Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 148

After opening the door and walking in, Veronica waved at Xavier, who was standing across the door. "Come on in."

Xavier glanced around the living room, which had a minimalist design.

Nevertheless, because the area wasn't too spacious, it actually made the space look more warm and cozy with the dim, yellow light in the living room.

"It's pretty cozy here," Xavier commented while walking into the living room to sit on the couch.

"Please make yourself at home."

Veronica closed the door and took out a bottle of red wine from the wine cooler with a chuckle. "I stole this wine from Matthew's place. He said this is an aged wine."

In fact, Veronica saw this aged wine on Matthew's wine cooler back when she was at Twilight Condominium, so she secretly kept it in her bedroom as she planned to devour it.

However, she got into an argument with Matthew later on, so she took it away together when she left the club.

Veronica shook the wine bottle in her hand and said, "Let's finish it."

She loved drinking because when she was with Crayson back then, the latter loved bringing her around for drinks, so as time passed, she gradually got better at holding her liquor.

Nevertheless, Veronica did not realize that she had been drinking quite a lot in the last few months due to the pressure from various sources.

Xavier then took the red wine from Veronica's hand and smiled in spite of himself after checking the label. "I'm afraid we can't drink this wine," he said.

"Huh? Why? Is it because it's an aged wine?

I can hold my drink, so that's not a problem."

"This is not just any ordinary aged wine. This is a 1945 Romanee-Conti that was bought by someone at an exorbitant price of 3.9 million at New York's Sotheby's

auction. I reckoned the buyer gave this to Matthew as a gift later on."

Hearing that, Veronica widened her eyes and was left dumbfounded. "What?! 3.9 million? What kind of wine would cost this much?!"

She knew aged wines were generally more expensive, but she did not expect this one to be so pricey.

"This bottle of wine was produced in 1945. It was auctioned at an exorbitant price because it's made of the last portion of grapes in Domaine de la Romanee-Conti after World War II, and there were only 600 bottles worldwide. The historical value associated with it has caused the price to keep soaring."

Xavier guessed Veronica was surely not aware of the background of this red wine, so he explained it to her.

Truth was, he just so happened to have attended the New York's Sotheby's auction in 2018 too.

"What?! That's f*eking expensive!" Veronica couldn't help swearing.

Then, she quickly reached out her hand to grab the wine back from Xavier. "A 1945 wine is not drinkable at all without decanting it. Let's forget about having it."

Carefully holding the wine in her hands, Veronica couldn't help sizing up the bottle of wine discreetly out of curiosity. "How could it possibly be so expensive? No wonder the bottle looks so old. It's okay, I'll leave it alone. Maybe the value will increase again in two years' time."

Wait a minute... This is not the main point.

Veronica had a sudden realization—she merely stole a bottle of wine from Matthew and had not expected that its value was actually sky-high. Will Matthew the jerk call the police?

With her heart jolted, she looked toward Xavier instantly and asked, "What's the punishment of grand theft?"

Knowing Veronica well, Xavier glanced at the red wine in her hand and understood her meaning immediately.

After hesitating for a while, he answered, "Since the wine is worth almost 4 million, it's counted as an extremely valuable item. The minimum punishment is 10 years of imprisonment. In a more serious case, one could be sentenced to life imprisonment. Besides, the criminal's assets could be confiscated too."

"Ten years?!" Veronica freaked out and gulped. "Oh my goodness! Thank God we have not opened it!"

Then, she quickly put the red wine back into the wine cooler and said to Xavier, "It's getting late, so you should get going too. I also have some... I plan to head to bed soon too."

Veronica wanted to say she also had some stuff to attend to, but she did not say it directly in order to not embarrass herself.

"Sure. Have a goodnight then."