Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 164

Rachel's heart ached terribly at the sight of the sorry state Tiffany was in. Immediately, she helped Tiffany up, saying, "Don't be afraid, Tiffy. I'm here. I'm here, so you'll be fine."

Tiffany flung her arms around Rachel as if clutching at straws while crying her eyes out in Rachel's arms. "Sob, sob... I was scared to death! Mom, I'm so afraid."

The fire was spreading fiercely in the room without restraint as raging flames sent plumes of thick smoke billowing toward the ceiling. Still, Floch and the others could see the murderous expression on Veronica's stony face across the flames.

Veronica threatened, "If you do that again, I'll drag all of you Larsons to hell with me even if I'll die for that!" She was so consumed with rage that she nearly lost her head. Even so, she knew deep down that Tiffany was pregnant with Matthew's baby. If anything wrong happened to Tiffany, Elizabeth would be upset, and the Kings Family would be concerned. Old Mrs. Kings has saved my life, so I'm gonna let Tiffany off this time for the sake of her baby. However, if Tiffany does it again, I might kill all the Larsons. Who cares if I'll go to jail because of that?

The gushing hot air in the room hit Veronica in the face, and the burning sensation brought her back to reality. Concealing the chilliness in her eyes, she turned around and walked to the bedroom balcony before disappearing into the night.

Seeing that she had left, Rachel gave Floch a meaningful look. Both of them had a grave expression, but they kept silent.

Tiffany cried for a while before noticing that she was no longer hearing Veronica's voice. When she looked back, she realized that Veronica was gone. She couldn't help but snarl, "What are you two waiting for? Call the police! Why aren't you calling the police? Veronica has almost killed me!"

Floch shook his head with a sigh. "If we call the police right now, the police will look into this matter, and the Kings Family will definitely be alarmed. You have to think this through, Tiffy."

Just then, the servants had turned on the water system. Activated by the fire, the sprinkler system sprinkled water on the room, lowering the temperature in the room and slowly putting out the fire.

Rachel heaved a grave sigh. "That's right, Tiffy. You also know how much Old Mrs. Kings likes Veronica. Have you thought about how to explain this if the Kings Family looks into this matter as well?"

"W-What do you mean?! Am I really your daughter?" Tiffany yelled hysterically while stamping her foot in anger. Losing control of her emotions, she screamed as if she had gone insane, ranting, "You two don't love me at all! You've never loved me... Aah!"

Slap! With deep furrows in his brow, Floch raised his hand and slapped Tiffany across the face. He blasted her angrily, saying, "I've warned you repeatedly not to touch Veronica and to think twice before doing anything, but you went against my warning and laid a hand on her when you shouldn't have! Do you know that she nearly stabbed me to death just now? If anything bad happens to her right now, once Old Mrs. Kings looks into it, you can just forget about marrying into the Kings Family. Just look at yourself—you look no different from a madwoman! Is this your current mentality after I spent so much money every year to have you learn etiquette? If you don't do anything about that temper of yours, I'd say you wouldn't even last a year in the Kings Family! Do you even understand what it means to marry into a distinguished family? Do you think it's easy to be the matriarch of the Kings Family?! You're nothing but a hopeless good-for-nothing!"

For the very first time, he furiously lambasted Tiffany, which was perhaps out of his disappointment with her. After finishing his speech, he shot Rachel a glare, saying, "Talk about spare the rod and spoil the child. Just look at how well you've brought your daughter up. Hmph!" With that, he turned around and left the bedroom.

Stunned, Tiffany stood in place, her cheek swollen and aching with a burning sensation from the slap just now. What Floch had just said reverberated in her mind. She cried bitterly, but she had to admit that Floch's words made sense.