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

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

merely notified Veronica that he was annoyed about her scolding him earlier in

to coax him;

room,

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

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

media that they were going to bring her back

it wasn‘t strange that the Crawfords

to ask enigmatically, “Why did the

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

Roni. You‘re

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

the upper echelon would often spread

asking something that you

wasn‘t really in the mood to

“So, it‘s real?”

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

not paying, so

her mobile out and continued, “I‘ll add you on Whatsapp then and transfer the money to you. Oh right, there‘s no

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

in question all came in new

the note, a baffled Veronica asked, “Why did you bring

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

words that she mumbled were heard by Veronica, whose eyes

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

trailed off as she reached out to rub her

gesture was

you really set up a

eyes glimmered brightly upon hearing

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