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âYvonne, are you gonna stay or not?
Get out of here if you arenât!â Veronica snapped right away without giving Yvonne the opportunity to finish her sentence. Then, sh e shoved Yvonne into her room, saying, âHere, the closet is full of new clothes. Weâre about the same height, so pick your clothe s yourself. The bathroom is over there. Hurry up and wash yourself before going to sleep!â
âOh, okay, okay.â Sensing that this topic was a taboo for Veronica, Yvonne dared not ask her further about it.
Veronica then went to the living roomâs bathroom and furtively called the landlady of the apartment she had rented today to ask her if she could quit t he lease and have her rent refunded.
âAre you crazy? How could you quit the lease right now after moving in just today? Are you trying to make a fool of me?â
âItâs okay that youâre angry, but you shouldnât be yelling at me. Itâs fine that I canât have my rent refunded, but what are you speaking so harshly for?â
âHow could you ask such a retarded question when you know that Iâm angry? You must be out of your mind! Beep ââ The landlady showered abuses on Veronica before hanging up right away.
Veronicaâs lips twitched at the sight of the ended phone call, âSigh, I canât have my rent refunded. Itâs over 20,000 lost. It really hurts.â Whenever she thought about it. she felt a surge of exasperation. Itâs all Matthew, that *ssholeâs fault! If it werenât for him. I wouldnât have lost over 20,000.
As soon as she opened the bathroom door to come out, she saw Matthew standing outside. Her face darkened, and she snappe d in displeasure, âWhy are you standing at the bathroom door? Why have I never realized youâve got such a hobby?â
Matthew raised his hand and loosened his necktie with an air of impatience. Then, he seized Veronica by the collar and pinned h er against the wall, asking, âAre you close to Yvonne?â
âWhat does that have to do with you?!â Veronica shot back snappishly.
âHow dare you be friends with her? Sheâs from an unknown background. Are you ured of living?â What a foolish woman who dares to bring anybody home!
Her head tilted to one side, Veronica stared at Matthew as her obsidianâlike bright eyes sparkled with a smile. âWhy would I? Sheâs only a good friend of mine.â Good friend? No, Yvonne and I were only for ced to live together for a week after being kidnapped, she thought. Of course, she had some suspicions about Yvonneâs appeara nce, but she was certain that the latter wasnât sent by the Larson Family. There was nothing else about Veronica that Yvonne cou ld take advantage of. In that case, the only thing that could explain this was that... Yvonneâs purpose in getting close to her was to get close to Matthew However, no matter whether Yvonne had her eyes on Matthewâs wealth, power, influence, or Matthew himself, it was none of Ver onicaâs business. Therefore, Veronica wouldnât care about it as long as it wouldnât keep her from âgetting rich.â Moreover, Matthe w wasnât a kind person either. He was incredibly shrewd, so it would probably be extremely difficult for Yvonne to gain something from him.
âThe mercenaries who kidnapped her that day were...â Matthew wanted to tell Veronica the identity and background of Yvonneâs kidnapper at first, but he feared that he might frighten this foolish woman. In the end, he merely said with a sigh, âI had too much to drink yesterday.â
He changed the subject so quickly that it was somewhat puzzling.
Veronica knew that Matthew was apologizing for his behavior yesterday. She had smelled alcohol on him yesterday as soon as h e came back, but the amount of alcohol wasnât sufficient to make him lose selfâ
control. âSo what?â She knitted her brows. âItâs pointless to give an absurd explanation right now after youâve done it.â In other wo rds, she was accusing him of talking nonsense by blaming his behavior yesterday on alcohol after he had raped her and slept with her. Or are you saying that youâre a brainless creature who has no control over your lower hall?
Matthewâs face darkened slightly, and he patted Veronica lightly on the head with his large hand. âIn the future, weâll only be brot her and sister. Thereâll be no other relationship between us apart from that.â The ârelationshipâ that he said wasnât referring to the brotherâsister relationship; in reality, he was telling Veronica that he would never touch her again.
Since he had said so, Veronica decided to make things clear instead of being secretive. âYou better keep your words. If you dare touch me again in the future, Iâll definitely fight you to death!â
Suddenly, Matthew said, âTwo months later, Tiffany and I will be getting married.â
The two seemed to be responding to each otherâs words with irrelevant answers as they jumped from one topic to another, but they actually understood what each otherâs words meant.
Veronica was slightly startled. Then, with the benefit of hindsight, she realized why Matthew would say just now that their relationship would be limited to that of brother and sister. As it turned out, it was because the two were planning to get married in two months due to Tiffanyâs pregnancy. Feeling suffocated at once, she instantly felt her heart ache terribly. Why does my heart ache so terribly? T Veronica felt that her insistence on taking revenge over the past few months had suddenly become pointless at this very moment.
might find a way to make the family lose face or even bring down the family. In the beginning, when Matthew said he would marry How can I fight against the Larsons and the Kingses on my own? Iâll only be fighting a hopeless battle.
Veronica blinked her eyes before looking at the man before her with a bitter smile. âIs that so? Congratulations to you, then.â Cong on becoming a father and to Tiffany on becoming Mrs. Kings. Tiffanyâs defeated me completely after all.
Shoving the man away, she went to the living roomâs bar counter and took a bottle of red wine from the liquor cabinet. Then, she w Matthew stood in place while watching the womanâs every move. He knew very well that she had shoved him with her injured righ to kill me one day?â
Walking up to Veronica, he felt bad in every way when he saw her pour red wine into her wine glass and drink heavily by gulping down a glass of red wine after another.
Torunia, do you wama... Oh, dear! Why are you drinking alone? Didnât you hurt pour arm. Tou canât drink liquor when youâre injure course. Coming to Veronicaâs side, she sat down and snatched the wine boule from her. âAre you insane? Youâll get drunk by drinking like this.â