Chapter 97

Since the chief had already said so, Veronica could only accept the fact calmly.

After all, this was not the city where they had plenty of choices to choose from.

She took out her towel and body wash from her luggage and proceeded to head out to the pond by the entrance with a flashlight. Sitting on the stone used for washing clothes, Veronica dipped her foot in the cool water before swinging her legs, making the water splash about.

Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit.

The sound of the frogs croaking paired with the grasshoppers chirping made for a relaxing scene.

Suddenly, small balls of green light appeared in the dark, to which Veronica looked at dazily.

When she was young, fireflies were a common sight. However, now that she was an adult, she rarely saw them again, so she didn‘t expect such a large number of them here.

Splash.

Veronica jumped into the pond and took a satisfying bath since there was nobody around in the dead of night. –

The pond at the entrance was deep with cobblestones underneath while its water all came from the mountain.

After swimming for a while, she took a bath as she sat on the washing stone with soaked clothes before washing her hair. Basking in the night wind, she felt a tad bit cold yet she wasn‘t drowsy at all and didn‘t want to sleep either.

Crack.

The sound caused Veronica to turn her head behind as she saw a man lighting a cigarette. From the dim light illuminated by the lighter, she recognized at once that the man was Matthew.

“When did you arrive?”

Was he actually peeping on her when she was taking a bath?

Although she was wearing activewear that consisted of a pair of shorts and a T–shirt, she didn‘t accidentally reveal anything. Rather, it was because he already knew that she was there and still chose to linger around.

a shameless man.

a puff from his cigarette; the sight of his cigarette becoming dark before lighting up again made it seem like there was a glowing red

silence merely notified Veronica that he was annoyed about her scolding him

coax him; she merely stood up to return

room,

she changed into another set

and closed in to ask, “So, you‘re my brother‘s girlfriend. I heard from Dad that you intentionally made yourself look ugly. What was that all about? Was it because you

claimed multiple times in front of the media that

the Crawfords knew about her

Melissa continued to ask enigmatically, “Why did the Larson Family abandon you

or not, but what I do know is that something‘s

Roni. You‘re

hands to look at Veronica. “No wonder my brother likes you so much. I fancy your personality too, but I

seldom happenings in the upper echelon

you asking something that you know the

really in the mood to humor

“So, it‘s real?”

Veronica‘s words, Melissa tugged on her elbows and probed, “That‘s great

blunt Veronica replied, “You‘re not

life except money.” Then, Melissa pulled her mobile out and continued, “I‘ll add you on Whatsapp then and transfer the money to you. Oh right, there‘s no signal here.

she was mumbling to herself, she took a bag by the corner of the bedside and handed a wad of cash to Veronica after digging through it. “Here, this is for you. So, can you now

in new notes and

the note, a baffled Veronica

use cash here. So, I brought a hundred thousand in cash with me.” Melissa breathed in deeply in the midst of her explanation. “If I had known that this god–forsaken place would not even have a supermarket, I would not have brought it along. It nearly killed me, carrying all that

words that she mumbled were heard by Veronica, whose eyes sparkled upon realizing that a deal

includes me telling you all about him. Heck, I could even arrange a date with him for you,

reached out to

gesture was basically

set up a

eyes glimmered brightly

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