Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 118

Chapter 118

Veronica let out a hiss.

“Oh dear, what is it?” Elizabeth asked in concern.

In order not to worry Elizabeth, Veronica lied and said that she had slipped earlier and her arm was sliced open on a sharp rock.

Elizabeth’s heart ached terribly for her. She pulled Veronica over to the couch to sit down and chat with her.

“As a lady, you should be more mindful. You won’t be as pretty if it leaves a scar,” Elizabeth said solemnly as she patted Veronica’s hand.

“Don’t worry, Grandma. I’m fine.” Veronica smiled.

..

Elizabeth and Veronica chatted as usual about their daily happenings easily.

“In a few more days, I’ll be taking you to see someone,” Elizabeth said. ”

“Who is it?”

“Matthew’s Uncle Conrad. He’ll be returning from overseas in a few days’ time. You’ll be able to acquaint yourselves with each other. After all, he is your uncle as well.” Having brought him up, Elizabeth elaborated, “Conrad is only a few years older than Matthew, but he has a mind for business. I’m considering letting you learn from him.”

“Huh? Learn… Learn from… Uncle Conrad?” Veronica couldn’t understand. Thirsty, she picked up the glass of water from the table and took a sip.

Elizabeth’s voice rang out again by her ear. “Conrad is a reliable man with dashing good looks. He’s a bachelor too. You might not be able to be with Matthew, but I want to introduce you to Conrad.”

“Cough... Cough...” Startled by Elizabeth’s words, Veronica ended up spitting out the water she had been drinking and choked.

pulled a few wads of tissue paper and muttered, “How old are

really.” Veronica wiped

her hand, “I’m fine.

a good prospect. Conrad is coming home, so it’ll be a good time to introduce you

Veronica understood Elizabeth at last. From the looks of things, Elizabeth liked her better than Matthew. While she couldn’t marry Matthew when he already had a fiancée, that didn’t mean that Elizabeth

went through, would Veronica end up being… Matthew’s aunt? By

gosh, isn‘t this

am I worthy of

do you mean, forget it? If I say that you can meet him, then you will. That’s settled for now.” Elizabeth did not give Veronica

that Veronica was returned to the Twilight Club by Thomas. After getting out of the car, Veronica called her adoptive parents from where she was in the parking basement to ask after them. She

she returned.

and washing up, she changed her clothes and went downstairs to eat. Later that morning

Veronica handed a ring over

the ring and inspected it. “Do you have the receipt for this?” he asked as he checked

“Nope”

looks pretty new. Why do you want to pawn the ring

because I… am broke.” Veronica thought that the pawn shop worker was spouting garbage. She looked at the man. “How

you

gave it to

it cost?” the

haggle down once she named a price, so she thought of an excuse. “The ring was a gift, so how would I know? But look at it closely-my name is engraved

ring. Veronica saw him frown. “Hold on a sec. I’ll get my boss to take a look at this.” He then

the pawn shop emerged for another round of questions for her.

there. “You see this? Veronica Murphy, as stated on my ID! You

checked the ring again. Having confirmed that it was hers, the owner

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