Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 198

So, Matthew had already fallen for her when they were at Dawnpol Village?

A flash flood happened at Dawnpol Village, and she was swept away by the waters. Regardless of the danger, Matthew followed the currents and searched for her, but he only risked his life to save her because he cared about her, and not because Elizabeth had a liking for her!

While she stared at the picture in a daze, Matthew kept away his gaze and saw that she was looking at that picture on his phone from the corners of his eyes.

Just as he was about to say something, she suddenly raised her head and held the phone in front of his nose, asking, "Since when did you fall for me?"

This abrupt question caught him by surprise, and he furrowed his brows slightly. His dark eyes scanned over the picture and fixed on Veronica. After a moment of hesitation, he answered, "Maybe since that fire at Regalia Condominium, or maybe even earlier."

Instead of hiding the fact that he had feelings for her, he had admitted it honestly.

She recalled that day when she was brought back home by the assassins sent by the Larson Family, and they set her house on fire. That night, it was Matthew who had risked his life and barged into the scene to save her out of the fire.

That was the ninth day after she had a miscarriage, and less than two weeks since his engagement with Tiffany.

With a grim face, she tossed his cell phone into his chest and shouted at him angrily, "Matthew Kings, you’re a shameless jerk through and through! No wonder you were willing to take me in at Twilight Condominium. Tell me: Did you do something to me while I was asleep?"

Matthew uttered, "I—"

"What do you have to say? No wonder you're always giving me milk at night, and it always has a weird taste. You drugged it, didn't you? Isn't Tiffany enough to satisfy you? Why did you lay your hands on me while I was asleep? With so much energy, aren't you worried that you'll pass out in bed one day? You're such a jerk! F*ck off!"

Mercilessly, she lashed out at him, raised her hand, and slapped him across the face. Then, she snorted, sprang up, and put on her shoes before leaving in a huff without turning back.

His face jerked to a side from the slap, and he brushed away the messy hair on his forehead as he watched her walk away furiously with a tight knot between his brows.

This damned woman, he thought. Is she being so fearless because I love her? More importantly, did I say anything wrong?

It was probably before that fire that he fell for her, but he only realized his own feelings for her after the return from Dawnpol Village.

If it wasn't because of that one time when he slept with Tiffany in a drunken stupor and she conceived his child, in addition to the fact that Elizabeth really wanted to have greatgrandchildren, he would have annulled the engagement with Tiffany a long time ago.

Exactly because he was engaged with Tiffany, he didn't cross the line with Veronica even though he had feelings for her due to the formalities that was bounding him.

As for the milk with a weird taste, it was simply because it was added with some sleep-aid medication, and it was a prescription by a doctor. But when she described it, it had turned into a date-rape drug!

Having never suffered such humiliation before, Matthew got up and kicked the side of the bed. "F*ck!" He couldn't help but curse and went down the mountain.

At the parking spot halfway up the mountain, Thomas and a few men had been waiting there all night. Upon seeing Veronica coming down in a huff followed by his own boss, Thomas quickly went to greet him.

"Boss, goo—" Stopping in front of Matthew, Thomas didn't finish his sentence and frowned. "Why is there a red mark on your face, like you've been slap—"

"Do you wish to die?"

Before he could finish, Matthew glared at him sharply; his eyes were filled with a cold, murderous intent, sending a chill down Thomas' spine. Staggering backward a few steps, he smiled sheepishly and said, "Boss, I'm going up with a few men to keep away the bed. Id aha... haha..."

Then, he slipped up the mountain, as though he was terrified that he wouldn't be able to live longer if he was just a minute late.