That certainly wasn't what she meant.

Melissa just didn't want others to know about their relationship.

As these thoughts whirled around in her mind, Melissa kept silent.

Marcus stared at her for a while before finally sighing, "Melissa, you can reject me all you want, but I don't want people to think that Matthew's fatherless! I have to let everyone know that Matthew's my son!" Hearing this, Melissa didn't know what to say. Then he broke into a grin and added in a teasing tone, "Why the long face?

Don't you want your son to have a father in his life? Or are you worried that this'll affect your chances with other men?"

Melissa's expression instantly darkened, but she was too pissed to come back with a proper retort.

In the end, since she realized that it'd be impossible to change Marcus' mind about this matter, she chose to simply ignore him.

With a huff, she stormed off to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth. Marcus watched her leave, a playful look flashing in his eyes. He then carefully placed Matthew on the bed, slipped out from under the covers, and stealthily followed Melissa into the bathroom.

Before Melissa could understand what was going on, Marcus had already shut and locked the bathroom door behind him.

Hugging her from behind, Marcus looked at her in the mirror. Melissa still chose to ignore him, lowering her head to wash her face. Just then, his deep voice rumbled in the small bathroom.

“This apartment is tiny. Why don't you two move into my place this weekend? There's a nice park nearby, as well as a good kindergarten."

Casting a glance at him, Melissa didn't respond immediately; instead, she busied herself wiping her face with a towel.

Marcus waited patiently for her answer.

After a while, Melissa cleared her throat and said firmly, "I like it here. I don't want to move. If your parents miss Matthew, I can drop him off to stay with them for a few days-that is, if Matthew's okay with it.”

With burning eyes, Marcus asked in a hoarse voice, "We're both single, Melissa. More importantly, we have a child together. What's stopping you from giving us a chance to start over?"

"I just don't want to think about it at the moment."

Melissa turned to look at him helplessly.

“Can't you see? There's a huge gap between us, Marcus!"

Upon hearing this, Marcus' shoulders slumped and he leaned back against the wall, falling deep into thought.

After a while, he looked at Melissa's reflection in the mirror and asked softly, "Did you ever stop to think about our son? If we don't get married, then Matthew won't have the right to inherit anything from the Fowler family. Sooner or later, I'll have to marry someone, and by then..."