Bumpkin’s Rich Handsome Husband novel Chapter 371

Daniella's question caught Matthew off-guard. He stopped scrubbing the dishes in his hand and turned to give Veronica a bemused look.

Veronica quickly tugged on Daniella's arm as she asked through gritted teeth, "Mom, you can't just ask questions like that."

"It's only natural to make a wife out of someone I love." Matthew straightened up and answered Daniella solemnly, "I don't know how others do it, but my status in the Kingses has yet to compel me to consider an arranged marriage for business alliance."

He had heard what Daniella implied earlier, given how tactless she had gone about it. Right now, she understood what he meant as well. "We can quibble over your intentions," she began. "But it won't change the fact that you rich folks always have tricks up your sleeves. What if you get bored one day and decide to move on to the next shiny new toy?"

Daniella kept her gaze on him, but she was clutching Veronica's hand the entire time.

Upon hearing what Daniella said, Veronica could not help feeling the tension condensing in the air. An honest and thoroughbred farm worker would not understand the implications of boredom in a relationship, at least not under normal circumstances, but for Daniella to have brought it to the forefront of her argument only went to show how worried she was. Veronica was admittedly moved by this.

Presently, Matthew did not break eye contact with Daniella as he dried his hands on a rag. Then, he walked up to her and glanced at Veronica, who was next to her. He decided that there were some things better left out in the open than unsaid, and this was one of them. "Maybe we haven't met enough times for you to get a real grasp of my character, Mrs. Murphy, but I can assure you that I'm never one to mingle around just because I stand to gain something from it."

"Then what's going on between you and Tiffany?" Daniella asked directly, not at all caring for subtlety.

Veronica froze. She had been swaying Daniella's arm like how a child might with a parent, but the moment she heard her mother's question, she did a double take. "M-Mom, you know about that, too?"

Veronica was under the impression that slow news days were a common occurrence in small towns like these, and this was particularly true in cases of middle-aged folk who did not have social media. Logically, they should never have found out about the gossip surrounding Matthew and Tiffany.

However, Daniella surprised her, and she was starting to realize that there was nothing she could hide from her mother dearest.

Matthew was unaffected all the same as he started to explain patiently, "The stories are misleading at best. I was in an accident half a year ago and Roni was the one who saved me, but Tiffany stepped in and took the credit

instead—"

Worried that Matthew might worsen the situation, Veronica cut him off and said, "Let's just say that Tiffany took the credit for my work in saving Matthew so that she could get close to him. After that, she got him drunk and pretended that they had slept together, then claimed that he knocked her up to force her into marrying her. When the truth came out in the end, Matthew ended things with her and called off the engagement."

All in all, what Tiffany did was downright despicable, and Veronica didn't want Daniella to think badly of

Matthew.

Much to her surprise, Daniella and Matthew stared at her like she had grown another head. Veronica pursed her lips self-consciously. Did I say something wrong?

A smile tugged on Matthew's lips as relief and gratitude flooded through him after seeing that Veronica cared about him enough to speak up for him.