Her Billionaire 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.

and muttered, “How

urk… I’m okay, really.” Veronica wiped her mouth

hand, “I’m fine. Grandma, what

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

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,

the matchmaking went through, would Veronica end up being…

 this

I worthy of him? Forget

him, then you will. That’s settled for now.” Elizabeth did not give Veronica any room to refuse and straightaway

she didn’t say anything else after that. She kept Elizabeth company the entire day. However, Matthew never once showed up. It wasn’t until after dinner 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

wasn’t in the apartment either when she returned. He didn’t come home

again. The next day, she woke up early. After brushing her teeth and washing up, she

there, I’d like to pawn this off.” Veronica handed a ring over to the staff member

“Do you have the receipt for this?” he asked as he checked the

“Nope”

you want to pawn the

the pawn shop worker was spouting garbage. She looked

you

gave it

much did it cost?” the man asked

knew that they would immediately haggle down once she named a price, so she thought of an excuse. “The ring

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

pawn shop emerged for another round of questions for her.

wasting your breath?” She smacked her ID card down on the counter and pointed at the name printed there. “You see this? Veronica Murphy, as stated on my ID! You gonna take it

Having confirmed that it was hers, the owner grinned as he raised his

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