Bumpkin's Rich Handsome Husband

Chapter 238 So, I’ve Misunderstood Matthew

Cory Island was an obscure island where a hellish training took place. The people who went there would have a taste of what it felt like to be in hell, but they would return as whole new people after the arduous drill.

In fact, Thomas was one of the candidates who had successfully completed the inhumane training, and he would never want to go back there. Once was enough.

However, his mistake was beyond recall as Matthew insisted on sending him there. “Ask your brother, Troy, to take over your position.”

Thomas swallowed back his pleading words and gave in in the end. “Understood.”

“Leave.” The man ordered icily.

The corner of Thomas’ lips twitched as he left the office instantly. Once he exited the building, he gave Veronica a call at the entrance, but no one picked up the phone no matter how many times he called.

His heart sank, and he slapped himself a few times in despair. “F*ck! You dumb sh*t!”

The brisk sound of slapping attracted the bypassing workers, who knew him well.

“M-Mr. Ritter, are you alright?”

“Mr. Ritter, are you okay? Do you want us to call the hospital?”

“Mr. Ritter, is everything fine?”

“There are no mosquitoes, though. Why did you slap yourself?”

…

weird gazes from his confused colleagues irritated him. “What are you looking at? Don’t you have work to do? Can’t I slap myself when my cheeks feel stiff?

upon hearing his lecture. Once he got into his car with trudging footsteps, he

“What’s wrong?”

Today, I…” Thomas recounted the incident in detail over the phone before getting into the main point. “Then, Young Master Matthew is going to send me to Cory Island! He even told me to enjoy myself there for months! Darn it! I’m not the same as I was during my younger days. I’m old now. Am I going to die there? Troy, is this the end

of situation, but I can’t help it. How could you say that to Miss Murphy? You know how much Young Master Matthew cares

Thomas’ face was perfused with

…

to the hospital to see a neurologist. When it was finally her turn,

doctor took a glimpse of the results, she nodded. “It is insomnia. I presume that it has been two months, but

the common situations insomniacs might encounter as well as the things Veronica should take note of

was half past five when she left the hospital. She checked her phone and saw the missed calls from Thomas in the car. Since

had a rough guess of the reason why he called her, but she had no intention of returning the

as she was about to put her phone in the bag, it rang. It was Matthew. Holding the phone tightly, she glanced at the medicine on

at the Twilight Condominium contained medicine that

now, Veronica still couldn’t face the fact that she was suffering from insomnia. She felt awful thinking about how she had thrown all those nasty words at him back then. Although he had tried to explain,

had she imagined the arrogant man being so helpless in front of her. A pang of guilt

pretend nothing had happened in front of Matthew nonetheless, because the

Veronica, but that alone couldn’t fill in the gap between them. The fact that they weren’t of the same world had determined their fate from the start, not to mention she

the call with

as ever. It sounded as though he was handling something

I’m still busy. Thomas stopped by today with the contracts, and I heard everything from him. You’re planning to expand the business, right? I’m looking at

must be a balance between work and life. Some rest time

“You’re right.”

you up from your office in 20 minutes. Let’s