Veronica sat alone outside for a long time until she shivered in the cool night breeze. At last, she rose to her feet and left.
As she walked, she realized that she was back at Twilight Condominium.
While standing beneath the towering structure, she raised her eyes to look at it and a sneer appeared on the corner of her lips.
Is this my subconscious trying to lead me home?
She turned around, flagged down a cab on the side of the road and returned to her own apartment.
At the apartment door, she flipped the carpet to retrieve a spare key hidden beneath it. She then entered after opening the door.
Familiar, but it does not feel the same anymore.
Veronica lay on the bed after taking a shower. Still, she was not feeling sleepy at all as her mind was a jumble, causing her brain to become fuzzy.
Her thoughts would involuntarily lead her to Matthew and all she could hear was Skyler and Sasha's conversations at the Twilight Condominium earlier.
When the truth was revealed, those words circled in her head like a sharp dagger. Veronica's heart was pierced every time she thought about it. It was filled with pain and anguish...
Dawn arrived and the sky brightened; she eventually dozed off.
Not long after, she awoke from her sleep.
Picking up her phone to check the time, she was disappointed to see no unread text messages when she unlocked her phone; disappointment and loneliness flooded her face.
As if Veronica's argument with her parents and Master
Crayson about her marriage the other day was a joke.
The agony she was experiencing right now was a tragic consequence of her obsession with Matthew. What a lesson.
Despaired, Veronica sat on the bed staring blankly ahead and fell silent.
Matthew never looked for Veronica again after the incident and she never appeared in front of him either.
Though they were both in the same city and had mutual friends, they never met, so it appeared to be a tacit agreement.
In reality, they were all avoiding each other as they were unwilling to bump into each other.
She worked as a model for the Starshine Media Agency while also managing Vincere Games.
In the blink of an eye, three months flew by.
Veronica's company, Vincere Games, had a stable income, so she and her business partners formed a joint venture media company.
Since she had previously signed a contract with Matthew for a wedding company, she had been receiving her five percent shares after his wedding company's business had soared following its launch.
She had an unused bank card linked to a mobile phone number that allowed her to view her earnings, but she never used it.
Regarding Veronica's identity, it circled back into a mystery once again because of Tiffany's death and Matthew's cancellation of their engagement. Everything fell into stationary silence as if it was only a dream.
Ring— Ring-
After the show, Veronica was relaxing in the lounge when her phone rang.
She picked up her phone to see Yvonne's caller ID flashing on the screen.
"Yvonne?"
"Sob... Roni, my water broke... Sob...”
Taken aback, Veronica was surprised to hear Yvonne's painful voice on the other end. "Why did it break so quickly? Isn't your due date in ten days?"
"I'm not sure... Sob... I'm scared..."
"Okay, fine. Don't freak out. I'm going to call the hospital."
Veronica dialed 999 after hanging up the phone and quickly changed her clothes to leave the backstage before dashing to Yvonne's place.
Ivana rushed to the hospital after receiving the call as well and waited with Veronica for more than an hour, but the baby had yet to be born.
Suddenly, Yvonne's scream could be heard clearly from the
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