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.

shameless

leaned against a tree as he silently took a puff from his cigarette; the sight of his cigarette becoming dark before lighting up again

notified Veronica that he was annoyed about her scolding

coax him; she merely

room,

changed into another set

Dad that you

repeatedly claimed multiple times in front of the media

that the

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

don‘t know whether my body is ill or not, but what I do know is that something‘s wrong with your brain!” Veronica retorted angrily as

You‘re so

bed, Melissa swung her legs and propped her face up with her 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 saved Old Mrs. Kings before. She wants to recognize you as

seldom happenings in the upper echelon

are you asking something that you

the mood to

“So, it‘s real?”

elbows and

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

have much in life except money.” Then, Melissa pulled her mobile out and continued, “I‘ll add you on Whatsapp then and transfer the

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.

came in new notes and wrapped with a

printed on the note, a baffled Veronica asked, “Why did you bring so much cash to Almeida

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

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

up for negotiation, actually. This includes me telling you all about him. Heck,

reached out to

was basically

set up a date for me and

eyes glimmered brightly

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