Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 286

When Veronica arrived at the front, Ruka was behind her as they departed together.

Now that they were suddenly left alone together, there was a solemn air hanging above Matthew and Xavier.

"President Kings, It's a known rumor that you're not close to women, but I think you're just not content with what you already have." Xavier gave a gentle snort while mocking Matthew as he lowered his head to slice the steak on his plate.

Matthew's jade-like fingers raised the wine glass and swirled it a few times before he took a sip of it. Then, he calmly answered, "Young Master Xavier, you still have the time to poke your nose into the affairs of others. I suppose that means... you're not busy enough."

Just that sentence alone was enough to act as a deterrent.

"I, Xavier Crawford, will never back down from anything." After saying that, he set aside his cutleries and turned his head to the side to address Matthew. "And that includes Veronica Murphy."

Xavier was issuing a challenge to

Matthew. As an observer by Veronica's side, it was clear to him how much Matthew fancied her even though she was unaware of it.

Forget about Matthew and Ruka, the way he looked at Veronica was different from the way he gazed at Ruka. One was with indifference whereas the other was with passion.

Matthew lightly tapped his wine glass with his index finger and noticed Xavier's reflection that was as smooth as a mirror. Then, with a calm expression, he elegantly sampled the red wine. "It also depends whether you have the ability to do so too." "Ah." When he heard what Matthew said, Xavier laughed. "For me to have a meal with her illustrates that I have the ability."

Provocation. What a provocative statement. Matthew was not exasperated while facing someone like Xavier. If he were to be angry, he would have lost his temper earlier. It was because he knew that Veronica did not have the hots for Xavier.

She was merely behaving this way because of her feud with Matthew.

Meanwhile, over at the ladies, Veronica went to the sink to wash her hands after using the public toilet. As she stood in front of the mirror, she looked at her reflection and reached out to comb her hair that had been messed up by the wind with her fingers.

As she did so, she noticed Ruka approaching her with folded arms and staring at her unblinkingly.

"What are you doing by looking at me like that? Those who are unaware would think that you swung this way," an annoyed Veronica teased.

"Didn’t you say that you don't fancy him? Since you don't have the hots for him, why aren't you keeping your distance from him?" Ruka leaned against the wall with such an arrogant posture that left people with a bad taste in the mouth.

As Veronica turned on the faucet and washed her hands, she retorted, "Those who couldn't find their way out have all sought death. Since you are one of them, why aren’t you dead yet?"

A person would not have said such inappropriate words even if they had suffered from the side effects of a brain injury for the past twenty years.

"You..." Ruka found herself being helpless as she faced Veronica's rude behavior before she sighed. "As a human, you should know better to have self-awareness. It's something that you said before."

It was at the banquet the other day that Veronica said those words to Caitlyn.

"For a person who lacks self-knowledge’, you are trying to feign knowledge in front of me. Are you even worthy of that?"

Now that Veronica had already washed her hands and in the midst of taking the paper tissues to wipe her hands dry, she slowly turned to Ruka and responded, "Since you are already Matthew's girlfriend, then you should keep him close to her. If someone else decides to snatch him from you one fine day, that won't be your fault. It will be his since there won’t be any smoke without a fire."

Her lips formed a small smile after she said those words. "You can be rest assured, though. I, Veronica Murphy, won't stoop so low to fancy a man like him."

Then, she threw the used paper tissues into the trash bin and walked past Ruka to leave the public toilet.

Ruka still leaned against the wall with folded arms while her cold eyes slightly narrowed. A brief smile appeared on her lips because Veronica really thought that Veronica was Matthew's girlfriend.