Chapter 190: Chapter 190: Dating At Home
Actually they had planned to use the holiday for a date outside, but now they could only date indoors. However, this was better than living apart. Now, all they did was bake brownies together in the kitchen, as they’d been craving them lately. While mixing the batter, Matthias still managed to playfully poke his wife’s tiny face with his ten flour-covered fingers.
"Matty, do you want my face to be covered in pimples because you’re so nosy?" Victoria protested, pursing her lips.
Matthias stared at the ceiling with an innocent expression. "I didn’t do it on purpose, though. My hand just got naughty."
"Your hands were just following your mischievous desires." Victoria smiled mischievously, poking her husband’s handsome face repeatedly with her hands covered in cookie dough. "This is what you did to my face!"
"So you’re just as mischievous as I am." Matthias wanted to poke his wife’s tiny face, but she quickly shied away. "Tory, come here!"
Victoria laughed mischievously, sticking out her tongue. "I wouldn’t be stupid enough to come after you." She quickly ran away from her husband.
However, Matthias didn’t give up so easily. He ran after his wife with all his might, finally managing to catch her lithe body and carry her.
"Tory, you can’t escape me now. I’ve caught you."
Victoria wrapped both arms around her husband’s neck. "Can you put me down now?"
"What if I don’t want to?" Matthias also stuck out his tongue mischievously.
"I didn’t expect you to be so nosy! We haven’t even finished mixing the brownie batter yet!"
"But, I’m not done playing with you yet."
"We’ll continue playing after the brownies are done."
Eventually, they continued making the brownie batter, which was almost ready. After that, they waited for the brownies to bake until they were done. While they were still waiting for the brownies to bake, Matthias managed to play a prank on his wife by poking her face again with the remaining flour in the bowl.
"Matty, I won’t share any brownies with you because you’re too nosy!"
Matthias burst out laughing, poking his wife’s face repeatedly. "You’re so cute when your face is covered in flour!"
Victoria was actually very happy to spend time with her husband on the holidays, even if it seemed simple. Making brownies for the first time on a holiday and playing with him was truly enjoyable for her. She actually really liked Matthias’s attitude, which had initially been awkward, but now seemed so sweet to her.
Slowly, she moved her lips closer to the sexy ones in front of her. "Matthias, should I be any more mischievous?"
Matthias moved his lips even further, now barely a hair’s breadth from his wife’s. "If you’re being annoying, I’ll give you more brownies."
Just as their lips were about to touch, the oven suddenly beeped, signaling that the brownies were ready. The kiss was postponed, as Victoria couldn’t wait to taste their exquisite brownies.
Matthias spontaneously grabbed a napkin, then removed the baking pan from the oven and placed it on the table. His wife’s eyes lit up as she stared at the perfection of their brownies, making her smile brightly.
"Do you want to try it?" Matthias asked as he took out a knife.
Victoria nodded. "I’m curious to see what it’ll taste like. Especially since it’s our first time making brownies together."
Matthias cut a large brownie into pieces, then put a large piece of brownie into his wife’s mouth.
"How does it feel?"
As she tasted their special homemade brownies, Victoria widened her eyes and looked at her husband with a beaming smile.
"It tastes so good. You should try it too." Victoria also fed her husband a large brownie. "How does it taste?"
Matthias gave two thumbs up. "As expected, it tastes absolutely perfect."
"Do you know the secret to why these brownies taste so perfect?" She wrapped her arms around her husband’s neck. "Because we made these brownies with sincerity and love."
Hearing his wife’s overly adorable words, Matthias enthusiastically picked her up. "I want to make brownies with you again."
"Don’t just make brownies. We can also make other cakes. Maybe we could make a tart or something else sweet."
"Now I feel like our holidays are perfect because we made brownies with pure love."
"I just hope no one will bother us anymore."
Just as they were about to kiss, they were foiled once again by someone suddenly calling Matthias. Matthias was forced to answer Fransisca’s call, even though he was confused as to why his sister-in-law would suddenly call him.
"What are you calling me for?"
"I have a favor to ask. Could you please stop by the hotel for a moment? There’s something I’d like to discuss with you."
Matthias glanced at his wife for a moment, still nibbling on the brownies from a distance. "Does it have to be now? Can we just meet at the office?"
"No way. You have to meet me now."
"Okay, but don’t tell Victoria about this."
Matthias returned to his wife, who was still greedily devouring the brownies. "Tory, excuse me, I have to meet someone now."
"Who do you want to meet?"
"Coworker."
Victoria furrowed her eyebrows. "A coworker? Why would he ask to meet you on a day off?"
"I definitely have to meet him now." He hugged his wife tightly. "I’m sorry, I couldn’t keep my promise."
"It’s okay. You should just go now."
*****
Matthias was actually very reluctant to meet Fransisca at the hotel. Moreover, he sensed she had ulterior motives. Therefore, when he entered a bar, he stared at his sister-in-law with an angry expression for interrupting his date with his wife.
"You’ve finally arrived, Matthias," Fransisca greeted him, sipping her champagne gracefully.
"Why did you want to meet me?"
"How about you sit down and have a drink first?"
Matthias immediately sat next to Fransisca while holding a glass.
"Don’t worry. I ordered some water just for you. Just drink it."
As Matthias took a sip of water, his hands suddenly found it difficult to hold the glass and his body almost fell to the floor.