Bumpkins Rich Handsome Husband Chapter 397
Bumpkins Rich Handsome Husband
Chapter 397 Jealous Matthew âWhat?â He pushed her away and glared at her. âWhat did you say?â âI said Iâd like to see you next⦠I mean this yearâs The Christmas S⦠Ow! What are you doing?â He flicked her forehead before she could finish. She covered her forehead and gasped in pain.
âI sang Dawn Breeze in last yearâs The Christmas Show! The ninth performance! And you didnât see me!â
âHuh? Oh um, sorry. I didnât see you.â She laughed. Yeah, Matthew and his friends were standing right outside my door last Christmas. I was trying to deal with them, so of course I had no time for The Christmas Show.
At this moment, Larryâs phone rang. He took it out and sighed. âItâs from my manager. Great, sheâs angry at me now. Goodbye.â
âDrive safely.â She waved him goodbye. Larry took the call. âMiss Quinton? Yeah, Iâm on my way back.
Right away.â He trotted back to his car and honked it to say goodbye, and he left.
She stood in the same spot, sighing. âBeing an actor sure makes a lot of money, but man I feel sorry for him. Heâs busy as a bee.â She went into the hotel lobby and made a beeline for the elevator. It was about one in the afternoon, and there were not a lot of people coming in. After she went into the elevator, a mysterious man in a windbreaker, cap, mask, and sunglasses came in.
The other guests left the elevator, and eventually, only the man was left with her. She looked at the elevator walls and glanced at the manâs reflection cautiously. The elevator doors swung open, and she glanced outside before going out. As she walked down the corridor, she kept glancing backward. He was following her.
Her heart skipped a beat. Is this what Hendrey meant when he said Iâd get tailed because I look like Tiffany? She leaned against the wall after she turned the corner, waiting for the mysterious man to show up. She kicked him in the face as he did, but he caught her ankle with his bare hands. âWho are you?â she asked nervously as she did a roundhouse kick, aiming at the manâs chest.
The man expected that. He wanted to catch her feet, but that was a feint. She moved her leg downward and kicked his chest. She had used a lot of strength in this kick, and the man staggered backward.
Veronica did not stop. She stepped ahead and gave him a left hook, but he crouched down all of a sudden and wrapped his arm around her hip, then threw her over his shoulders and walked toward her suite. âWho are you? Who are you?â She got her guard up and kept resisting and struggling.
The man smacked her ass loudly, and she winced in pain, though she knew who he was right away.
âYouâre Matthew, arenât you?â she asked and sniffed him. As expected, she caught a whiff of his familiarly special smell. Of course it was Matthew.
He unlocked the door and slammed it shut, then he carried her in and tossed her onto the bed.
Matthew closed in, asking, âWho is he?â He took his mask off along with his sunglasses and tossed them. He looked at the woman coldly, the look on his face dark.
Her heart started to race, and she stared at him in shock. âUm⦠When did you get here?â Man, Iâm stupid. I should have known he was here when he called me back at the restaurant. She naively thought he just wanted to have a little chat with her after she came back. She thought that the man could be him when she saw him in the elevator, but the fact that Matthew was still back in Destor debunked that thought. She expected it to be someone else, only to be surprised. Itâs still Matthew in the end.
âAnswer my question.â He raised her chin, his eyes narrowed and filled with anger. Veronica felt a chill run down her spine, and she was like a cat on hot bricks.
âH-Heâsâ¦â She pursed her lips. âLarry.â
Back in the basement last time, she told him that Larry was her first love, and he shrugged it off.
However, after he fell in love with her, he realized that her first love was actually Hendrey. He had looked into Larry and found out that he was the top actor at the moment. âI wonder if youâre lying this time.â She just keeps fooling around. I have no idea who she really likes. He asked, âHendreyâs your first love, but you fell in love with Larry after that? Is that it?â He had been waiting in the lobby for her, and when he saw her hugging Larry, he felt a fire burning his heart away.
âUmâ¦â Veronica thought he was being imaginative. She wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled. âYouâre angry. Do you like me that much?â
He inched closer, his nose pressing against hers, and he bit her lip. âAnswer my question.â He was acting so much like the first time they metâaloof, distant, and bossy.
She gulped. âItâs not what you think. Crazy and I are just friends.â
Crazy? Veronica thought it was an innocent nickname, but it was not the case for Matthew. He thought it sounded almost endearing. âIs he your ex?â
âNo!â She frowned in displeasure. âYouâre being too bossy, Matthew. So what if heâs my ex? So what if heâs not? Youâre blowing things out of proportion.â
âIâm blowing things out of proportion?â His face fell, and he stared at her sharply.
âI said, youââ She was going to say something, but he stood up and left the room. She sat up at once, but all she could see was him leaving. âMatthew, youââ
He slammed the door shut and left before she could finish. Veronica sat on the bed and scratched her head in resignation, but then her phone rang. It was from Yvonne. âYvonne? Youâre awake too?â she asked.
Yvonne asked curiously, âToo? Who else is up? Is it Matthew?â