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

his cigarette becoming dark before lighting up again

silence merely notified Veronica that he was annoyed about her

care enough to coax him; she merely stood up to return

room,

the door, she changed into another set of clothes and

insomniac Melissa saw her lying down 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?

in front of the media that they were going to bring

the Crawfords

did the Larson Family abandon you back then? Was there something wrong

do know is that something‘s wrong with your brain!” Veronica retorted angrily as she raised

Roni. You‘re

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

seldom happenings in the upper

that you know the answer

wasn‘t really in the mood

“So, it‘s real?”

Melissa tugged on her elbows and probed,

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

That I 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,

and handed a wad of cash to Veronica after digging through it. “Here, this is for

new notes and wrapped with a

baffled Veronica asked, “Why did you

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.

heard by Veronica, whose

about him. Heck, I could even arrange a date with him for

off as she reached out to rub her thumb

gesture was

up a date for me

eyes glimmered brightly upon hearing

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