Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 148

Chapter 148

After opening the door and walking in, Veronica waved at Xavier, who was standing across the door. “Come on in.”

Xavier glanced around the living room, which had a minimalist design. Nevertheless, because the area wasn‘t too spacious, it actually made the space look more warm and cozy with the dim, yellow light in the living room.

“It‘s pretty cozy here,” Xavier commented while walking into the living room to sit on the couch.

“Please make yourself at home.”

Veronica closed the door and took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cooler with a chuckle. “I stole this wine from Matthew‘s place. He said this is an aged wine.”

In fact, Veronica saw this aged wine on Matthew‘s wine cooler back when she was at Twilight Condominium, so she secretly kept it in her bedroom as she planned to devour it.

However, she got into an argument with Matthew later on, so she took it away together when she left the club.

Veronica shook the wine bottle in her hand and said, “Let‘s finish it.”

She loved drinking because when she was with Crayson back then, the latter loved bringing her around for drinks, so as time passed, she gradually got better at holding her liquor.

Nevertheless, Veronica did not realize that she had been drinking quite a lot in the last few months due to the pressure from various sources.

Xavier then took the red wine from Veronica‘s hand and smiled in spite of himself after checking the label. “I‘m afraid we can‘t drink this wine,” he said.

“Huh? Why? Is it because it‘s an aged wine? I can hold my drink, so that‘s not a problem.”

“This is not just any ordinary aged wine. This is a 1945 Romanée–Conti that was bought by someone at an exorbitant price of 3.9 million at New York‘s Sotheby‘s auction. I reckoned the buyer gave this to Matthew as a gift later on.”

Hearing thai, Veronica widened her eyes and was left dumbfounded. “What?! 3.9 million? What kind of wine would cost this much?!”

She knew aged wines were generally more expensive, but she did not expect this one to be so pricey.

portion of grapes in Domaine de la Romanée–Conti after World War II, and there

surely not aware of the background of this red wine,

to have attended the New York‘s Sotheby‘s

f*cking expensive!” Veronica couldn‘t help

quickly reached out her hand to grab the wine back from Xavier. “A 1945 wine is not drinkable at all without decanting it. Let‘s

the wine in her hands, Veronica couldn‘t help sizing up the bottle of wine discreetly out of curiosity. “How could it possibly be so expensive? No wonder the bottle looks so old. It‘s okay, I’ll leave it alone. Maybe the

is not the main point.

and had not expected that its

toward Xavier instantly and asked,

glanced at the red wine in

it‘s counted as an extremely valuable item. The minimum punishment is 10 years of imprisonment. In a more serious case, one could be sentenced to life imprisonment. Besides, the criminal‘s assets could be

“Oh my goodness! Thank God we

“It‘s getting late, so you should get going too.

had some stuff to attend to, but she

a

initial intention was to see if Veronica was actually staying here. With that, he was surprised

an hour prior to this, Matthew was standing in front of the French window in

phone screen displayed a series of numbers

not call her

wine to fill his glass. Holding the wine glass between

head, he inadvertently realized the

he paused his movements as his

if he had found a reason to

dialed Veronica‘s number, but the call was instantly disconnected after the numbers were pressed. After hesitating for a while, he decided to

from the other end of the line. “Hi,

lodge a case. Someone stole

What wine

a 1945 Romanée–Conti

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