Chapter 125 - Darling, Help Me, Please?”

What actually transpired last night...

After Matthew Xi freshened up for a long hour, he returned to the living area of their hotel room. Zoey only booked a single bedroom room. Hence, Matthew Xi pondered if he should stay in his presidential suite for the night. 

'Is it safe to leave her alone...?' He wondered internally, gravitating the possibility whether she'd wake up in the middle of the night or will stay asleep. 

However, not knowing of her habits, Matthew Xi was left distressed. Thus, he chose to stay for another hour. If Zoey woke up, he would stay and tie her down. If she didn't, he would go ahead and rest on the top floor. 

Having that in mind, Matthew Xi strode towards the kitchen and picked up an empty glass. Not knowing what to do for the next hour, he decided to unwind and have a glass of wine. 

It wouldn't hurt and wouldn't get him drunk with just one glass. Moreover, after his long shower, Matthew Xi was sober as if he hadn't had a drink earlier. 

'Why don't you recognize me...?' Suddenly, Zoey's previous question floated in his mind. 

Why does she sound as if they had met before? If they did, Matthew Xi was certain he wouldn't forget about it. After all, just one look at her and he was enthralled. 

Not many, or rather, not a single woman he had laid his eyes on had left such an impression on him like how Zoey did. This was the reason he was rumored as being gay. 

If only they had met a few years ago, Matthew Xi wouldn't have to go through that incident. Perhaps, his mother wouldn't go to such extreme lengths to prove that he's straight and didn't have a problem with his sexual orientation. 

Just as Matthew Xi pondered about Zoey's question earlier, his brows knitted upon hearing indistinct noises coming from the bedroom. He slowly stood from his seat, placing the glass of wine on the small table. 

Matthew Xi carefully headed to the bedroom's door. Just as he reached the door, he leaned his head against the door and heard Zoey talking. 

'Is she dreaming?' He wondered, causing his brows to crease even more. If that's the case, Matthew Xi would leave her be. However, just as he thought she was talking while sleeping, he heard her call someone 'mother'. 

At first, he thought she might be missing her family. However, his instincts told him otherwise. 

"My phone..." Matthew Xi muttered, realizing that he left his phone inside. Not that his mother would call to bother him again, right? She already promised that she wouldn't bother them again.

No, considering his mother's personality, it wasn't impossible. It was possible that she called him again for whatever cooked up reason she had in mind. 

"No way..." Upon that realization, Matthew Xi slowly opened the door to take a peek inside. 

"You know my future mother-in-law, there's something wrong with how you raised your son. I mean, how could he be so cold and unfazed most of the time? Not that I hate it — I think it's sexy though." When Matthew Xi peeked inside, he heard Zoey's meek voice as she apprehended his mother!

Red alarms immediately rang inside his head. The word emergency rang along with it repeatedly. 

"Little one, I asked that myself many times. I showered my dear Matty with lots of love, but he's just... cold. It breaks my heart that until now, he didn't have any interest in women. I'm a terrible mother, I know." From the other end of the line, Vivian Xi didn't show any displeasure as she accepted that it was her fault. 

Why else did they think she was working so hard to matchmake her son? Vivian Xi had been blaming herself that Matthew Xi didn't have any interest in women. Despite her son's exceptional leadership, Vivian Xi was often worried that her son wouldn't marry anytime soon. 

"Ay... don't worry. I got you, ehehe!" Clicking her tongue, a smug grin plastered across Zoey's lips as she reassured the woman from the other end of the line. 

"You're saying...?"

"March 5, 1990. 3:35 pm — this is what you should worry about, if our birth dates are a good match." Shaking her head, Zoey instructed as she gave her birth date to her future mother-in-law. "Leave my darling to me! I'm sure if we do it more than once, we'll be expecting a baby!" She added, stating that they already did the deed. 

Unlike Zoey's intention, Vivian Xi thought that Matthew Xi and Zoey had been in an intimate relationship. If that was the case, Vivian Xi wouldn't mind being talked down by her future daughter-in-law who had the audacity to talk to her while being intoxicated. 

What was more important to her was that her son was finally having sexual intercourse! Surely, Vivian Xi was a strange mother. She condoned premarital s*x which would shock other people usually. 

"Really? You can do that, Miss Zhou?!" Excited, Vivian Xi inquired. Her eyes twinkled and her lips stretched from ear to ear. 

"Of cours—"

"Didn't I tell you not to disturb us?" Just then, Matthew Xi snatched the phone from Zoey. 

"Well, I forgot to tell you that I cancelled all your plans for the rest of the week so you can focus! My son, you found an interesting lady, huh?" Chuckling, Vivian Xi reasoned in amusement. 

"Don't listen to her. She had a few drinks." Muttering under his breath, Matthew Xi massaged his temples. 

"That's because you got me drunk so' so bad..." Zoey murmured, pouting as she reminded him that to make her sleep faster, Matthew Xi had let her drink to her heart's content. 

Still, Vivian Xi, who was hearing this, perceived it in the other way. To her, Matthew Xi must have had indecent intentions because he wouldn't offer Zoey drinks for her own good. 

"My, my, I didn't know my son is so aggressive, making the young lady drunk. I should visit the temple then~! Tell Miss Zhou I would love to meet her someday!" With that, Vivian Xi hung up while laughing knowingly. 

"Tsk," Stressed at the fact that Zoey talked to his mother, she even gave her the information he had been keeping from her. After all, Vivian Xi's information gathering skills were terrifying and Matthew Xi would hate her meddling in this affair. 

Just as he glanced at the culprit of this whole predicament, his eyes sharpened seeing her already undressing. "What are you doing?" 

"I can't sleep in this — it's so tight." Zoey frowned, removing her dress's strap with great difficulty.. "Darling, help me, please?" Instead of sounding seductive, Zoey innocently sought for help as if it was an easy task for him to do.