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

he silently took a puff from his cigarette; the sight of his cigarette becoming dark before lighting up again made it

Veronica that he was annoyed about her scolding him earlier

to coax him; she merely stood up to return

room,

into another set of clothes and lay

to ask, “So, you‘re my brother‘s girlfriend. I heard from Dad that you intentionally made yourself look

had exposed Veronica‘s identity, repeatedly claimed multiple times in front of the media that they

that the

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

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

You‘re

the 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.

in the upper echelon would often spread

asking something that you

really in the mood to

“So, it‘s real?”

elbows and probed, “That‘s

“You‘re not paying, so

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. Wait for a short while,

cash to Veronica after digging through it. “Here, this is for you.

in new notes and wrapped

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

midst of her explanation. “If I had known that this god–forsaken place would not even

by Veronica, whose eyes sparkled upon realizing that

extra pleasant in Veronica‘s eyes. “Everything‘s up for negotiation, actually. This includes me telling you all about him. Heck, I could

to rub her thumb and index

was basically

really set up a date for

eyes glimmered brightly upon hearing

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