CHAPTER 261

Chapter 261 Pretending to Be Unconscious

“That information is confidential,” Matthew answered coldly before giving Thomas a side glance. Then, the former turned and entered back into the ward.

Acknowledging what Matthew’s gaze meant, Thomas walked up to Hendrey and said in a polite manner, “Mr. Johnson, since Miss Murphy is still unconscious, please come back another day.”

Knowing that Matthew was not keen on having him here, Hendrey was rendered helpless. Eventually, he nodded and replied, “I’ll come back when she wakes up.”

After saying that, Hendrey took another glance at the ward and left.

In the ward, Veronica continued to lay unconsciously on the bed. She only opened her eyes when it was completely quiet outside. Glancing at Matthew, who was sitting beside her, she immediately started acting. “Why are you here? Ouch… Why was I unconscious?”

She covered her head with her hands and gasped in pain.

The man sitting in the chair immediately stood up, reached out to touch her forehead, and asked out of concern, “Does your head hurt?”

“Well, yeah… It hurts a lot.” Veronica nodded, closed her eyes again, breathed a sigh of relief, and murmured, “Why did I suddenly black out…”

She used up almost all the acting skills she learned throughout her whole life.

However, Veronica was not aware that there was something abnormal in her body, so she did not think much when she decided to lie.

Even though what she said was meaningless, Matthew paid attention to her every word.

His heart clenched tightly when he heard what she said.

It had not been long since she left the underground chamber, but she fainted again in such a short time. There was also no cause that could be found.

Would she be in a dangerous situation if this went on?

There seemed to be an alarm constantly ringing in Matthew’s heart, making him even more worried.

He was usually a calm and collected man, but his stern face was currently painted with worry. His aloof expression had faded away and was slowly replaced by gentleness. At that moment, even his gaze was laced with concern.

As his burning gaze fell on Veronica, Veronica swallowed subconsciously when she opened her eyes to meet his.

Matthew’s gaze just now… was too intense for her to bear!

“By the way, where’s Ivana and Yvonne? I’m still wearing Julius Atelier’s jewelry exhibit,” Veronica said while stretching out her hand to remove the necklace from her neck.

“These are valuable items and must be returned intact.”

“They’re on their way. They might be here soon,” Matthew responded and inquired with great concern, “How do you feel now? Does your head still hurt?”

“Not really. It just hurts a little just now. Now, my knee hurts, but I should be fine after a few days of rest.”

After speaking, she smiled heartlessly.

Seeing that she was fine, Matthew could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but that did not mean he was not worried about Veronica’s condition.

It cost them quite a lot the last time they went to Castron to inspect the residues in the porcelain bowls that were brought out from the underground chamber, but their efforts were to no avail in the end.

That was what made him uneasy.

“Oh, where is Hendrey?”

Veronica acted as if she had suddenly thought about him as she inquired.

Sure enough, Matthew’s face suddenly turned cloudy, and even his gaze turned icy cold.

He stared at her with dark eyes that resembled ink as if pondering about something before questioning, “Are you disappointed that the carefully prepared confession had failed?”

As an outsider, everything that happened at today’s jewelry show must have looked like it was intricately staged.

Even if it was thought of as a marketing tool, it was at least prepared and arranged in advance.

However, Matthew was suspicious.

If Veronica had always loved Hendrey deeply, then she would not have asked Elizabeth to introduce her to someone a month ago in Kings Residence.

It made no sense.

He assumed that the confession during the jewelry show was just a marketing tool, or that Hendrey suddenly returned, and met Veronica. After knowing she stood a chance to pursue him, she decided to stage a confession.

Matthew could not tell whether Veronica and Hendrey had contacted each other before this.

After all, communication was now convenient, so it was easy to connect with an old classmate.

Matthew was more inclined toward the latter.

Veronica was not the designer of Julius Atelier, so it was not necessary for her to sell a story to promote their products!

Matthew’s whole analysis turned out to be awfully wrong.

“Hehe…” Veronica smiled awkwardly.

Since Matthew misunderstood, she let him be.

It would be great if Matthew could stop pursuing her through his own misunderstanding.

“Oh, that was just an unexpected misunderstanding.” She raised her hand and touched her nose before immediately changing the subject, “Erm, my leg hurts. I want to take a nap.”

“Does it hurt badly?”

Seeing her pained face, Matthew immediately comforted her, “The doctor has already treated your wound. Your knee was seriously injured so you might need to rest for a few days.”

Veronica looked at the ceiling speechlessly. 7,000 dollars was not easy money.

However…

She suddenly thought of something, so she quickly inquired, “Where’s my phone?”

“Here.”

Matthew took out a phone from his pocket and handed it to Veronica. “Drew brought it here.”

Of course, he was the one who ordered Skyler to go backstage to get it.

“Thanks.”

Veronica took the phone, scrolled to her address book, and sent a message to Yvonne:

‘My shoes should have been tampered with. Help me find out who did it.’

After falling on the runway, Veronica checked the heel immediately as she picked up the shoe. There were obvious traces of glue on it.

Clearly, someone had done something to her shoes.

“What else have you hid from me?” holds © this.

Matthew stared at her with a probing look in his eyes, as if wanting to know how many secrets she was hiding.

“Huh?”

Veronica was stunned before replying, “Oh. I wanted to become a model when I was young. I also worked as a part-time model when I was in school, but I was young at that time, so I couldn’t earn much, and I had little work. After that, I worked at a cafe to earn some allowance, so gradually, I didn’t have time to work part-time as a model. Over time, it was put on hold.”

Her childhood dream was to be a model, but this career could not support her family financially.

She still had adoptive parents to support, so naturally, she had no opportunities nor was she financially stable to join the modeling career.

“How many lies have you told me?”

After Veronica answered his first question, Matthew brought up another.

Taken aback by his following question, Veronica suddenly realized the meaning behind his questions.

She then smiled awkwardly. “Haha… I was just messing with you the other day. Larry Freeman is the popular guy from Cornell College of Performing Arts, which is next to my university.”

On the other hand, she had known Hendrey for almost seven years.

They were in their first year of high school when they met. In the winter of the first year of high school, Hendrey carried her to the infirmary after she injured herself. Since then, she had fallen in love with him.

However, it had always been unrequited love.

Throughout those years, she had never confessed her love to Hendrey. Though he often hung out with her, he did not seem to take interest in her.

Otherwise, he would not have gone abroad directly after finishing his second year of high school, cutting off contact with her entirely.