Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 121

Shock, astonishment, panic, anxiety—all that surged within her was a myriad of emotions.

Veronica's feelings were a complicated mess.

If Tiffany wasn't pregnant with Matthew's child, Veronica might still feel just that tiny bit hopeful toward Matthew. She'd feel that he couldn't possibly side with Tiffany. But right now, he was the father of the baby inside Tiffany's belly...

Would he be like Tiffany one day and kill her, because he couldn't continue to let her have a spot in his life?

A sense of danger washed over Veronica then, making her unable to calm herself. In the face of this startling news, she felt like retreating.

Matthew took in Veronica's expression with his dark eyes. It made him lapse into deep thought. Her gaze... Is that sadness, or disappointment?

When they were in Dawnpol Village, Veronica had asked him to watch the moon together with her. She said that she had something to tell him, but she later lied about having a stomachache and ran. After that, Melissa came to ask him if he truly loved Tiffany.

At that time, he thought that Veronica had gotten Melissa to probe his feelings, presumably because Veronica coveted him.

However, Xavier had proposed to Veronica that day at the hospital, and she even accepted his ring. For a moment, Matthew wasn't sure if she was capable of switching sides so easily, or if she was simply greedy for money and power.

"A... baby?" Melissa slapped a hand over her mouth as she stared at Tiffany in disbelief. "You're pregnant with Matthew's baby?"

How did this happen so suddenly ? Melissa felt heartbroken. She loved Matthew so much. Initially, she thought that there was a chance that Matthew and Tiffany might break off their engagement, as they were simply engaged and not married. But now, Tiffany was pregnant with Matthew's child.

Did Melissa even have a hope of being with Matthew now? That hope was practically left dead in a ditch!

"That's right. I'm one month along now. I only found out yesterday when I went for a checkup at the hospital with Matthew." Tiffany was all smiles as she spoke to Melissa. She then turned her loving gaze upon Matthew. The burning love in her eyes was clear for all to see.

Yesterday? Veronica understood then the reason for Matthew's sudden leave after he had sent her to Kings Residence yesterday. He hadn't shown up the entire day and night after that because he was with Tiffany.

"Veronica, what's... wrong? Why do you look upset?" Tiffany's lips curved up imperceptibly at the sight of Veronica's awful expression, but it disappeared in a flash.

"So, you're pregnant. What's it got to do with me? Is it worth me being upset?" Veronica shot back. "I still have some company things to settle. So, I'll be taking my leave." She turned and left quickly without lingering.

Veronica had enjoyed the slightest scrap of "niceness" that Matthew gave her. It addled her mind, making her think that Matthew was different from the Larsons. When she was kidnapped and brought overseas, he saved her just so that he could get on Elizabeth's good side; when she was swept away by the raging river by Dawnpol Village in Almeida, he saved her for the same purpose as well.

Matthew did so much for her simply because she was Elizabeth's savior and was loved and favored by the older woman. This was all the better for him, to cultivate a chess piece he could plant by Elizabeth's side and draw intel from her, to build the foundations of his war with Conrad Kings when Conrad returned home to fight over the family inheritance!

Veronica currently found herself laughable and pitiable. The pitiable part was, she was so pitiful that she saw the scrap of "niceness" that Matthew threw her way as being better than it was, to the point that she was greatly moved by it; the laughable part was, he was clearly the fiance of her nemesis, yet she still felt just that little bit hopeful about him.

What a contradiction this was!