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.

of his cigarette becoming dark

that he was annoyed about

care enough to coax him; she merely stood up to

room,

shutting the door, she changed into another set of clothes and

from Dad that you intentionally made yourself look ugly. What

front of the media that they were going to bring her back to

strange that the Crawfords knew about her

gossipy middle–aged woman, Melissa continued to ask enigmatically, “Why did the Larson Family abandon

but what I do know is that something‘s wrong

Roni. You‘re so

hands to look at Veronica. “No wonder my brother likes you so much. I fancy your personality too, but I prefer Matthew. Hey, I also heard that you have

upper echelon would often spread like

you asking something that you know the

in the mood to

“So, it‘s real?”

her elbows and probed, “That‘s great news!

replied, “You‘re not paying, so why should

have. Hehe, I don‘t have much in 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,

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 tell me the things that I want to know about

cash in question all came in new notes and wrapped with a white paper

the character printed on the note, a baffled Veronica asked, “Why did

and we can only 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

by Veronica, whose eyes sparkled upon realizing that a deal

you all about him. Heck, I

as she reached out to rub her thumb and index finger

was

up a date for me

eyes glimmered brightly upon hearing

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