CHAPTER 69
Indeed, Matthew had said that the previous evening, but he had been lying.
Now that he changed his mind, he corrected, “You remembered wrongly.”
“Remembered wrongly?” Carefully, Veronica thought about it. Indeed, she could recall now that there had been more than one bed at his penthouse when she was kidnapped.
At this moment, she was penniless and had no money to rent a room. It was also unclear how the Larson Family felt about her right now, so it would be safer and more cost-efficient for her to stay at Matthew’s penthouse in Twilight Condominium.
However…
“We would be a single man and a woman sharing an apartment. Wouldn’t that be inappropriate?” she asked, her tone guarded.
After taking in her stance, Matthew simply reached out and took the access card from her hands.
Ding
As the elevator reached the second-floor basement, the doors opened and he walked out. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.
Immediately, she chased after him. “I’m kidding! Please don’t take it seriously. You’re my brother now. I trust your morals!”
Pah! Only a fool would trust him.
Nonetheless, given the dire straits she was in, sleeping at the penthouse was her best option.
Moreover, she had Elizabeth to protect her. That was why Veronica trusted Matthew wouldn’t do anything to her.
Otherwise, she would castrate him personally!
After tugging on his arm and pulling the access card from his grip, she looked up at him. “If I have a place to stay, do I have food to eat as well?”
“This is what you wanted, Young Master Matthew-“Waiting at the second floor basement, Thomas had gone up to greet Matthew upon seeing him walk over, only to witness Veronica holding onto Matthew’s hand and skipping alongside him as she joked and laughed.
Both of them were acting intimate without the animosity from before, when they would be filled with murderous rage whenever they set eyes on each other.
“Ah—Thomas!” Veronica exclaimed upon seeing Thomas approach. “Do you both have something to talk about? I’ll wait over there for you, then.”
With that, she made to leave.
However, Matthew kept his hold on her hand and said collectedly, “It’s okay. Let’s go.”
Holding onto her hand very naturally, he led her over to his private car.
Forsaken, Thomas looked down at the paper bag in his hands. Inside it was all of Veronica’s personal information.
Is Young Master Matthew truly not anxious about it?
In astonishment, Thomas turned to look at the pair retreating in the distance. Since when have they been so close?What on earth happened the previous night?
Meanwhile, Veronica climbed into the back of the sedan while Matthew got into the passenger’s seat.
“Where do you want to go?” he asked.
“To,” she stopped, her expression suddenly sinking. In truth, there were many things she wanted to attend to, but she had to go to the police station to have her identity taken care of first. “Send me to the police station. I have to reapply for an ID.”
“There’s no need,” he replied, “Thomas is taking care of it. Come back with me to the Kings Residence for now. Grandma wishes to see you.”
Meanwhile, Thomas, who was entering the car, paused. Since when am I taking care of her identification?
Ever since Veronica disappeared, Thomas had been busy searching for her whereabouts. Then, he was rescuing her with Matthew, only for the latter to instruct him to look into her personal information after that. In short, Thomas had had no
time to take care of her identification at all.
Nevertheless, he kept his complaints to himself and only nodded cooperatively. “Don’t worry, Miss Murphy. Your ID will be ready in two days.”
“Alright. Thank you very much.” That was all she could say since it would be much slower for her to take care of things herself.
As one of Matthew’s men, Thomas would receive special treatment and could naturally get things done much faster.
Right then, the sedan started, heading in the direction of the Kings Residence.
On the way there, Veronica asked to borrow Matthew’s cell phone. “Can you lend me your phone? I want to call my mother.”
Obligingly, he handed his phone to her.
After taking the phone, she made a call to her foster mother.
When the call connected, she said, “It’s Veronica, Mom.”
“Did you change your number again, Roni?” Daniella asked upon seeing that the number Veronica was using to call her was different from the one from this morning.
“I lost my phone. I’m using… Matthew’s phone to call you.”
No elaboration was needed since Daniella had met Matthew at Saint Hospital, and even repeatedly told Veronica to treat him to dinner as thanks.
“So this is Young Master Matthew’s phone? I say!”
“My phone was broken, so I sent it in for repair. I’m only calling you to tell you that you should rest well at home with Dad and that I’ll go back to visit you when I’m free. As for what you said this morning- don’t worry. As long as I’m alive, I’ll still be your and Dad’s daughter. I’ll always be your daughter.”
Veronica didn’t care what kind of fuss the Larsons were throwing. She wouldn’t let it get in the way of her family.
After she said so, the line descended into silence.
Only after a while could she hear Daniella sobbing. The noise made Veronica’s heart clench.
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“Alright, alright. I believe you. I really do,” Daniella told her in a choked, hoarse voice.
Even through the phone, Veronica could feel her mother’s worry.
“Veronica, you have to be careful of the Lars—”
“Shut up, you idiot!”
Since Daniella had answered the call in hands-free mode, Tony could hear Veronica talking as well and wanted to tell her about them being kidnapped.
However, Daniella was afraid that Veronica would worry, so the former interrupted and scolded him.
“What was that about, Mom?”
“N-Nothing. Your dad only wanted to tell you to be careful and not to trust anyone in Bloomstead. Remember, Roni-no one in this world other than us would give everything up for you, so don’t trust anyone apart from us too easily, okay?” Daniella warned, still not telling Veronica about her and Tony being kidnapped.
“I promise I’ll be wary of the Larsons, Mom. Otherwise, there’d be no one to rescue you when you’re kidnapped.”
To assuage their worry, Veronica told them about the arrangements she made.
For a moment, there was silence at the other end of the line as her parents exchanged looks of heartache.
“Silly Roni, I know you sent someone to watch out for us,” Daniella chided now. “If things get too dangerous for you to stay alone in Bloomstead, come home, okay?”
“It’s not dangerous. I forgot to tell you, Old Mrs. Kings—” At that point, Veronica glanced at Matthew before continuing, “Matthew’s grandmother, that is, has recognized me as her god-granddaughter. Nothing will happen to me under the Kingses’ protection.”
While there were some things she hadn’t wished to tell her parents, Veronica was afraid they would worry about her if she didn’t tell them.
Every single one of the things the Larson Family did to her family was imprinted in her mind now. Even if she left Bloomstead, she wouldn’t be able to extricate herself easily.
“Good. That’s good.”
Only after she heard her foster mother’s reassured tone did Veronica’s heart finally leave her throat. After some further small talk, she finally hung up the phone.
Upon hanging up the phone, she rested her forehead against her hand and sighed, still clutching onto the phone.
It was a good thing her parents didn’t pay much attention to the entertainment news gossip on a regular day. Otherwise, once they found out about Matthew and Tiffany’s engagement, they would no doubt have her be guarded against Matthew as well.