tears. The pent up emotions in her heart seemed to find an outlet. Erica threw herself into her husband's arms and cried bitterly.

Matthew took off his overcoat and wrapped it around her. He inhaled her scent and kissed her long hair gently. "Honey, don't cry," he said, trying to comfort her.

'You won't die without my permission!

If the King of Hell wants you, he'll have to defeat me first!' Matthew thought to himself.

Erica didn't say anything and kept crying.

They just stood by the river, holding each other tightly. The woman choked with sobs, while the man reassuring her.

Occasionally, when someone came near, they couldn't help but take a look at them. The sadness of the two people was replaced by warmth and happiness.

Ten minutes later, Matthew suddenly said, "You still have your test results with you? Let me see them again."

With swollen red eyes, Erica took out the crumpled piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to him.

Matthew straightened the paper out so he could read it. On top it said that it was the electronic endoscopy examination report of Y City First General Hospital. He was not in a hurry to read it. Instead, he asked her a question first, "Did they give you anesthetic before the exam?"

"Anesthetic?" The woman was confused.

"Yes!"

Erica thought for a while and answered, "No." They never gave her anything for the pain, nor did they sedate her. Nothing.

Matthew held her in his arms and asked in a trembling voice, "Silly girl, why didn't you opt for the anesthetic?" Usually, these kinds of procedures involve knocking the patient out using some sort of anesthetic. A tube with a camera is inserted in the throat so the doctors can look around the stomach. It's generally painful even when sedated.

Erica didn't know what was going on. They never offered her anything. She hugged him and said sadly, "It doesn't matter. They'll have to use it when I go under the knife!"

Sighing silently, Matthew continued to read the results.

was a long paragraph in the middle consisting professional medical instructions. He could understand most of them. "Did

woman in his arms shook her head. "I was too sad

Do it right this time, ask questions. No matter what the result

still drowning in sorrow, and couldn't find a lifeline. Matthew suddenly raised his voice and said, "Erica

changed abruptly. Things felt different somehow.

and looked at him, her eyes

a weird expression on his

shifted his gaze to her again. Finally, he asked, "So your name's Erika

you out of your mind?" Who was she

fists and closed his eyes in despair. When he opened his eyes again, he gritted his teeth and asked, "I'm out of my mind? I think that describes you better than me. How carefully did

nodded like a chicken pecking rice. "I looked at every line. Why?" She kept reading the line "stage III cancer" over and over. It seemed like she'd read it thousands of

cry after you'd checked it so carefully?" He really wanted to strangle the woman

instead?" She suddenly let

name is Erika Li? When did that happen?" Since when did she change her name? Did she get Wesley's permission before

and she spat, "Are you insane?" How could he still tease her like that now

"You're not sick!"

rhetorical remark, so she

lifted the test results to eye level, pulled out his phone, and turned on the LED light. The exam report was all lit up. "Open your eyes wide

mood." Hands on her hips, Erica was now arguing

He felt she was deliberately being obtuse. He put the report in front of her eyes, pointed at the name printed on the paper and gritted his teeth. "Check it

wrong. It's not my fault... Wait a minute!" Erica's eyes widened.

finally got what he was trying to tell her. She was too excited to say

Erica Li. These are not my test results!" She started laughing hysterically. She was

his heart, Matthew asked her again calmly, "Look at the procedure. Did they

lowered her head and took out her cell phone. She looked

in her arms. "They didn't do anything

squeezed out, "Know what I think? I think you lied