Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 103

Chapter 103

li was 8:00AM the next day when Veronica regained consciousness. Besides Melissa, Maithew was also in the room; the two had kept watch over her the entire night.

Veronica came round and opened her eyes, only to feel a little weak all over.

Seeing that she had regained consciousness, Melissa cried out, “Veronica! You‘re awake at last!”

Matthew immediately stood up, walked over, and put a hand on Veronica‘s forehead. Seeing that her fever had gone down, he asked, “How are you feeling?”

“How did I get back here?” Veronica asked subconsciously, before raising her wounded hand as her wrist hurt.

“You didn‘t come back even by midnight, so Matthew went searching for you with his men.” Melissa sat next to Veronica, her eyes red with hurt. “Luckily, you‘re alright. Otherwise, I‘d feel very sorry toward you.”

Born in a wealthy and distinguished family, Melissa was usually arrogant and domineering. However, she was crazy about Matthew, and Veronica, who was on friendly terms with him, could help her date him, so she liked Veronica very much as well. Despite her domineering disposition, beneath that flamboyant exterior, she was a kind-hearted person.

When Veronica recalled the masked man yesterday, her eyes darkened. “Did he bring me back?”

“Was there anything wrong?” Matthew sensed that something was amiss. He asked, “Who treated your wound?”

“Me. I did it myself,” Veronica replied.

always brought a dagger with him when he went up the mountain, so he assumed that Veronica had done the same while going up the mountain last night. It was just that she collapsed

that Veronica was fine. He said, “Just rest

Having lost quite an amount of blood, Veronica felt somewhat weak, and she didn‘t feel like

to visit her, bringing things like eggs, fish, chickens, ducks, and geese with them. After all, these were the only things people had in rural

villagers‘ simplicity and enthusiasm, Veronica felt very glad. She rested for two days, during which time Melissa followed her around and

doorway, she chanced upon the masked man again. Seeing the masked man walking past the other side of the pond with his stick, she yelled, “Hey, you! Stop right there!” Laying aside the stick she was using to fish for crayfish, she stood up and trotted to the other side

bruises and grazes on his arm. “I–I fell down the

left sleeve to reveal the bruises on his left arm, she decided to believe his story. “Alright. I thought you had ungratefully run away.” She finally cast aside the displeasure that

had told her about the masked man‘s family, Veronica learned that he was less than 30 years old. Since he was still young, he was supposed to be inclined to have fun, so she thought

injured arm, she couldn‘t do heavy work. On the other hand, Melissa was a wealthy heiress who only came to Almeida for the sake of formality, so there was no way she could do any work. With plenty of free time on their hands and nothing else to do, the two passed the time fishing for

masked man refused right

save her that day. She said peremptorily, “Aw, come on let‘s go! I‘m not good at crayfish fishing, so I only managed to catch less than half a bucketful of them

mainly raised crops and worked in fields, so they weren‘t interested in crayfish at all. Because of that, there was an

time, the masked man fished for crayfish by the

in order to save him, he put his dagger away and went down

Veronica repeatedly pleaded with him

the crayfish and peeling garlic to make

who felt completely stuffed, took a stroll in the village, while

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