Chapter 420 The Secret

“We get it. You’re a big girl now and you think you know better,” Master Crayson pointed out in resignation. He stood up and began to head out of the private dining room. “I need to use the restroom.”

None of them had had a toilet break since arriving at the train station, so Veronica believed him and did not dwell too much on this.

Leaving the private room, he walked down the hallway and immediately spotted Matthew in the distance. The young man was leaning against the steel banisters while smoking, looking deep in thought.

When Matthew noticed Master Crayson approaching, he straightened up and snuffed out his cigarette. “Master Crayson, what are you doing out here?” His usual icy demeanor was nowhere to be seen whenever he was around Veronica’s family; he more often than not showed them his utmost respect.

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out his cigarette holder, then produced a small pouch and pinched some rolling tobacco. With precision, he put the tobacco into the cigarette holder

once, Matthew quickly offered to light up the end of his cigarette holder

to him. Why else would a man of his stature offer to light up a cigarette for someone like Master Crayson, who came from neither power

know, Veronica is a simple girl from an even simpler background. I just don’t see how she’s going to fit in with the rest of your family. Much as we’d like to think we’re better than all the talk of status, it won’t change the fact that Veronica will not be

took a drag of it. After a second of silence, he nodded and said,

way, then why don’t you stay away from

smile. “What if I were to give up

side to assess Matthew, looking deep in thought. However, there was no telling if he was thinking about how truthful or practical Matthew’s suggestion was.

will tell you how I’m a man of my word,” Matthew said playfully. He reckoned that the only person who

in all, there’s no getting me to trust men

or does it have something to do with Roni’s identity?” Matthew looked up and fixed his sharp gaze on Master Crayson. There was a dark gleam in his eyes this time and some of the respect in his tone was noticeably replaced

the cigarette holder and he lowered his gaze as he searched his mind for an answer. Not wanting to give anything away, he looked Matthew square in the eye and asked, “What do you

are and I don’t care about

was merely making a statement and it was a bold one that made

he eyed Matthew inquisitively. “When

Matthew was a rare talent and a business prodigy in Bloomstead. His razor-sharp wit and his ruthlessness were unmatched in the industry despite his young

Crayson had been worried that Matthew would discover the truth and now, his fears had come true. If his suspicions about Veronica’s identity

hard to keep a secret from bubbling up to the

“If you know Veronica is not an ordinary girl, then you should know to stay away from her. There is no future for the both of you, I’ve told her as much. Surely

concerned Veronica, his curiosity shot through the roof. He wanted to know everything about her background and

leave Bloomstead?” At that moment, a sudden thought flashed across his mind, which was that Veronica was

tried to stop him from getting engaged

she had beauty and talent, outshining nearly all the other young ladies of nobility here. Conversely, Veronica was raised in the country where no one would know her. She was

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