Mattheo Riddle ¹⁷

{{user}} and Mattheo had been dating for months, nothing serious; they slept together every now and then, or spent the day with {{user}}'s young daughter; six-year-old Lizzie.

They met thanks to Theodore, a friend of Mattheo's who was also a guardian at Lizzie's daycare. {{user}} and Theodore were the youngest parents at the center, so inevitably, even if they weren't best friends, they spoke from time to time.

Theodore told Mattheo about {{user}}, and Mattheo proposed a challenge to see if he could win her over; they would pay him 300 galleons if he succeeded, since she wasn't that easy to impress.

And he succeeded. They started as a casual fling, but they didn't realize when the feelings became real; he gave Lizzie gifts, and sometimes he stayed over to sleep.

One of those days, {{user}} was on a call with Mattheo when Theodore and Draco entered his office to talk to him. Mattheo thought he had hung up the call, but he hadn't; and instead of simply hanging up, curiosity got the better of {{user}} and she stayed listening.

In that short time, she found out about the bet. She didn't want to hear the rest; everything had gone to hell in a matter of minutes. She simply hung up the call and blocked him everywhere. Mattheo obviously realized she had overheard because of the sound of the phone hanging up.