Take My Breath Away

Just like Erica, who was naughty and mischievous as a child, Erma had tricked all the servants in the family by the time she was just over a year old.

Her five brothers, or guardian angels as they were better known, not only turned a blind eye to her shenanigans, but also helped her bully others.

Several servants even threatened to resign, but Matthew found it impossible to teach his daughter a lesson, so instead he paid them three times their usual salary to keep them happy. With that kind of money, the servants were willing to put up with little Erma's devilry.

Although Erma was as naughty as Erica, they were very different in character.

Erica was branded as a troublemaker from the start and she wore it like a badge of honor in front of everyone, even her family. Erma was quite different. She would usually put on a lovely and adorable front when faced with people she wasn't well acquainted with. However, the moment she'd start to feel more open with people, she would fail to hide her mischievous nature.

Once Erica smacked naughty Erma on the bum, leaving a palm print on the baby's smooth skin. This angered Erma's father enough that he decided not to talk to Erica for a few days.

As if things weren't bad enough, Erica decided to give Matthew the silent treatment as well because he wouldn't reprimand his naughty daughter. After all, the little devil was the one who'd cause such a ruckus.

Matthew found himself caught between a rock and a hard place, as he loved his daughter too much to scold her, but he also loved his wife too much not to speak with her. In the end, he had to make his wife happy, so he asked his daughter nicely not to cause so much trouble again.

Unfortunately, such incidents occurred too many times and only Erica among all the other members of the Huo family could teach the little princess a lesson. As such, ever since Erma was a child, the person she feared most was her mother, and the person she feared the least was her father.

Matthew was so attached to his daughter he would take her everywhere with him. People would always see him holding her and singing lullabies to her. In fact, some people mistakenly thought that she was a child without a mother because they hardly ever saw her with Erica.

However, it wasn't really Erica's fault that she hardly spent any time with her daughter. On many occasions, she'd wake up in the morning and her husband would have already taken their daughter out. Sometimes Erica would protest that Matthew was deliberately stopping her from seeing her daughter.

The five brothers loved their sister so much they would babysit and take care of their precious little flower without hesitation.

Paige admired Erica's strength of will. Many years ago, Erica had told her that she would give Matthew five sons and now she really had five sons with Matthew.

Not only did she give him five sons, she even gave him a daughter.

While she was taking care of the kids, Paige took a short video of them and uploaded it on the Internet. She had no idea that the video would get a millions "likes" in just a day.

That one post made her account so popular that she would receive countless private messages from netizens who wanted more videos about the little princes and the little princess of the Huo family.

Fearing that Erica would blame her, Paige admitted her mistake to Erica first and then showed her the short video she had taken for the children.

Erica mistakenly assumed the worst, but it turned out to be nothing serious. "I'm so proud to see so many people like them. Why would I be angry? But I also don't want to expose them to the public at such a young age. Maybe just one video every once in a while. Not every day!" she insisted.

Paige understood what she had meant, so she only took videos of the children on special occasions.

In this way, she attracted the attention of tens of millions of fans, who waited for her updates on the gems of the Huo family.

After the twins started their kindergarten, Erica was able to find more free time for herself. She started narrowing her client's list and spend more time traveling to take landscape photos to her heart's content.

In the end, she only accepted an order every half a year and the money she earned wouldn't even cover the expenses of her camera lens. Fortunately, money was no longer an issue for her because her husband was so good at that department. Gradually, she began to run her studio solely for the purpose of creating art rather than making money.

Most importantly, she would only work when she was happy.

Summer came bringing with it blue skies and the sun was a celebration of yellow, free and bright. The trees rose to the occasion, donning their best verdant hues, and everywhere the flowers scattered colors like the rainbow that they were.

Somehow, Matthew managed to find a bicycle with a big beam on it.

After he called Erica to come meet him downstairs, he stood beside his bicycle, chest puffed up with pride as though he was standing next to a sports car.

A few minutes later, Erica ran out of the villa clutching a handbag between her fingers. Needless to say, she was surprised to see the scene in the yard.

With a faint smile, Matthew handed the champagne roses in his arms to the woman. "Honey, can I invite you out for a date when the children are not around?"

Erica happily took the champagne roses and kissed the man on the lips. "Of course, my dear husband!"

"Let's go! We are going to the seaside!"

"Okay! But how are you going to get there? On that?"

The man smiled mysteriously and folded the bicycle before he put it in the trunk of the sports car. Then he held Erica's hand and slowly walked her to the passenger seat. Like a true gentleman, he held the door for her while she sat down and made herself comfortable before he closed the door and ran to the other side.

As he pushed the keys to the ignition, Matthew said, "Our home is a little far from the seaside. So I'll drive you there first."

'Oh, I see!'

Half an hour later, the sports car stopped in front of the open yard of a villa. Matthew took out his bicycle from the trunk and unfolded it.

Staring at the three-story villa in front of her, Erica asked Matthew in confusion, "Is this one of our properties too?" After they had six children, Matthew had his people buy a few more houses for his family. Erica felt that they owned too many properties.

It got to the point where Erica felt as though they had properties almost wherever she went.

"Yes, we will be staying here tonight!" Matthew answered with a smile. The children were all in the Huo family's manor. Their babysitters for the night, Evelyn and Terilynn, were taking in charge of their welfare. Since the children were in the hands of responsible people, their parents didn't have to worry at all.

"Okay!"

On the highway along the coast, Erica let the drone fly first and then ran to Matthew with the remote control. "Let's go," she said gleefully.

"Okay." The man crossed his long legs and sat on the bicycle first.

Then he loosened one of his arms and waved at Erica. "Honey, come on!"

"What? Do I need to sit in the front?" Erica had never sat like this before.

"Yes!" he answered.

The woman wanted to sit on the bike, but she wasn't brave enough. "It will be embarrassing if I were to break it..." Although she had lost more than ten pounds, she was still over a hundred pounds.

Matthew chuckled and gave her confidence. "Don't worry. This is a pretty sturdy bike!" Then he pulled her over.

'Okay!' With his help, Erica sat on the front beam of the bike. When she sat down, Matthew put his hands on the handles and stepped on the pedals.

Erica couldn't help feeling nervous and she kept screaming, "Matthew, I'm scared!"

"You don't trust my riding skills?" The man's low pitched voice resounded over her head.

She nodded honestly. "I wouldn't be afraid if you were driving, but we both know that you have never ridden a bike before!" Matthew was the CEO of a well-established company. He was more familiar with being driven to places than riding a bike all on his own.

"Where is your drone?" He changed the topic to distract her thoughts.

Suddenly, Erica remembered her drone and she titled her head up in the sky to look for it, but it was nowhere to be found. She looked at her remote control and found that the drone had flown up to more than 200 meters high. No wonder she couldn't see it.

As the sea breeze grew stronger, Erica brought the drone back to around 20 meters high and put it on auto-pilot. She shook her legs with excitement and said, "Honey, I'm going to start recording!"

"Okay!" Erica seemed to have rubbed off on him because Matthew was now very enthusiastic about recording their daily life.

Erica clicked on the start button and let the drone record their magical date.

On the road along the coast was a drone, a bike, and a couple. Their happiness was so simple.

Erica wanted to put a perfect end to this video.

At the seaside, with his feet on the ground, Matthew gently whispered in her ear, "Honey."

And, just as the woman turned around with the remote control in her hand, he kissed her.

The drone flew higher and higher capturing their happy moment on the coastal road—a couple in love, kissing, the beach and the sea...

After she put away the drone, Matthew grabbed her hand and dragged her down the coastal road to walk on the soft sand beach.

All of a sudden, Erica let go of his hand, kicked off her shoes and ran into the sea. Marveling at the blue sea, she shouted, "Matthew, I love you!"

'Matthew, I love you. I started with liking you, and as time went by, I couldn't stop from loving you...'

Matthew, who was usually serious, was willful for once. He took off his casual shoes and socks, stood beside her and shouted, "Erica, I love you too!"

'Erica, I loved you at first sight and we will never be apart.'

Sometimes great love could be found in simple places and in between simple people.