Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 169

Is this damn woman a slave to money or something? Matthew thought incredulously as his face dimmed further.

Veronica couldn‘t have possibly taken a fee from Xavier when she celebrated his birthday for him, could she?

She had just spent over a million on Xavier at the club the other day. Matthew highly doubted she had taken Xavier‘s money just to celebrate his birthday after an incident like that had happened.

Despite starting to feel out of sorts at the mere thought of it, Matthew only apathetically replied, “I don‘t have the money.”

“You don‘t have the money?” Veronica huffed in disbelief. “No money, no talk.”

How could he dare expect her to celebrate his birthday without his financial contribution? Maybe in your dreams, she thought before she was hit by a sudden realization. “You brought me all the way back to Bloomstead just to celebrate your birthday with you?”

Her guess was dead on.

A trace of guilt flashed across Matthew‘s face at that, and his thin lips slightly parted. “You promised to arrange me and Tiffany‘s wedding. Who gave you permission to disappear halfway?”

Baffled, Veronica asked in return, “Didn‘t we come to an agreement on that? How can you go back on your own words?!”

“My own words? What have I promised you in my own words?” Matthew questioned. After taking a moment to think about Matthew‘s question, Veronica only shook her head and replied, “I don‘t think you promised me anything.”

The corners of his lips began to lift as he looked at the naive and honest woman in front of him.

He then walked around her to the living room and propped himself onto the sofa. With one hand on the armrest, his other hand was placed on his knee and was lightly tapping in irregular intervals. His eyes held a glint of interest as he gazed at Veronica. “Tell me,” he started again. “What plans do you have for the decorations in the wedding hall?”

Upon hearing his words, she could feel her blood pressure rising dangerously high as she was on the verge of spewing curse words at him at that moment.

With that, she angrily walked toward him and began to chastise him when she was standing right in front of him. “I‘m not a wedding planner! Why the hell would you want me to decorate the wedding hall?”

Instead of answering her, Matthew continued, “I’ll leave everything in your hands. You can get a wedding planning company if you want.”

“Then why don‘t you hire a real wedding,” Veronica started to rebuke, only to stop herself just in time when a thought flashed through her mind. She then made herself appear extremely reluctant as she nodded. “Alright. I’ll do it since you requested me to. But you should give me an estimation of how much you are willing to spend. Let‘s be transparent about this. If not, what would I do if I went over budget and you decide to not pay up for my services?”

any expenses that you need to be claimed,”

long as he was

something else to do.

then turned around and started to walk out of the

stopped in her tracks and warned coldly, “You better watch Tiffany closely,

that she shouldn‘t be

that you will at least consider the fact that I was

emotions in her eyes, but anyone could have

hearing this, Matthew knitted his dark brows into a frown and

knee came to a stop. “What did she do to

left hand unconsciously curled into a tight fist as his anger

ask me when you can ask your little fianceé?” After saying that, the coldness in

in silence for quite some time after the door to his place was shut. He eventually got up,

other hand, was walking by the roadside

skipped the greeting as soon as he picked up the call. “You finally turned on your phone! I was so close to

to say, he was gleeful about receiving a

phone. I went and got it fixed because it wouldn‘t turn on,” she answered with a

“Where are you now?”

questions as it would only complicate things if she explained further. “I‘m still in

she was still around, Xavier immediately offered, “I‘ll head

now.”

it is fine,” she quickly rejected. “I‘m only calling you to tell you that I‘m safe. I

tone that she had something else to do,

call was picked up, she went straight to the

do you need my help

the second time they spoke on the phone after Yvonne

her about the good news, which she then transferred the money right after Matthew and Yvonne had signed

earlier conversations, do you remember telling me about your friend who does wedding planning? Is she