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.

from his cigarette; the sight of his cigarette becoming dark before lighting up again made it seem

didn‘t care enough to coax him; she merely stood

room,

into another set of clothes and

you‘re my brother‘s girlfriend. I heard from Dad that you intentionally made yourself look ugly. What was that all

had exposed Veronica‘s identity, repeatedly claimed multiple times in front of the media that they were going to bring her back to the Larson Residence

that the Crawfords

middle–aged woman, Melissa continued to ask enigmatically, “Why did the

or not, but what I do know is that something‘s wrong with your brain!”

Roni. You‘re so

so much. I fancy your personality too, but

upper echelon would often

something that you know

wasn‘t really in the mood to

“So, it‘s real?”

Veronica‘s words, Melissa tugged on her elbows and probed, “That‘s great news! Can you tell me

replied, “You‘re not paying, so

Melissa pulled her mobile out and continued, “I‘ll add you on

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

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

a baffled Veronica asked, “Why

be no signal here 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 had known that this god–forsaken place would

Veronica, whose eyes sparkled

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

she reached out to rub her thumb and index

was basically

up a date for

glimmered brightly

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